Friday 17 August 2018

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

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In the Atlantic Ocean: Tropical Storm Ernesto is located about 715 mi...1145 km nw of the Azores and about 800 mi...1290 km e of Cape Race Newfoundland with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...ne or 50 degrees at 25 mph...41 km/h.

Invest 99L is an area of disturbed weather in the Atlantic Ocean that had the potential for further tropical development.

In the Western Pacific Ocean: Tropical storm 20w (Bebinca), located approximately 99 nm south-southwest of Hanoi, Vietnam, is tracking west-southwestward at 10 knots.

Tropical storm 21w (Rumbia), located approximately 41 nm west of Shanghai, China, is tracking northwestward at 12 knots.

Typhoon 22w (Soulik), located approximately 111 nm south-southwest of Iwo To, Japan, is tracking north-northwestward at 16 knots.

In the Eastern Pacific Ocean: Hurricane Lane is located about 1620 mi...2610 km wsw of the southern tip of Baja California and about 1675 mi...2695 km ese of Hilo Hawaii with maximum sustained winds...80 mph...130 km/h. Present movement...w or 280 degrees at 16 mph...26 km/h.

NewsBytes:

India - With the death toll in the devastating floods rising to 167 in Kerala, and more than one lakh people living in relief camps across the state, the Centre on Thursday deployed all three wings of the armed forces in a massive rescue operation. Torrential rains, overflowing rivers and a series of landslides have cut off vast swathes of land in the state. The Kochi International Airport has been shut till Aug 26 and Southern Railway and Kochi Metro have suspended their operations. On Thursday reports of 47 deaths came in mostly from Malappuram, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thrissur and Pathanamthitta where rivers are in spate since August 8.

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