TORONTO — It’s been a busy few days in the Pacific Ocean and southern hemisphere as four separate tropical storm systems have formed in the regions.
Tropical Cyclone Olwyn made landfall near Cape Cuvier in Western Australia early Friday morning local time. Meanwhile, Tropical Cyclone Nathan is beginning to move away from northern Queensland.
Warnings from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology have been issued for parts of Western Australia as well as Queensland.
On Friday, Tropical Cyclone Olwyn was a Category 1 cyclone with winds of 85 km/h and gusts of up to 120 km/h. The storm was moving southeast around 32 km/h. Though the storm was weakening, heavy rain and squalls were expected in southern parts of Western Australia on Saturday.
Tropical Cyclone Nathan remained off the coast of Queensland but was a strong Category 2 storm with winds of 100 km/h and gusts of 140 km/h.
Meanwhile, the small island of Vanuatu was hit by a major tropical cyclone on Friday.
And Tropical Storm Bavi is making its way to the small Pacific island of Guam. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 62 km/h with stronger gusts. It is continuing to move west-northwestward toward the Philippines, however, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center believes the storm will weaken in three days.
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