Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the North Atlantic Ocean: Tropical Storm Harvey is located about 30 mi...50 km NNE of Alexandria Louisiana and about 100 mi...160 km SE of Shreveport Louisiana with maximum sustained winds...35 mph...55 km/h. Present movement…NNE or 30 degrees at 9 mph...15 km/h.

Tropical Storm Irma is located about 590 mi...950 km W of the Cabo Verde islands with maximum sustained winds...70 mph...110 km/h. Present movement…W or 280 degrees at 12 mph...19 km/h.

In the Eastern Pacific: Tropical Storm Lidia is located about 115 mi...185 km SSE of Cabo San lucas Mexico with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement…NNW or 335 degrees at 8 mph...13 km/h.

In the Western Pacific: Tropical storm 17w (Sanvu), located approximately 12 nm west-northwest of Chichi Jima, is tracking north-northeastward at 08 knots.

NewsBytes:

Texas, USA - Tropical Storm Harvey bore down on eastern Texas and Louisiana on Wednesday, bringing the catastrophic downpours that paralyzed the U.S. energy hub of Houston, where record rainfall drove tens of thousands of people from their homes. The storm that first came ashore on Friday near Corpus Christi, Texas, as the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years has killed at least 17 people and forced 30,000 people to flee to emergency shelters. Damage has been estimated at tens of billions of dollars, making it one of the costliest U.S. natural disasters. Clear skies in Houston on Wednesday brought relief to the fourth-largest U.S. city after five days of downpours, as Harvey headed northeast, drenching cities including Port Arthur, Texas, and Lake Charles, Louisiana. As Harvey churned out of the Houston area, it made landfall for a third time early on Wednesday, and was about 25 miles west of Lake Charles, Louisiana, at 8 a.m. ET with winds up to 45 miles per hour. It was expected to bring an additional 3 to 6 inches of rain to an area about 80 miles east of Houston as well as southwestern Louisiana, where some areas have already had more than 18 inches of rain.