Thursday 25 October 2012

Storms and Floods

Hurricane Sandy has made landfall on the southeastern coast of Cuba and strengthened to a strong Category 2 storm, with winds up to 175 kilometers per hour.


Tropical storm Tony forms in the Atlantic. No threat to land and the storm is not expected to endure long.


Tropical storm Son-Tinh forms in the western Pacific and makes landfall over Siargao, an island in the Philippines. A tropical storm warning has been issued with hundreds of passengers stranded as sea and air travel have been suspended in southern Philippines.


Tropical storm Murjan in the Indian Ocean strikes Somalia.


A powerful cyclone with gale-force winds and heavy precipitation is advancing upon Kamchatka in the Russian Far East.


Extreme weather wreaks havoc in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Floodwaters swept five people away in northern KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend. Three further people who were washed down the Chibide River at Silutshane, near Vryheid are still missing. The widespread rain and storms have caused chaos and misery everywhere, especially on the roads and informal settlements.


Tornado hits Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA.

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