Fewer tropical cyclones expected in Southwest Pacific this season
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Southwest Pacific may see either fewer or a normal number of tropical cyclones this season, according to New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Re

![Tropical cyclone risk by location for the 2024-25 season in the Pacific American Samoa’s risk is normal to reduced for tropical cyclones during the Territory’s cyclone season — November and running until April 30, according to New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and Metservice. [Photo: NIWA] Tropical cyclone risk by location](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tropical_cyclone_risk.jpeg?itok=o1u2O2Re)








![A rarely-seen whiplash squid (Mastigoteuthis) documented at (3,625 feet depth. One of the ‘weird’ lifeforms spotted on deepsea volcano near American Samoa in the latest video captured on camera by scientists exploring the depths of the ocean. The beautiful footage comes from the E Mamana Ou Gataifale II expedition by the Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA Ocean Exploration, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. [photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute] A rarely-seen whiplash squid](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/rare_whiplash_squid.jpeg?itok=Dhie-x_m)