Tropical Cyclone Sagar Kills 16 in Middle East, Africa

[OvB]

https://weather.com/news/news/2018-05-20-tropical-cyclone-sagar-gulf-of-aden-yemen-somalia-djibouti-impacts

https://twitter.com/AbdirahmanSk/status/998236474687606784?s=19

At least 16 people died as Tropical Cyclone Sagar pounded the Middle East and eastern Africa over the weekend, making history as the strongest tropical storm ever recorded in Somalia.
The deadly storm destroyed the homes of at least 80 families and left nearly 1,800 displaced, director general of Somalia’s Ministry of Planning and National Development Abdirashed Ibrahim reported via Twitter.

Cyclones in this region have happened in the past but are exceptional rare.

[Codemaster85]

Also florida is being fucked in the ass by tropical surges already. Its not even to hurricane season yet.

[OvB]

Two weeks away. NWS gives a 40% chance of stork development in the GOM this weekend. Storm development before the start of the official season is not uncommon though. Last year the first storm developed in April.

[Grink Of Meat]

I know its an honest typo, but i'm entertaining myself imagining a maelstrom of rabid storks hurtling towards the coastline.

[Karmah]

STORKNADO

[TheTalon]

Hurricane Season will begin earlier and earlier every year until eventually it never ends for a lot of places. Thanks, Humanity!

[Deathtrooper]

Climate Change is a bitch...

[Smoot]

The system hitting Florida helped the entire state get out of the drought we were in. It isn't that extreme either, mostly just rain. There were thunderstorms last week but only a few of them were severe.

Thankful for the rain after weeks of extreme fire weather.

[nalyD]

Florida got bit by a tropical something??
It's just been raining every day at 2-3 but that's just summer in Florida

Anyways, feels for the Somalians, that flooding reminds me of my area after Irma last year

[SirKillsalot]

As far as I'm aware we are due to get potentially impacted by a tropical depression/storm if the Invest decides to grow, but we haven't seen shit on the panhandle.

[OvB]

Y'all had a shitload of rain that had a small chance of being something tropical but it didn't work out for it. Now there's invest 90L brewing off Central America that the NHC gives a 60% chance of tropical development over the next five days. That means at least a tropical depression, possible tropical storm. Way too early to talk about hurricanes yet but we'll see?

S for the models seem to think it'll make landfall somewhere between New Orleans or Florida depending on what you look at.

[Zero-Point]

BIRDICANE