Tuesday, 15 August 2017

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

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In the Atlantic Ocean: Hurricane Gert is located about 450 nm ... 725 km west of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds ... 75 mph ... 120 km/h. Present movement ... north or 360 degree at 12 mph ... 19 km/h.

In the Western Pacific: Typhoon 14w (Banyan), located approximately 478 nm east-northeast of Miami Tori Shima, is tracking northward at 13 knots.

NewsBytes:

Sierra Leone - At least 312 people were killed and more than 2 000 left homeless on Monday when heavy flooding and mudslides hit Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown, leaving excavators to pull bodies from rubble and overwhelming the city's morgues.

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