Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the Eastern Pacific: Tropical Storm Irwin is located about 1060 mi...1700 km WSW of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...60 mph...95 km/h. Present movement...N or 350 degrees at 9 mph...15 km/h.

Tropical Storm Hilary is located about 940 mi...1510 km W of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...WNW or 300 degrees at 14 mph...22 km/h.

In the Western Pacific: Typhoon 07w (Noru), located approximately 91 nm south of Iwo To, is tracking south-southwestward at 04 knots.

Tropical storm 11w (Nesat), located approximately 128 nm west-northwest of Taipei, Taiwan, is tracking northwestward at 11 knots.

Tropical storm 12w (Haitang), located approximately 216 nm south-southwest of Taipei, Taiwan, is tracking north-northeastward at 17 knots.

NewsBytes:

China - At least 10 people were killed after a flood hit China's northwestern Shaanxi province. Heavy rains hit Yulin City in northern Shaanxi from Tuesday night and caused floods in a number of areas. Floods in China. ReutersFloods in China. More than 71,300 people were forced to evacuate, the provincial flood control headquarters said. Power supplies and telecommunications were also disrupted.

Taiwan - Taiwan suffered flooding, widespread power outages and winds of over a hundred miles an hour as it was battered by its first typhoon of the year on Saturday. Much of the island came to a standstill, with most train services suspended and as many as 249,230 households without electricity as Typhoon Nesat (Gorio in the Philippines) — packing gust of up to 180 kilometers (111.8 miles) an hour — blasted across the country. The storm made landfall at 1110 GMT in the eastern Yilan county, whipping up massive waves of over 15 meters (49.2 feet).