Meteorology

Indian Ocean cyclone forming (Fairplay)

21 Nov 2008

THE FIRST tropical cyclone in what authorities have warned is likely to be a stormy season is forming today in the Indian Ocean. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Cyclone Anika was abou ...

Moderate earthquake hits eastern Indonesia (People's Daily)

21 Nov 2008

A moderate quake with magnitude of5.2 rocked eastern part of Indonesia on Friday with no report of damage or casualty, meteorology agency said here. The quake struck 11:55 Jakarta time (0455 GMT) with epicenter at 85 km southeast of Gorontalo in North Sulawesi and at 117 km in depth, an official of the agency said. Indonesia sits at a vulnerable zone called "the Pacific Ring of Fire" where two ...

Storm warning is downgraded (The Courier Mail)

21 Nov 2008

TONIGHT'S storm forecast for Brisbane has been downgraded by the Bureau of Meteorology, with a revised outlook warning there is only a chance of a storm.