The strongest storm of 2018 is swirling in the Indian Ocean

The year's first Category 5 storm has formed in the Indian Ocean, off the northwest coast of Australia. Cyclone Marcus, which blew through the Australian city of Darwin as the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane on March 17, intensified to a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 160 miles per hour on Wednesday. SEE ALSO: These storms on Jupiter are way better than any hurricane on Earth The storm is forecast to gradually turn to the southwest, then south, and then southeast toward Perth. At the same time, it is predicted to steadily weaken to the equivalent of a tropical storm by this weekend, posing little threat to the continent. Read more... More about Australia, Climate, Science, Extreme Weather, and Tropical Cyclone source: https://mashable.com/2018/03/21/cyclone-marcus-strongest-storm-2018/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial #Headlines by: Andrew Freedman

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