Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the southern hemisphere: Tropical cyclone (tc) 11s (Dumazile), located approximately 241 nm south-southwest of St. Denis, is tracking southeastward at 13 knots.

Newsbytes:

Turkey - Torrential rains and storms created havoc across Turkey on March 5, as one person was killed in the Thracian province of Edirne and a neighborhood was flooded in the northern province of Bartın. Tunca River in Edirne flooded on March 5 following week-long rains. In Bartın, water levels in the river that runs through the city rose as much as five meters due to heavy rain and melting snow in the mountains, flooding some roads and a neighborhood located on the river bank.

Kenya - Flood waters in Marsabit County have killed one woman and rendered many residents homeless. More than 100 goats have also died.

Trouble for Coastal New England

The rugged coast of New England has never recorded a one-two high-water punch like it’s gotten this winter with the nor’easters dubbed Grayson (January 4) and Riley (March 2-3). These storms produced two of the three highest water levels ever measured in Boston Harbor, and both of them produced widespread damage along the Massachusetts coast, with many water rescues carried out. Nearly a million people along the East Coast remained without power on Monday. At least two more nor’easters are in the pipeline for New England, one later this week and another early next week.

In the longer range, there’s a more ominous outlook. Sea level is expected to rise even faster along the Northeast U.S. coast than in most places around the world, thanks in large part to the effects of a weakening Gulf Stream. The renowned ferocity of nor’easters will thus play out atop a progressively rising sea surface, making coastal impacts progressively worse unless adaptation efforts can keep pace.

A row of homes in Scituate, Massachusetts, is surrounded by high-tide water at midday on Saturday, March 4, 2018.