Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the North Atlantic: Tropical Storm Ian is located about 600 mi...965 km E of Cape Race Newfoundland and about 1500 mi...2410 km SW of Reykjavik, Iceland with maximum sustained winds...60 mph...95 km/h. Present movement...NE or 40 degrees at 48 mph...78 km/h.

Tropical Storm Julia is located about 215 mi...345 km SSE of Cape Fear North Carolina and about 240 mi...390 km ESE of Charleston South Carolina with maximum sustained winds...40 mph...65 km/h. Present movement...se or 135 degrees at 5 mph...7 km/h.

Tropical Storm Karl is located about 640 mi...1030 km WNW of the Cabo Verde islands and about 1870 mi...3005 km E of the Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...W or 280 degrees at 13 mph...20 km/h.

In the Eastern Pacific: Tropical Storm Orlene is located about 1005 mi...1615 km W of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...50 mph...85 km/h. Present movement...W or 270 degrees at 12 mph...19 km/h.

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

In the Western Pacific: Typhoon 18w (Malakas), located approximately 361 nm southwest of Kadena AB, is tracking north-northwestward at 11 knots.

Newsbytes:

Super Typhoon Meranti breaks records - Super Typhoon Meranti (Typhoon Ferdie in Philippines) is the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2016 and is one of three most powerful typhoons ever recorded: Strongest typhoon since Typhoon Megi (2010) - In terms of pressure; Strongest since Typhoon Haiyan (2013) - In terms of maximum sustained winds; Strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2016 and Deepest tropical cyclone ever recorded anywhere on Earth. Typhoon Meranti has left at least 16 people dead or missing in China and an ancient bridge destroyed as it wreaked havoc on the country's eastern coast. The storm, described by the official Xinhua news agency as the world's strongest typhoon this year and the worst to hit Fujian province since records began in 1949, had killed seven people by Friday morning, the civil affairs ministry said in a statement. Another nine people were missing and more than 330,000 residents had been relocated, it added.

Adiós La Niña - The anticipated La Niña ocean cooling has failed to take hold across the tropical Pacific, with forecasters now saying it is unlikely to develop during the next several months. Some weather agencies had believed the opposite phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon had a good chance of developing during the Northern Hemisphere autumn and winter, quickly following a near-record El Niño. A cooling briefly appeared to be developing earlier this year on the surface of the equatorial Pacific, then faded. Neutral conditions could bring beneficial rainfall to California this winter, but may mean less monsoon rainfall in South Asia.