Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the North Atlantic: Hurricane Matthew is located about 35 mi...55 km S of Tiburon Haiti and about 165 mi...270 km S of the eastern tip of Cuba with maximum sustained winds...145 mph...230 km/h. Present movement...N or 5 degrees at 9 mph...15 km/h.

Hurricane Matthew bore down on Haiti on Monday, where towns and villages braced for "catastrophic" floods and mudslides forecasters fear will be triggered by 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and up to three feet of rain over its denuded hills. Winds and rain started pounding the southwest of the Caribbean country, but the center of Matthew, a violent Category 4 storm, was not due until the early hours of Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre said. It is then forecast to hit Cuba and the Bahamas and possibly reach Florida by Thursday as a major hurricane, though weaker than at present, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Invest 98L is an area of disturbed weather in the North Atlantic that has the potential for further tropical development.

In the Western Pacific: Typhoon 21w (Chaba), located approximately 204 nm north-northwest of Kadena AB, Guam, is tracking northward at 16 knots.

In the Central Pacific: Invest 94C is an area of disturbed weather in the Central Pacific that has the potential for further tropical development.