Your iPhone may have contributed to the deadly hurricanes that battered the US this year, experts reveal. Researchers have found that smartphones generate 580 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, nearly 100 million more tons than the global aviation industry. These emissions warm Earth's oceans, fostering conditions for storms such as Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm that struck Florida in October.

Tropical Storm Sara scraped along northern Honduras' Caribbean coast early Friday, dumping torrential rains across parts of Central America and southern Mexico after making an initial landfall overnight. Sara hit land about 105 miles west-northwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Honduras-Nicaragua border, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. That is near Brus Laguna, a village of about 13,000 inhabitants. There are a few other population centers nearby. By dawn, the center said the storm was about 205 miles east-southeast of Belize City and was moving west at 9 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. The storm was expected to remain roughly on that path before heading out to sea again and threatening the coast of Belize.

Residents of thousands of villages were ordered to evacuate and ports were closed as another typhoon - the fourth in less than a month - hit the weather-ravaged Philippines. This was reported by UCA News. According to the national meteorological agency, there have been no reports of casualties or damage yet. The typhoon, dubbed “Toraji” hit the country's northeastern coast near the city of Dilasag, about 220 kilometers northeast of the capital Manila.

Torrential rains brought by tropical storm Trami triggered widespread flooding in eastern Philippines, leaving at least 14 people dead, authorities said on Wednesday. Thousands of people were marooned in their homes and on rooftops as emergency services struggled to respond to a deluge of rescue requests. The storm, locally called Kristine, was advancing towards the northeastern provinces, prompting the government to close public schools and offices on the island of Luzon, except those directly involved in disaster response.

Hurricane Oscar made landfall in northeastern Cuba on Saturday evening as a tiny but mighty storm. Cuba, which continues to deal with the fallout from a power crisis this week, will see strong winds and flooding rains over the next 24 hours as the storm traverses the island’s rugged terrain. Oscar unexpectedly and rapidly intensified into a hurricane on Saturday as it moved through the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The storm formed as one of the smallest hurricanes ever recorded in terms of its wind field, according to data collected by the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC).