Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms

In the Atlantic:

Tropical storm Jerry forms located about 1240 mi (1995 km) E of Bermuda. Not a threat to any land.

In the Western Pacific:

Typhoon Wutip was located approximately 175 nm northwest of Da Nang, Vietnam. The final advisory has been issued on this system.

Tropical depression Sepat is located about 84 nm north of Chichi Jima, Japan.

Tropical storm Fitow is located approximately 430 nm north-northwest of Koror, Palau.

Typhoon Wutip - 3 Chinese boats sink. At least 70 people have been reported missing. Five boats carrying more than 150 people encountered strong winds from Typhoon Wutip on Sunday in the South China Sea. A rescue operation is under way and reports say 14 people have been found.

The storm was expected to make landfall in central Vietnam on Monday and thousands have been evacuated there. The boats ran into strong winds near the Paracel islands, around 330km (200 miles) from China's southern coast. Two of the boats, from southern Guangdong province, sank on Sunday, and contact was eventually lost with a third boat. At least 10 ships and six planes are involved in rescue operations. Officials have advised local fishing boats to berth to avoid rough waters.

On Monday, Vietnam was anticipating widespread flooding and landslides - Typhoon Wutip is said to be the most powerful to hit the country this season. The country's weather forecaster is expecting the typhoon to bring heavy rain and sustained winds of up to 93mph (150km/ph). More than 40,000 villagers from areas that were expected to be affected by the typhoon have been moved to safety.

NewsBytes:

Rock slide in Colorado on Monday - 5 buried and killed. Some of the rocks involved in the slide were "half the size of a car". Boulders exceeding 100 tons crashed into a viewing area a half-mile up a popular day hike area. The slide left a football-field-sized gash below Mount Princeton.

An EF-1 tornado touched down near Puyallup, Washington, USA, causing damage to buildings and tipping a train off its tracks.

Weeks of heavy rains that began in mid-August have left much of Mauritania’s capital city, Nouakchott, and six of the surrounding regions under water, creating “unprecedented” damage according to the Department of Civil Protection.