Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

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Tropical Cyclone (tc) 18p (Zena), located approximately 190 nm west of Suva, Fiji, and is tracking east-southeastward at 23 knots.

Invest 90C is an area of disturbed weather in the Central Pacific that has the potential for tropical development.

NewsBytes:

Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reported Monday that 23 people were killed and 84 more people were injured when a river that crosses Jigjiga, the regional capital of the Somali region, burst its banks on Sunday. It said intense rains in another drought-stricken region, Afar, led to floods in which five people were killed.

Fiji - Torrential rain triggered major flash flooding in parts of Fiji Monday and Tuesday, and intensifying Tropical Cyclone Zena will bring more heavy rain to the Pacific island.

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