Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the North Atlantic: Hurricane Matthew is located about 20 mi...30 km E of Hilton Head South Carolina and about 50 mi...80 km SSW of Charleston South Carolina with maximum sustained winds...105 mph...165 km/h. Present movement...NNE or 30 degrees at 12 mph...19 km/h.

Tropical Storm Nicole is located about 445 mi...715 km S of Bermuda and about 520 mi...835 km N of San Juan Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds...50 mph...85 km/h.4resent movement...S or 190 degrees at 7 mph...11 km/h.

In the Western Pacific: Tropical Storm 22w (Aere), located approximately 141 nm east-southeast of Hong Kong, is tracking northeastward at 01 knot.

Tropical depression 23w (Twenty-Three), located approximately 866 nm east-southeast of Iwo To, is tracking west-northwestward at 15 knots.

Newsbytes:

Haiti - The full scale of the devastation in hurricane-hit rural Haiti became clear on Friday as the death toll surged past 400, three days after Hurricane Matthew levelled huge swaths of the country's south. Aerial footage from the hardest-hit towns showed a ruined landscape of metal shanties with roofs blown away and downed trees everywhere. Brown mud from overflowing rivers covered the ground.

Meanwhile, Georgia and the Carolinas brace for flooding as Hurricane Matthew heads north. In Florida more than 600 000 homes remain without power.

Thailand - Monsoon floods in Thailand have killed three people and submerged more than 68,000 households, officials said on Friday. Three bodies were found drowned in floodwaters in Nakornsawan province, 240 kilometres north of Bangkok, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said in its latest flood report. The inundation has affected more than 68,000 households nationwide.