Active Storms

{
  "activeCount": 5,
  "asOf": "2026-10-11T08:35:40.014Z",
  "degraded": false,
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "majorCount": 2,
  "notChecked": [
    "wind radii, storm surge and rainfall: follow the national hurricane or cyclone centre",
    "forecast track: only the latest observed or advisory position is reported",
    "…2 more"
  ],
  "reasons": [
    "Category is computed here from the latest wind in knots (Saffir-Simpson, 1-minute sustained), not copied from a source label.",
    "GDACS wind is the event's peak, shown as peakWindKt, not the current wind.",
    "…1 more"
  ],
  "source": "NASA EONET and GDACS",
  "sourceUrl": "https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov",
  "staleCount": 5,
  "storms": [
    {
      "ageHours": 8.6,
      "currentWindKmh": 241,
      "currentWindKt": 130,
      "gdacsAlertLevel": "Red",
      "gdacsCountry": "Mexico",
      "lastUpdate": "2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z",
      "latitude": 18,
      "longitude": -104.8,
      "name": "Hurricane Simon",
      "peakSaffirSimpson": "Category 4 hurricane",
      "peakWindKt": 135,
      "saffirSimpson": "Category 4 hurricane",
      "saffirSimpsonCategory": 4,
      "sources": [
        "NASA EONET",
        "GDACS"
      ],
      "status": "active",
      "trackPoints": 4,
      "url": "https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_25094"
    },
    {
      "ageHours": 8.6,
      "currentWindKmh": 213,
      "currentWindKt": 115,
      "gdacsAlertLevel": null,
      "gdacsCountry": null,
      "lastUpdate": "2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z",
      "latitude": 24.5,
      "longitude": 148.2,
      "name": "Typhoon Koguma",
      "peakSaffirSimpson": null,
      "peakWindKt": null,
      "saffirSimpson": "Category 4 hurricane",
      "saffirSimpsonCategory": 4,
      "sources": [
        "NASA EONET"
      ],
      "status": "active",
      "trackPoints": 4,
      "url": "https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_25046"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "5 active tropical cyclone(s) worldwide; 2 at major (category 3+) strength. Strongest now: Hurricane Simon, Category 4 hurricane (130 kt).",
  "verdict": "MAJOR_STORM_ACTIVE"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://global-hazards.x402tookit.com/active-storms?includeStale=false'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://global-hazards.x402tookit.com/active-storms?includeStale=false' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.03 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.03" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.03 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobal-hazards.x402tookit.com%2Factive-storms
const res = await pay("https://global-hazards.x402tookit.com/active-storms?includeStale=false");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.03 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.03"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://global-hazards.x402tookit.com/active-storms?includeStale=false")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)