Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the Eastern Pacific Ocean: Tropical depression 05e (Five), located approximately 1090 nm south of San Diego, is tracking northward at 09 knots.

NewsBytes:

Malaysia - Low-lying areas at the fringes of Kuala Lumpur particularly MRR2 and Ampang have been hit by flash floods following a downpour that lasted more than two hours.

Turkey - Turkey’s northeastern provinces were hit by heavy rains this weekend, causing flash floods that submerged a number of vehicles. At least two trucks fell into a creek on amid torrential rain in the Yolaç village of the northeastern province of Trabzon. The construction site of a planned hydropower plant near Yolaç was also submerged in the downpours.

India - The flood situation in Assam, which had shown improvement over the last two days, has reversed with two more districts being affected by the rising waters, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said on Saturday. Vast tracts of land in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts have been freshly inundated, taking the number of affected districts to six. A total of 2,22,792 people in 369 villages have been affected in the current wave of floods. The deluge has so far claimed 24 lives.