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Tropical storm Boris, the second named storm of the 2026 Eastern North Pacific hurricane season, formed on Monday June 8 over the open waters of the Eastern North Pacific. Boris is currently located 85 mi (135 km) southeast of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. The system currently has maximum sustained wind speeds of 40 mph (65 km/hr), equivalent to a tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS). The system is forecast to make landfall as a tropical storm along the coast of Guerrero State, east of Acapulco, Mexico at around 18:00 UTC (12:00 local time) on Monday June 8. Boris is forecast to impact Guerrero with tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain before dissipating inland on Tuesday June 9
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At 23:37 UTC on Sunday June 7 (07:37 local time on Monday June 8), a Mw7.8 earthquake struck offshore southwest of Kablalan, Mindanao, the Philippines, at a depth of 34.3 mi (55.2 km), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was felt widely across Mindanao in the southern Philippines, with the most severe damage reported in Soccsksargen and Davao Region. According to initial damage assessments, at least 37 structures were damaged or collapsed in Soccsksargen and Davao Region. Damage assessments are ongoing.
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Jangmi tracked roughly parallel to the southern coast of Japan and made landfall in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan as a severe tropical storm on Tuesday June 2. At landfall, Jangmi had 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 58 mph (93 km/hr), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). This corresponds to a severe tropical storm on the JMA tropical cyclone intensity scale and is equivalent to a tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS). The system then tracked north-northeast along the coast and then transitioned into an extratropical low over the open waters of the Western North Pacific at 12:00 UTC (21:00 local time) on Wednesday June 3. Jangmi impacted Kyushu, Shikoku, Chugoku, Kansai, Chubu, and Kanto regions with tropical storm-force winds and heavy rainfall. This led to transport disruption, with closures to both roads and rail lines, and over 1,000 flights were delayed or canceled. At least 148 buildings have been damaged, and over 400,000 people were evacuated.
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Tropical Storm Jangmi is currently located about 670 mi (1,080 km) east of northern Luzon, Philippines and is tracking west-northwest. Jangmi currently has 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 46 mph (74 km/hr), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). This corresponds to a tropical storm on the JMA tropical cyclone intensity scale and is equivalent to a tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Jangmi is expected to intensity into a typhoon by Sunday May 31 as it tracks north-northwest through the open waters of the Philippine Sea and approaches the Japanese Nansei Islands on Monday June 1. The system is expected to pass through the Japanese Nansei Islands as a typhoon on Monday June 1 and Tuesday June 2. The system is then expected to weaken to a severe tropical storm as it recurves and approaches southwestern mainland Japan on Tuesday June 2 and Wednesday June 3, though there is considerable uncertainty in the track and intensity at this lead time.
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