Sunday, 8 July 2018

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

In the Atlantic Ocean: Tropical Storm Beryl is located about 240 mi...380 km e of Barbados and about 340 mi...550 km e of Martinique with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...wnw or 290 degrees at 20 mph...31 km/h.

Tropical Storm Chris is located about 150 mi...245 km s of Cape Hatteras North Carolina with maximum sustained winds...40 mph...65 km/h. Present movement...stationary.

In the western Pacific Ocean: Super Typhoon 10w (Maria), located approximately 357 nm southwest of Iwo To, is tracking northwestward at 12 knots.

NewsBytes:

Japan - Torrents of rainfall and flooding battered a widespread area in southwestern Japan on Saturday, with local media casualty reports climbing quickly: 38 people were dead, four were injured seriously and 47 were missing. Television footage showed a residential area in Okayama prefecture seeped in brown water spreading like a huge lake. Some people fled to rooftops and balconies and waved furiously at hovering rescue helicopters. Evacuation orders had been issued to more than 1.6 million people.

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