# ![@BackpirchCrew Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1693295976562192384.png) @BackpirchCrew Backpirch Weather

Backpirch Weather posts on X about hurricane, mph, storm, in the the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The amount of snow that fell in North Dakota during the Blizzard of 1966"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2017362680181334414)  2026-01-30T22:21Z 19K followers, 181.4K engagements


"Last night we had a sudden stint of rapid intensification in the Mozambique Channel. Cyclone Fytia got all the way up to Category [--] strength with a peak core pressure of [---] mbar before crashing into Madagascar near the village of Soalala (population: [-----] people). Fytia is now the first Category 3+ Major storm to make landfall in Mahajanga Province since Cyclone Belna in [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017789120836247581 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017789120836247581"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2017789120836247581)  2026-02-01T02:36Z 19K followers, 13.6K engagements


"Category [--] Cyclone Mitchell meets the continent of Australia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2020243149474681113)  2026-02-07T21:07Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"With Cyclone Mitchell getting melted away by the summer Australian sun here is where the next cyclonic threat has burgeoned. Category [--] Cyclone Gezani is rapidly organizing between Runion and Madagascar today with winds now exceeding [--] mph (130 kph) and a visible eye clearing out to [---] mbar. Gezanis slow westward movement could enable further strengthening to high-end Cat [--] or low-end Cat [--] ahead of landfall in Toamasina Province Madagascar. Dangerous winds and flash flooding are the greatest threats. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021025593999925300"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021025593999925300)  2026-02-10T00:57Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Satellite Image of the Day. Extremely choppy seas near the Strait of Gibraltar last week due to Storm Leonardos winds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021065638761071066)  2026-02-10T03:36Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Major situation developing in Madagascar. Category [--] Cyclone Gezani has matched and may be exceeding expectations as rapid intensification continues with an eye and robust CDO now visible on satellite. The storm is getting close to Toamasina a city with a population of [------] people with sustained winds of [---] mph (185 kph) and a [---] mbar pressure. Significant wind damage will be possible near the impact location of Gezanis core. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021167701247303867 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021167701247303867"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021167701247303867)  2026-02-10T10:21Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Cyclone Gezani has hit a new potentially destructive peak intensity of [---] MPH (205 kph) and [---] mbar right as his eyewall begins to slash at the major Madagascar city of Toamasina. This is a clockwise buzzsaw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021254547860001148)  2026-02-10T16:06Z 19K followers, 12.4K engagements


"The most ominous tropical satellite image of [----] thus far. Toamasina - Madagascars primary seaport and largest city on its eastern coast - inside the [---] mbar eye of Cyclone Gezani earlier today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021396258754265464)  2026-02-11T01:29Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Devastating news out of Madagascar. Cyclone Gezanis landfall last night has destroyed or severely damaged 75% of the city of Toamasina claiming [--] confirmed casualties so far with another [--] missing. AFTERMATH: Cyclone Gezani Leaves Death and Destruction in Toamasina Madagascar  At least [--] people killed after Cyclone Gezani struck. [--] injured and nearly [----] evacuated authorities report. The disaster comes just [--] days after another deadly storm hit the https://t.co/lt8UM1c6vk AFTERMATH: Cyclone Gezani Leaves Death and Destruction in Toamasina Madagascar  At least [--] people killed after"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021636994946781401)  2026-02-11T17:26Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"The death toll from Cyclone Gezanis landfall over Toamasina Madagascar has rapidly risen to [--]. Every new image continues to show major water and wind damage throughout the seaport city. Gezani is now the most disastrous SW Indian Ocean Cyclone since Chido in December 2024"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021702994178261119)  2026-02-11T21:48Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Cyclone Gezani has recycled well over the Mozambique Channel following his destructive trouncing of Madagascar with winds back up to Category [--] force. People in the Maxixe-Inhambane coastal area of Mozambique are under threat from either a close swiping or direct landfall from Gezani in about [--] hours. Something to keep an eye on as this storm has already proven to be a deadly one. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022108928541094320 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022108928541094320"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2022108928541094320)  2026-02-13T00:41Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Toamasina a city of nearly [------] people in Madagascar is about to take a direct hit from Cyclone Gezani"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021224194701197336)  2026-02-10T14:06Z 19K followers, 15.1K engagements


"An unfortunate example of what a storm with warm SSTs and perfect shear conditions can do in [--] hours. Cyclone Gezani: from a [--] mph Tropical Storm to a [---] mph Category [--] Major"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021792590333386928)  2026-02-12T03:44Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"🧵 Its one of the single most destructive radar loops in U.S. History: the eyewall of a Category [--] Hurricane seamlessly slicing through a major city. During the pre-dawn hours of Aug. 24th [----] the first Cat [--] to hit Florida in [--] years razed Dade County to ruin. This is the story of Hurricane Andrew"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1885076661601001760)  2025-01-30T21:24Z 19K followers, 206.8K engagements


"The World Meteorological Organization has officially retired the names Beryl Helene and Milton. They will never again be used for another Atlantic Hurricane"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1907499398969295263)  2025-04-02T18:24Z 19K followers, 35.8K engagements


"Sped up video of the Hurricane Hunters passing through the eye of Category [--] Hurricane Melissa today just to the south of Jamaica. Speechless. A thread of videos from todays flight into Hurricane Melissa In this first one we are entering from the southeast just after sunrise and the bright arc on the far northwest eye wall is the light just beginning to make it over the top from behind us. https://t.co/qGdpp7lbCN A thread of videos from todays flight into Hurricane Melissa In this first one we are entering from the southeast just after sunrise and the bright arc on the far northwest eye wall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982927031575986676)  2025-10-27T21:46Z 19K followers, 1.5M engagements


"Happy Valentines Day to Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. They really were the closest couple last year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2022892084198326496)  2026-02-15T04:33Z 19K followers, 11.7K engagements


"Satellite Image of the Day. The icy Great Lakes of North America with Lake Erie almost completely frozen over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2019988481683202350)  2026-02-07T04:15Z 19K followers, 43.7K engagements


"Satellite Image of the Day. An ice-encrusted New England as seen from space"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2022511298496299021)  2026-02-14T03:20Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Category [--] Cyclone Gezani is nearing the point of closest approach to Mozambique. The eyewall is just a few miles offshore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2022368497506894040)  2026-02-13T17:53Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Really interesting satellite imagery here. To the west of Cyclone Gezani right now is a huge lightning-filled convective bloom thats just as large as the storms main circulation itself. As Gezani moves inland flash flooding throughout north-central Madagascar is becoming the gravest ongoing threat. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021315256069288132 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021315256069288132"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021315256069288132)  2026-02-10T20:08Z 19K followers, 33K engagements


"Our predictions are our own and are not meant to replace official forecasts directions or advice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1694426486579626182)  2023-08-23T19:08Z 19K followers, 378.9K engagements


"🚨LANDFALL: Cyclone Gezani has become the first truly concerning landfall of [----] as he smashes directly into Toamasina Madagascar at peak intensity marking the first time the city has been hit by a Category 3+ storm since the infamous Category [--] Geralda of [----]. Serious damage and impacts may be ongoing. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021275712947134793 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021275712947134793"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2021275712947134793)  2026-02-10T17:30Z 19K followers, 20.8K engagements


"🧵 [--] years ago today sunrise unveiled the worst case scenario storm that had been feared for decades: a colossal Category [--] Hurricane heading straight for the city of New Orleans and the Mississippi coast. This is the story of Hurricane Katrina"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1961034929153671407)  2025-08-28T11:55Z 19K followers, 176.9K engagements


"UPDATE: Category [--] Super Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH) has just hit a new peak intensity of [---] MPH sustained winds and a minimum central pressure of [---] MBAR. This intensity is approaching the upper limits of what Earth is capable of producing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969937178957369413)  2025-09-22T01:29Z 19K followers, 6.1M engagements


"The clearest satellite loop yet of Hurricane Humbertos Category [--] peak intensity. Look at how extreme this Stadium Effect was. Rarely do you see such a crisply defined eyewall. Whirling massifs of convection caught in the grip of a [---] MPH tropical blizzard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973214474564936026)  2025-10-01T02:32Z 19K followers, 85K engagements


"The Caribbean Sea around Jamaica before and after [---] MPH Category [--] Hurricane Melissa. Massive sediment upwelling from the seafloor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983661494152884292)  2025-10-29T22:25Z 19K followers, 324.5K engagements


"Hurricane Melissa has wiped out power for the vast majority of west and central Jamaica"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983992641533702538)  2025-10-30T20:21Z 19K followers, 278.8K engagements


"What an intimidating sight Fung-wong (UwanPH) has become over the Philippine Sea as her winds creep up to [--] mph (100 kph). The sprawling size of this budding West Pacific beast is creating an interesting dichotomy. On the one hand its causing Fung-wong to take longer to organize and thus delaying a potential round of rapid intensification (limiting how strong she can get before striking Luzon). But on the other hand her larger radius will affect more people in the Philippines and possibly generate a greater storm surge risk near the location of landfall. Even in this latter scenario which"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/1986692371560407529)  2025-11-07T07:09Z 19K followers, 823.2K engagements


"12 years after Haiyan (Yolanda) the storm that displayed these EXTREME satellite images below and devastated Leyte the Philippines are once again facing a major Typhoon landfall. Of course Fung-wong (UwanPH) is thankfully NOWHERE near as strong as Haiyan was and her damage will be far less severe. However it really goes to show how prevalent the threat of powerful Typhoons is for the Philippines in early-mid November. Even now they are still reeling from the floods in Cebu from Typhoon Kalmaegi (TinoPH) only a few days ago. And just last year at this same time the archipelago was struck by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987288555824292216)  2025-11-08T22:38Z 19K followers, 434.6K engagements


"The sheer size and scale of Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) is pretty menacing. The entire Philippines with the exception of Mindanao is now trapped beneath the storms cloud shield. We are about to go LIVE on X and YouTube with further analysis of Fung-wong as her eyewall continues to rake Catanduanes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987351551845822581)  2025-11-09T02:48Z 19K followers, 130.9K engagements


"This is ominous. You literally cannot see the Philippines from space anymore. The clouds of Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) have almost cloaked the entire archipelago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987458573324984543)  2025-11-09T09:53Z 19K followers, 955.4K engagements


"At this time in [----] the Philippines were in the midst of a 10-DAY span in which they were struck by FOUR consecutive Typhoons. Now this year the country is reeling from the effects of Kalmaegi (TinoPH) and Fung-wong (UwanPH) both making landfall within the last [--] days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987722143224758469)  2025-11-10T03:21Z 19K followers, 1.1M engagements


"Which sub-900 mbar monster Hurricane will you remember the most Hurricane Milton (2024) Hurricane Melissa (2025) Hurricane Milton (2024) Hurricane Melissa (2025)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2018823735198065132)  2026-02-03T23:07Z 19K followers, 37.1K engagements


"Cyclone Gezani at a secondary peak intensity of [---] mph (165 kph) and [---] mbar is now within the window of closest approach to continental Africa. With a clear eye and a robust lightning-sprinkled central band its a good thing this resilient storm is not making a direct landfall into the bayside city of Maxixe Mozambique. (Sat-image credit: Windy) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022427675457909143 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022427675457909143"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2022427675457909143)  2026-02-13T21:48Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Look at how insane Cyclone Gezanis outflow was today. Stretching over [----] miles from the warm tropical waters of Madagascar to the frigid Antarctic waves of the Heard and McDonald Islands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/2023221860645642464)  2026-02-16T02:24Z 19K followers, 14.5K engagements


"9. Category [--] Hurricane Milton (2024). Though fortunately weakening off his [---] mph peak intensity before hitting Florida Miltons Category [--] Halfcane landfall near the Tampa Bay metropolitan area still produced $34.3 billion in damages"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/1879602522983403919)  2025-01-15T18:52Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"10. Category [--] Hurricane Ike (2008). Despite having the winds of just a modest Cat [--] at landfall Ikes gargantuan radius of Hurricane-force winds was more than enough to create a [--] FT storm surge that wiped out barrier island communities in the Houston area resulting in $30 billion in damages. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1879602526246338640 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1879602526246338640"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/1879602526246338640)  2025-01-15T18:52Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"This is the supercell that ended the longest EF5 Tornado drought in documented history. A radar loop for the record books"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BackpirchCrew/status/1975269928069685718)  2025-10-06T18:40Z 19K followers, 37.5K engagements


"Hurricanes strengthen over seawater and weaken over landits one of the most fundamental laws that govern the meteorological mechanics of tropical cyclones. However on August 19th [----] Tropical Storm Erin challenged this cyclonic status quo when she suddenly and strikingly re-intensified over Central Oklahomamore than [---] miles away from any ocean water. Erin first sprouted in the western Gulf of Mexico from the seeds of a Caribbean tropical wave just as any other Atlantic cyclone would. The rest of her life over the Gulfs murky salt-saturated waves continued to be wholly unremarkable and she"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1799213737162731564)  2024-06-07T22:55Z 19K followers, 450.2K engagements


"BREAKING: Hurricane #Beryl has clinched [---] mph maximum sustained winds surpassing Hurricane Emily (2005) as the earliest forming Category [--] Atlantic cyclone by more than two weeks. In hundreds of years of Hurricane history no storm like Beryl has ever been documented. She is a phenomenally rare alien-like specimen of unfathomable tropical fury. And with the glacial fortification of cryogenic cloud rings surrounding her [---] mb. core she is now at the pinnacle of her ultra-violent fury. (Sat-image credit: tropicaltidbits)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1807969354610626775)  2024-07-02T02:47Z 19K followers, 795.3K engagements


"Hurricane #Helene and Tropical Storm #John are twirling nearly hand-in-hand across the North American continent today. Its incredibly ominous that we have both an Atlantic and an East Pacific cyclone trying to rapidly intensify into landfalls over the next 24+ hours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1839043505034862880)  2024-09-25T20:45Z 19K followers, 164.5K engagements


"Hurricane #Helene now has fearsomely catastrophic sustained winds of [---] MPH while also achieving a new peak intensity of [---] mbar. Unbelievable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1839470203324801191)  2024-09-27T01:00Z 19K followers, 154.9K engagements


"You gotta be kidding me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1839867302143012897)  2024-09-28T03:18Z 19K followers, 272.3K engagements


"8 years ago this morning one of the most spine-chilling images in meteorological history was captured. On October [--] [----] Category [--] Hurricane Matthews core convection calcified into the shape of a skull as the [---] mph storm made a crushing and catastrophic landfall into Haitis southern coast. At the time this petrifying photo was taken Matthew was in the process of destroying [------] homes and tragically taking the lives of [---] people in the country creating a humanitarian crisis in his wake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1842175498912498025)  2024-10-04T12:10Z 19K followers, 69K engagements


"Hurricane History has been written today in the Atlantic Basin. For the first time on record THREE Hurricanes#Kirk #Leslie and #Miltonare spinning simultaneously in the month of October. From the warm confines of the Western Gulf to the endless horizons of the northern Atlantic seas it seems that the [----] Hurricane Season has unfortunately hit its peak"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1843107169383633199)  2024-10-07T01:52Z 19K followers, 280.7K engagements


"@US_Stormwatch The lightning density throughout Hurricane #Miltons eyewall is off the charts and is one of the most vivid indications of this storms explosive intensification. His winds have risen by [--] mph over the last [--] hours. (Sat-image credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1843311435335847990)  2024-10-07T15:24Z 19K followers, 240.5K engagements


"BREAKING: Hurricane #Milton has DETONATED into the second CATEGORY [--] ATLANTIC HURRICANE of [----] shattering the Gulf of Mexico atmosphere with [---] mph sustained winds and a minimum pressure of [---] mbar. In just over [--] hours he has gone from a Tropical Storm to a dreadfully frigid Cat [--] buzzsaw. This is by far one of the fastest intensification rates in the recorded History of the Atlantic Basin. (Sat-image credit: tropicaltidbits)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1843318787707122036)  2024-10-07T15:53Z 19K followers, 466K engagements


"What on Earth is happening #Milton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1843794302939664632)  2024-10-08T23:23Z 19K followers, 216.3K engagements


"This is disconcerting. All of a sudden there are indications that the EWRC in Category [--] Hurricane #Milton has possibly failed as the storms eye appears to be warming and drying again. This needs to be watched very closely through the overnight hours because even the slightest structural changes right now can have major implications for where the worst of Miltons storm surge impels into #Florida. Perhaps this is just a momentary fluctuationbut given that Milton is directly swimming through the tropical rocket-fuel of the Loop Current we cant discount near-term re-strengthening. (Sat-image"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1843871236113174733)  2024-10-09T04:28Z 19K followers, 2.8M engagements


"Recon has found that Hurricane #Miltons central pressure has further dropped to 907-908 MBAR. Its hard to describe just how unbelievably intense this is. One of the Top [--] most powerful Hurricanes in the recorded history of the Atlantic Basin is now approximately [--] hours away from smashing into the densely populated cities of #Floridas West Coast likely bringing ashore with him Major Hurricane-force winds and up to [--] ft. of storm surge. Follow the orders and advice of state/local officials if youre in Miltons path"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1843924211858862590)  2024-10-09T07:59Z 19K followers, 461.7K engagements


"Hurricane #Milton will forever be etched into the history books. In the [---] years of the Atlantic Hurricane Database only [--] other storms have achieved a lower pressure than the [---] mbar he reached on October 7th. Of all tropical cyclones observed worldwide in [----] Milton is far and away the most powerful recorded thus far. Combined with his origin/track across the Gulf of Mexico and his landfall location just to the south of Tampa Bay Florida this was an exceptionally rare and unfortunately damaging Atlantic cyclone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1844470534463013149)  2024-10-10T20:10Z 19K followers, 147.7K engagements


"1380 miles wide. [---] mph sustained winds. And an Earth-shattering minimum pressure of [---] MBAR. [--] years ago today Super Typhoon Tip became the largest and most intense tropical cyclone in World History while spinning [---] miles WNW of the island of Guam. The tropical equivalent of a Megalodon this inconceivably monstrous Pacific leviathan surged through the inky depths of the raging open oceans for [--] consecutive days smashing record after record on his way to cementing himself as one of the most notorious names in the meteorological record books"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1845075967317889471)  2024-10-12T12:16Z 19K followers, 462.8K engagements


"This is how monstrous Super Typhoon Tip was when he reached his world record-breaking [---] mbar peak intensity on October [--] 1979"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1845267552563269653)  2024-10-13T00:57Z 19K followers, 428.9K engagements


"Drilling into the relatively shallow waters of the Yucatn Shelf Hurricane #Miltons [---] mb. [---] mile-wide crystalline eye exhibited a unique aquamarine glow at peak intensity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1846328766143856695)  2024-10-15T23:14Z 19K followers, 116.6K engagements


"Hurricane Patricia was the most violent storm weve ever seen on this planet. [--] years ago this morning she reached her world record-breaking peak intensity in the East Pacific Ocean attaining [---] MPH sustained winds and a core pressure of [---] MBAR (the lowest ever observed in the Western Hemisphere). Her Earth-shattering strength was historically unparalleled; the velocity of her rapid intensification faster than any other documented by the National Hurricane Center. She was the extreme of the extreme. (Sat-image credit: CIMSS)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1849059999458242953)  2024-10-23T12:07Z 19K followers, 74.2K engagements


"🚨LANDFALL: The meteorologically unthinkable has happened today in the Philippines. For the 4TH time in only [--] DAYS the nation has been hit directly by a Typhoonand this was the strongest of them all. Category [--] Super Typhoon #ManYi (#PepitoPH) has just made a devastating landfall over the island of Catanduanes with violent sustained winds of [---] mph (260 kph) and a core pressure likely in the mid/upper 920s mbar becoming the first Category [--] Typhoon to strike the Philippines since Super Typhoon Goni (Rolly) tore through this very same region in [----]. Potentially catastrophic destruction may"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1857802568363057207)  2024-11-16T15:07Z 19K followers, 339.7K engagements


"This is without a doubt the craziest cyclonic satellite loop of [----] to date. Cyclone Zelia detonating from a Tropical Storm to a near-Category [--] buzzsaw while stalled out [--] mi (137 km) off the coast of Western Australia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1890792449519284596)  2025-02-15T15:57Z 19K followers, 147.9K engagements


"The molten-red haze of totality has spilled across every crater of the Moons porcelain surface. The March [----] Total #LunarEclipse has arrived"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1900436164944728505)  2025-03-14T06:37Z 19K followers, 60.8K engagements


"Three confirmed tornadoes moving over the same area within a 90-minute timeframe. Holy cow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1901009268503179585)  2025-03-15T20:35Z 19K followers, 153.1K engagements


"Supercell of the year. Wow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1916678200995741973)  2025-04-28T02:17Z 19K followers, 97.6K engagements


"🧵 A thread of the Top [--] most shocking satellite and radar images of [----] thus far. [--]. A massive Nebraska supercell with double tornadic hook echoes on April 27th"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1937344220609609742)  2025-06-24T02:57Z 19K followers, 109.3K engagements


"A Category [--] Major Hurricane a Tropical Storm and a tsunami are all ongoing near Hawaii at the same time. Safe to say this is an INSANE concentration of natural phenomenon in a single region"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950423401044054353)  2025-07-30T05:09Z 19K followers, 665.8K engagements


"UPDATE: Category [--] Hurricane Erin has just hit a new peak intensity with the pressure in her searingly dry eye dropping to [---] MBAR. An instantaneous surface wind gust of [---] MPH in the eyewall has been measured by a dropsonde"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1956775015212286243)  2025-08-16T17:48Z 19K followers, 134K engagements


"The most incredible satellite imagery yet of Hurricane Erins [---] MBAR Category [--] peak intensity last night. You can see the classic Stadium Effect where the storms rapidly rotating eyewall slopes into the cloudless [--] mile-wide eye. Still cant believe she got this strong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957206257611468904)  2025-08-17T22:21Z 19K followers, 210.6K engagements


"Another one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957589150997299602)  2025-08-18T23:43Z 19K followers, 83.8K engagements


"6 years ago today Hurricane Dorian stalled out over the islands of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama for nearly [--] consecutive hours with sustained winds of Category [--] strength. Few Atlantic satellite loops are as spine-chilling as this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1962520491991740689)  2025-09-01T14:18Z 19K followers, 130.8K engagements


"Make no mistake this is a monstrous Category [--] Super Typhoon that is reaching the upper echelons of plausible cyclonic intensity. Landfalling storms do not get much stronger than this. We are about to go LIVE on X and YouTube with breaking news coverage of Ragasa (NandoPH)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969913732202455416)  2025-09-21T23:56Z 19K followers, 399.7K engagements


"🚨LANDFALL: The tiny volcanic island of Babuyan is now trapped at the bottom of the massive [---] MBAR stadium eye of Category [--] Super Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH). Extremely violent winds of up to [---] MPH (290 kph) and gusts up to 200+ MPH (320 kph) have likely defoliated the island almost completely potentially snapping trees off by the trunk and inundating coastal regions with heavy storm surge. Ragasas ferocious eyewall is now raking the nearby isles of Calayan and Camiguin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969981827193463170)  2025-09-22T04:27Z 19K followers, 728.1K engagements


"🚨LANDFALL: Super Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH) has just made a second devastating landfall in the Philippines this time over Calayan Island. What an unbelievably chilling satellite loop we are witnessing right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970023905277726720)  2025-09-22T07:14Z 19K followers, 199.7K engagements


"The eye of Hurricane Humberto was just photographed from the International Space Station. OH. MY. GOODNESS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1972109120020140209)  2025-09-28T01:20Z 19K followers, 98.5K engagements


"Im almost at a loss for words at how chilling these images are. Melissa has just hit a new peak intensity of [---] MPH and [---] mbar and satellite presentations in the Atlantic dont often get more insane than this. The Hurricane has achieved near-perfect symmetry to Jamaicas south sitting a mere [---] miles SSW of Kingston. The NHC continues to forecast further strengthening to CATEGORY [--] status and they are warning that Melissas landfall into Jamaica on Tuesday could inflict extensive and long-duration damage to the islands basic infrastructure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982555017694605552)  2025-10-26T21:08Z 19K followers, 196.1K engagements


"BREAKING: Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a ferocious CATEGORY [--] HURRICANE with winds of [---] MPH and a pressure of [---] MBAR. She is just over [--] hours away from making landfall in Jamaica. This is only the 2nd time in recorded history that THREE or more Category [--] storms formed in the Atlantic Basin within a single year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982734297938149470)  2025-10-27T09:01Z 19K followers, 275.2K engagements


"Ive never seen anything like this in the Atlantic. A CATEGORY [--] monster buzzsaw almost sitting in place as she slowly gets stronger and stronger. Displaying a cryovolcanic CDO thats ruffled with gravity waves and holding on to perfect symmetry for HOURS on end. This is already upper-tier even if her winds are just [---] MPH. It is insane. Theres just no other way to describe it. And the fact that Jamaica is going to get hit by this by this Hurricane that is breaking the scales of satellite presentations for Atlantic cyclones is nothing short of blood-chilling. Please heed the urgent advice from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982808163599389092)  2025-10-27T13:54Z 19K followers, 190.4K engagements


"This might be the most insane satellite loop yet of Category [--] Hurricane Melissa. Her [---] MBAR eye has carved out a near-vertical Stadium Effect. If you were standing at the center youd be in bright sunshine while cliffs of 165+ MPH winds surround you on all sides"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982857130903519586)  2025-10-27T17:09Z 19K followers, 294.2K engagements


"BREAKING: Category [--] Hurricane Melissas sustained winds are now roaring at [---] MPH and the air pressure in her searing eye has sunk to [---] MBAR. The storm is starting to take the northern turn towards Jamaica and if she intensifies any further she will begin to approach the mathematical limits of how strong a storm can become in this part of the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982867183689515226)  2025-10-27T17:49Z 19K followers, 2.2M engagements


"I cant recall having ever seen a storm like this in the Atlantic. Melissas satellite presentation right now is the extreme of the extreme. It is rivaling the appearance of some of the most powerful Super Typhoons in recorded history. Of course only official recon data from the Hurricane Hunters can tell us the true story of Melissas strength. But I just cannot imagine that a storm displaying such a terrifying level of perfection as what were seeing here does not go sub-900 mbar. This is genuinely unbelievable and Jamaica is facing a very grim situation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982987718750511288)  2025-10-28T01:48Z 19K followers, 336.6K engagements


"Melissa tonight has had one of the most powerful satellite presentations you will ever see for an Atlantic Hurricane. Perfect symmetry in all quadrants and satellite estimation techniques being maxed out with Dvorak analysis yielding [-----] mbar (recon found the real pressure to be around [---] mbar of course). The fact that Melissas eye has remained intact stable and completely clear for such a long duration of time alone is EXCEPTIONALLY rare. A tragically destructive day awaits for Jamaica. Hopefully everyone on the island has found safe shelter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983071168841093298)  2025-10-28T07:19Z 19K followers, 102K engagements


"BREAKING: Category [--] Hurricane Melissa has achieved a new peak intensity of [---] MPH sustained winds and a core pressure of [---] MBAR. She is officially the 5TH MOST INTENSE Atlantic Hurricane in history and is nearing the maximum theoretical strength a storm can reach in this part of the world. Landfall over Jamaica is just hours away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983158391418601752)  2025-10-28T13:06Z 19K followers, 742.7K engagements


"CATEGORY [--] Hurricane Melissa now has unimaginably violent sustained winds of [---] MPH. Her blistering core pressure has cratered to [---] MBAR in the final moments before a cataclysmic landfall in Jamaica. Melissa is now tied with the [----] Labor Day Hurricane as the 3RD MOST INTENSE Atlantic Hurricane of all-time and she is about to become the strongest landfalling storm in Atlantic Basin history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983174355044487349)  2025-10-28T14:09Z 19K followers, 358.2K engagements


"Measurements from the Hurricane Hunters have recorded winds of [---] MPH and gusts of [---] MPH in the lowest [---] meters of Category [--] Hurricane Melissas southern eyewall. Yes you read that right. This is not a typo. We are witnessing one of the strongest Hurricanes in history and she is about to make landfall at peak intensity in Jamaica. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1983183719893553330 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1983183719893553330"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983183719893553330)  2025-10-28T14:46Z 19K followers, 301.1K engagements


"It is difficult to comprehend an [---] MBAR eye. That sort of intensity is akin to a black hole in the Earths atmosphere. I cannot imagine what the communities in Jamaica that are getting crushed by this [---] MPH fury are going through right now. CATEGORY [--] MONSTER Hurricane Melissa is moments away from tying the all-time Atlantic Basin record for most intense landfalling Hurricane. That record used to be held solely by the Labor Day Hurricane a storm that happened [--] YEARS AGO. Insanity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983214051355152572)  2025-10-28T16:47Z 19K followers, 219.6K engagements


"🚨LANDFALL: Category [--] Hurricane Melissa has struck Jamaica as the MOST INTENSE LANDFALLING ATLANTIC HURRICANE in recorded history tying the [----] Labor Day Hurricane with an Earth-shattering minimum pressure of [---] MBAR. Areas in Jamaica that are impacted by Melissas [---] MPH eyewall will likely be left unrecognizable in the aftermath of this storms extremely violent passage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983220471563690488)  2025-10-28T17:13Z 19K followers, 363.6K engagements


"Two hours since her record-breaking landfall and Hurricane Melissa is still a CATEGORY [--] Hurricane inland over Jamaica. The trail of destruction that this ruthless storm is leaving on the western side of the island is likely extreme. Altering the landscape for years to come. Snapping trees like toothpicks and defoliating entire swaths of green tropical rainforests. The sheer scale could be incomprehensible. Reports of MAJOR flash flooding in the mountains are coming in as well. If youre in the direct path of Melissa DO NOT leave your shelter during the calm of the [---] MBAR eye. Her eyewall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983250387017584882)  2025-10-28T19:11Z 19K followers, 177.5K engagements


"The spine-chilling moment Hurricane Melissas [---] MBAR eye crossed Jamaicas shores today. A satellite loop that will forever be etched into the meteorological history books"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983279425220411679)  2025-10-28T21:07Z 19K followers, 181.8K engagements


"A Sentinel-2 satellite captured this image of CATEGORY [--] Hurricane Melissa shortly before her landfall in Jamaica. Perhaps the steepest Stadium Effect I have ever seen. If youve ever wondered what planet Earths most powerful kind of storm looks like up close this is it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983313125421228516)  2025-10-28T23:21Z 19K followers, 153.1K engagements


"Well this is crazy. Coming off of her historically violent [---] MPH landfall in Jamaica Hurricane Melissa has rapidly reorganized on her way to Cuba despite being heavily disrupted by mountainous terrain. The latest NHC advisory has her back at CATEGORY [--] status with winds of [---] MPH as a furious explosion of lightning illuminates her western eyewall. Whats more she is trending well east of her initial forecast cone and may now be threatening Santiago de Cuba Cubas 2nd largest city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983369306810233114)  2025-10-29T03:04Z 19K followers, 871.3K engagements


"Melissa has a very real chance of tying Hurricane Allen (1980) as the STRONGEST Atlantic Hurricane on record in post-season analysis. A [---] MPH wind gust in the southern eyewall. The driest eye ever recorded at [-----] C (Meranti was the previous record at [-----] C its not even close). The highest ADT estimate of all-time. A pressure of at LEAST [---] mbar. Cat [--] strength sustained for [--] consecutive hours. Multiple eyewall mergers. The lowest pressure at landfall in the Western Hemisphere. Yesterday Hurricane Melissa joined the ranks of some of the most powerful tropical cyclones the world has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983629229117075819)  2025-10-29T20:17Z 19K followers, 735.2K engagements


"At [---] MBAR Hurricane Melissa surpassed Pacific Super Typhoon Ragasa as the most powerful storm to form on Earth in 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983693596374266072)  2025-10-30T00:33Z 19K followers, 65.1K engagements


"Erin Humberto and Melissa. The three CATEGORY [--] Atlantic Hurricanes of 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983959700128321816)  2025-10-30T18:10Z 19K followers, 333.1K engagements


"Whitehouse Jamaica is razed. Located at the cyclonic hypocenter of the strongest Atlantic Hurricane landfall in history they were very near the absolute middle of Hurricane Melissas [---] MBAR eye at one point and likely experienced some of the lowest pressures over land. Notice also in the before and after images below that in addition to the destruction of the homes and structures every tree and most vegetation is totally annihilated. NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica before & after Category [--] Hurricane Melissa. White House Landfall point. https://t.co/SUiQrOjnIb NEW: Devastating imagery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984091400787386510)  2025-10-31T02:53Z 19K followers, 941.6K engagements


"Almost all Major Hurricanes undergo an eyewall replacement cycle. Melissa never did. She sustained CATEGORY [--] status for [--] consecutive hours the 8TH longest total duration of Cat [--] winds ever documented in an Atlantic Hurricane and the longest since Hurricane Irma in [----]. Instead of initiating replacement cycles Melissa underwent eyewall mergers which caused only short-lived pauses in her intensification and allowed her to incrementally climb to an extreme strength as she slowly writhed towards Jamaica. It is exceptionally rare to see a high-level Hurricane eye remain so perfectly circular"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984311691971055789)  2025-10-31T17:29Z 19K followers, 403.4K engagements


"The complete lifespan of Category [--] Hurricane Melissa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984955546093359456)  2025-11-02T12:07Z 19K followers, 101.1K engagements


"This is whats lurking off Vietnams shores today. Rarely ever has a Category [--] Typhoon come this close to the country since records began. Despite negligible OHC Kalmaegi (TinoPH) is threatening to become the FIRST Cat 4+ landfall in Vietnams History in just a few short hours approaching major cities like Quy Nhon and Tuy Hoa. Life-threatening winds rainfall and even storm surge are possible if not likely for certain areas (especially if they are impacted directly by Kalmaegis core)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986294547328946190)  2025-11-06T04:48Z 19K followers, 266.6K engagements


"The Philippines cant catch a break in the wake of Typhoon Kalmaegi (TinoPH) because just as that system heads deeper into the Vietnamese jungle a new leviathan has emerged from the depths of the Pacific. On the right side of this satellite loop is Tropical Storm Fung-wong a sprawling embryonic cyclone in the Philippine Sea. She may be weak and disorganized now but the environment ahead is going to be favorable for rapid intensification. The island of Luzon is her most likely target for landfall. Watch this one closely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986464605904753124)  2025-11-06T16:04Z 19K followers, 241.1K engagements


"Hurricane Melissa at the moment that she possibly became the strongest Atlantic Hurricane in recorded history may have had the most extreme detonation of lightning activity ever observed in a storm in this part of the world. Nearly [---] flashes every [--] seconds. What on Earth. This has to be unheard of. With an extraordinary peak flash rate of [---] flashes per minute just prior to landfall in Jamaica Hurricane Melissa probably set the record for the most prolific inner-core lightning outbreak ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane. https://t.co/0YaG5MrA9y This has to be unheard of. With an"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986516918594154883)  2025-11-06T19:31Z 19K followers, 508.8K engagements


"12 years ago today Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) made landfall just south of Tacloban City Leyte with incomprehensibly violent sustained winds of [---] MPH. It was a landfall that would forever change the course of history in the Philippines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986783701393375504)  2025-11-07T13:12Z 19K followers, 171.8K engagements


"This is what it looks like when a storm begins to approach the maximum cyclonic symmetry that is mathematically possible on planet Earth. Category [--] Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) just to the east of the Philippines on November 7th 2013"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986920602117058832)  2025-11-07T22:16Z 19K followers, 239.7K engagements


"Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) is trying to form a gigantic eye as frigidly frostbitten convection continues to shatter through higher and higher levels of the atmosphere. You know youre looking at a genuine West Pacific colossus in the making when the storms cloud tops are so cold theyre maxing out the infrared satellite imagery scale"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986962498935812108)  2025-11-08T01:02Z 19K followers, 221.4K engagements


"The eye of Fung-wong (UwanPH) is really starting to melt through the icy shell of her CDO now. New towering thunderstorms are rising up within the inner eyewall as well. On microwave imagery the Typhoons cumbersome core structure is still yet to fully solidify. What we could see in the coming hours especially after the Pacific sun evanesces below the horizon is for this new burst of core thunderstorms to freeze the eyewall into a more complete and circular ring around the eye. That would likely jumpstart a true phase of rapid intensification right as Fung-wong enters her final approach to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987054702501003745)  2025-11-08T07:08Z 19K followers, 505.9K engagements


"UPDATE: With only a few hours left before landfall in Luzon colossal Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) has hit a new peak intensity. Her sustained winds are now at [---] MPH (210 kph) and the sea-level pressure in her giant eye has fallen to [---] mbar making her a CATEGORY [--] storm. This will be the strongest Typhoon to hit the Philippines since Man-yi (Pepito) in November of last year and is coming just [--] days after Kalmaegi (Tino) ravaged Cebu Island. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1987445224537247819 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1987445224537247819"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987445224537247819)  2025-11-09T09:00Z 19K followers, 223.6K engagements


"Still cant believe this is a real image"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989508980901634280)  2025-11-15T01:41Z 19K followers, 45K engagements

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