Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Typhoon Champi is located approximately 223 nm north-northwest of Minami Tori Shima, and is tracking east-northeastward at 14 knots.

Hurricane Olaf is located about 625 mi...1005 km E of Hilo Hawaii and about 820 mi...1315 km E of Honolulu Hawaii with maximum sustained winds...120 mph...195 km/h. Present movement...NNE or 25 degrees at 8 mph...13 km/h.

Hurricane Patricia is located about 35 mi...55 km...NE of Zacatecas Mexico with maximum sustained winds...50 mph...80 km/h. Present movement...NNE or 25 degrees at 21 mph...33 km/h.

NewsBytes:

Mexico - Patricia, one of the strongest ever hurricanes lashed western Mexico with rain and winds of up to 266 km/h, causing chaos in coastal towns and resorts but less damage than feared before weakening on Saturday as it moved inland. Mowing down trees, flooding streets and battering buildings, Hurricane Patricia ploughed into Mexico as a Category 5 storm on Friday before grinding inland, where it began to lose power in the mountains that rise up along the Pacific coast. Around 15 000 tourists were hurriedly evacuated from the beach resort of Puerto Vallarta as people scrambled to get away from the advancing hurricane, whose massive swirl over Mexico could be seen clearly from space. At one point generating sustained winds of 322km/h, Patricia was the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.