Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms

In the South Indian Ocean:

Tropical cyclone Fobane is located approximately 715 nm south-southeast of Diego Garcia.

NewsBytes:

Japan - Heaviest snow storm in 20 years in Tokyo, Japan has claimed the lives of five people and injured more than six hundred others. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, around 25 centimetres of snow has been recorded in Tokyo by Saturday night. The Japan Meteorological Agency has also issued the first heavy snowfall warning for central Tokyo in 13 years. Tokyo is a difficult place for snow due to the high peak of Mount Fuji, just to the west of the city. It blocks a lot of the storms moving in from the west, and most storms coming in from the south and east are too warm. Snow storm in Tokyo also disrupted domestic flights and bullet trains.

UK - Britain’s flooding crisis is set to deepen this week after the Environment Agency (EA) warned that lives could be at risk from expected flooding along the River Thames. The Environment Agency has dramatically increased the number of “severe” warnings, indicating a risk to life, from two to 16 as it warns that rivers already swollen by flood water could continue rising for at least 24 hours. The 14 new severe warnings apply to a 12-mile stretch of the Thames in Berkshire and Surrey, where water levels are set to eclipse those experienced during the floods of 2003 putting thousands of homes at risk.