Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the North Atlantic:

Tropical Storm Ian is located about 980 mi...1580 km ESE of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...NNW or 335 degrees at 9 mph...15 km/h.

Invest 93L is an area of disturbed weather in the North Atlantic that has the potential for further tropical development.

Invest 95L is an area of disturbed weather in the North Atlantic that has the potential for further tropical development.

In the Eastern Pacific:

Hurricane Orlene is located about 635 mi...1020 km WSW of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...105 mph...165 km/h. Present movement...N or 360 degrees at 5 mph...7 km/h.

In the Western Pacific:

Super Typhoon Meranti, located approximately 330 nm south-southeast of Taipei, Taiwan, is tracking west-northwestward at 14 knots.

Tropical storm 18w (Malakas), located approximately 310 nm north-northwest of Yap, is tracking westward at 10 knots.

Tropical Depression 19w (Rai), located approximately 51 nm southeast of Da Nang, Vietnam, is tracking west-northwestward at 11 knots.

In the Central Pacific:

Invest 93C is an area of disturbed weather in the Central Pacific that has the potential for further tropical development.

Newsbytes:

Thailand - Officials in Chiang Mai yesterday closed popular waterfalls in Mae Sa and Tad Mok in Mae Rim district as a precaution against flash flooding after heavy downpours since Sunday night. Other districts in Chiang Mai put preventive measures in place, such as piling up 10,000 sandbags alongside a brimming river in Mae Chaem and warning residents to move belongings to higher ground. Mae Sa waterfall unit was ordered to temporarily close after water at the falls rose by two metres after torrential downpours. A similar precaution was taken at Tad Mok falls.