Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the Eastern Pacific: Hurricane Fernanda is about 1305 mi...2100 km WSW of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...130 mph...215 km/h. Present movement...WNW or 285 degrees at 12 mph...19 km/h.

In the Western Pacific: Tropical Storm 06w (Talas), located approximately 126 nm north of Da Nang, Vietnam, is tracking west-northwestward at 10 knots.

In the North Atlantic: Tropical Low Four remains an area of disturbed weather in the North Atlantic that has the potential (20%) for further tropical development.

NewsBytes:

Illinois, USA - Flooding north of Chicago could worsen on Sunday as rivers keep rising after a deluge earlier this week that damaged thousands of homes and sent water cascading into streets and basements, officials said. Thousands of homes were affected by flooding after storms dumped more than 7 inches (18 cm) of rain in the area on Tuesday and Wednesday.

India - Update - At least 80 people have been killed across 58 districts in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur due to severe flooding in the region. Assam is worst hit as the flood has affected over 17 lakh people and claimed over 49 lives. Other Northeastern states have also been badly hit. Arunachal Pradesh has taken a major hit to its road infrastructure while crops and plantations have been destroyed in Nagaland and Manipur. Not only people, animals too are facing brunt of the floods as 58 animals have lost their lives in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park alone. Around 77% of the park, which the home to largest concentration of the world’s remaining one horned rhinoceros, has been inundated, forcing animals to move to nearby highlands.