Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the Eastern Pacific: Tropical Storm Greg is located about 1345 mi...2165 km E of South Point Hawaii and about 1765 mi...2835 km WSW of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...WNW or 295 degrees at 9 mph...15 km/h.

Hurricane Irwin is located about 770 mi...1235 km SW of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...75 mph...120 km/h. Present movement...WNW or 300 degrees at 5 mph...7 km/h.

Hurricane Hilary is located about 360 mi...575 km S of Cabo Corrientes Mexico and about 565 mi...910 km SSE of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...105 mph...165 km/h. Present movement...WNW or 290 degrees at 10 mph...17 km/h.

In the Western Pacific: Typoon 07w (Noru), located approximately 221 nm east-northeast of Minami Tori Shima, is tracking east-northeastward at 08 knots.

Tropical storm 09w (Kulap), located approximately 512 nm north of Minami Tori Shima, is tracking westward at 15 knots.

Tropical storm 08w (Sonca), located approximately 87 nm northwest of Da Nang, Vietnam, is tracking westward at 12 knots.

NewsBytes:

Jummu and Kashmir, India - A flash flood in Thathri village, Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir has claimed the lives of at least six people. The flash flood damaged the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway, washing away half a dozen houses.

India - More than 25,000 people have been moved to higher ground and at least three are reported to have died in this latest period of floods in Gujarat. Water depths are typically a half to one metre in Banaskantha district, with many rural areas cut off as road, rail and power are all affected. The latest wave of floods in Assam has affected 90,000 people: 160 square km of land is underwater. This is a normal wet season in northeast India which contains the wettest place on earth. In West Bengal, Rajasthan and Gujarat, this recent amount of rain is abnormal. Another metre of rain is possible in western India over the next three days.

Myanmar - Flooding across large parts of Myanmar has displaced more than 100,000 people, causing two deaths, while dramatic riverbank erosion has washed away a Buddhist pagoda. Water levels have risen steadily since unrelenting monsoon rain began to lash the heart of the Southeast Asian country in early July, driving some people to higher land or seek shelter in Buddhist monasteries.