Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Typhoon 17w (Atsani), located approximately 261 nm east of Iwo To, Japan, is tracking north-northwestward at 09 knots.

Typhoon 16w (Goni), located approximately 292 nm north-northeast of Manila, Philippines, is tracking westward at 05 knots.

Tropical Storm Danny is located about 985 mi...1590 km ESE of the Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds...85 mph...140 km/h. Present movement...WNW or 290 degrees at 10 mph...17 km/h.

Tropical Depression Three-C is located about 570 mi...915 km SSE of Hilo Hawaii and about 760 mi...1220 km se of Honolulu Hawaii with maximum sustained winds...35 mph...55 km/h. Present movement...WNW or 300 degrees at 15 mph...24 km/h.

Tropical Depression Four-C is located about 505 mi...810 km W of Johnston Island and about 870 mi...1400 km S of Midway Island with maximum sustained winds...35 mph...55 km/h. Present movement...NNE or 30 degrees at 6 mph...9 km/h.

Invest 97L is an area of disturbed weather in the North Atlantic that has the potential for tropical development.

NewsBytes:

China - Flooding in three central Chinese provinces has left at least 13 people dead and 13 others missing and disrupted the lives of nearly 1 million people, state media reported Thursday. Heavy rains and flooding struck Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan provinces starting Sunday, causing widespread damage, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Worst-hit was Sichuan's Xuyong county, where mud and debris filled streets up to the second floor of some buildings and about half a million people were affected. Mudslides also destroyed dozens of homes and cut power and communications to the area, which lies in a flood plain at the base of steep mountains.

India - The army was called out to assist the civil authorities in Kokrajhar and a few other districts as the flood situation in Assam turned grim on Thursday, affecting about three lakh people in 13 districts. Over 85,000 people have been shifted to 124 relief camps set up in the flood-affected districts.