Saturday, 17 January 2015

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical cyclone (tc) 05s (Bansi), located approximately 661 nm east-southeast of Port Louis, Mauritius, and is tracking southeastward at 08 knots.

Typhoon 01w (Mekkhala), located approximately 316 nm east-southeast of Manila, Philippines, and is tracking northwestward at 13 knots.

Tropical cyclone (tc) 06s (Chedza), located approximately 362 nm west-southwest of St Denis, and is tracking eastward at 10 knots.

NewsBytes:

Malawi Update - The death toll from floods in Malawi has risen to 176 and made 200,000 homeless with least 153 people still missing. The government has warned of the impact the floods would have on health services, fearing the spread of water-borne diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid.

Malawi flood 2015 natural disaster

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