Currently en República Dominicana — 24 de julio, 2023: Continuará bajo los efectos de la nube de polvo del Sahara

El tiempo, currently.

El panorama meteorológico en República Dominicana continuará bajo los efectos de la nube de polvo del Sahara, la cual seguirá generando una elevada sensación calurosa y procesos alérgicos en gran parte del país: para este lunes se espera una disminución gradual de las partículas africanas.

Una débil vaguada, moviéndose al noreste de la región del Caribe, y la humedad marina podrían generar algunas lluvias dispersas en la tarde y durante la noche en la Cordillera Central, noreste, sureste, sur, zona fronteriza y algunas comunidades de la región norte.

A pesar de la disminución del polvo sahariano en las temperaturas calurosas seguirán presentes en el panorama meteorológico dominicano.

También damos seguimiento a una onda Tropical que se mueve en el Atlántico central con trayectoria hacia las Antillas Menores con posibilidad de desarrollo ciclónico.

— Jean Suriel

What you can do, currently.

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What you need to know, currently.

Typhoon Doksuri has rapidly strengthened over the weekend and is now approaching the Philippines with a chance at becoming a super typhoon.

Doksuri’s track has been shifting slightly south over the past day or so, increasing the threat to the northern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and diminishing the threat somewhat for Taiwan. However, if Doksuri makes landfall in Taiwan, it will be the island’s first typhoon in six years — a long streak for one of the most typhoon-prone places in the world.

Super typhoons have sustained wind speeds of at least 150 mph (241 kph) and are by far the most damaging type of typhoons. (A typhoon, hurricane, and tropical cyclone are all different regional words for the same thing.) Back in May, Super Typhoon Mawar, the 2023 season’s first super typhoon, became one of the strongest typhoons ever to strike the island of Guam.

—Eric Holthaus