Tropical Storms
In the Western Pacific:
Tropical storm Pewa is located approximately 242 nm northeastward of Wake Island.
Tropical storm Trami is located approximately 107 nm west-northwestward of Taipei, Taiwan.
Severe Tropical Storm Trami has struck a heavily populated northern Taiwan, prompting schools and offices to close down as heavy rains - up to 2 feet - triggered landslides. A deadly combination of monsoon rains and heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Trami swamped the northern Philippines on Monday and Tuesday.
Typhoon Trami batters China - Packing winds of 126 km/h, the 12th tropical storm to hit China this year made landfall in the coastal areas of Fuqing City early on Thursday. Trami has slammed into China, bringing more rain and threatening to worsen severe flooding that has so far left 575 dead and 340 missing.
NewsBytes:
Floods in Darfur, Sudan have claimed the lives of at least five people and injured seventeen others.
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