Tropical Cyclone Eunice strengthened rapidly on Thursday as it moved over the South Indian Ocean and it has attained an intensity equivalent to that of a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.  At 8:00 p.m. EST on Thursday the center of Eunice was located at latitude 17.7°S and longitude 67.7°E, which put it about … Continue reading Tropical Cyclone Eunice Reaches the Equivalent of a Category 5 Hurricane