Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical cyclone (tc) 19s (Fantala), located approximately 783 nm northwest of Port Louis, Mauritius, and is tracking west-northwestward at 04 knots.

NewsBytes:

Chile - Heavy rains battering central Chile have now left an estimated 4 million people without drinking water, as landslides wreaked havoc and rivers breached their banks, leaving at least one person dead and closing the world's largest underground copper mine.

Uruguay - Massive storms and floods have killed at least 7 in Uruguay and driven 2 000 from their homes when rivers burst their banks in recent days. Four of the victims died on friday when a rare tornado hit the western city of Dolores and three others were found to have died when trying to cross flooded rivers in the region.