Thursday, 9 May 2019

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

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In the Southern Hemisphere: Tropical cyclone (tc) 26s (Lili), located approximately 257 nm north- northwest of Darwin, Australia, is tracking south-southwestward at 05 knots.

NewsBytes:

USA - Deadly thunderstorms unleashed baseball-sized hail, flooding rainfall and numerous tornadoes across western portions of Texas and Oklahoma Tuesday into late Wednesday as severe conditions jolted the region for a second consecutive day. The potent storms turned deadly after a man was swept away in rising waters in Austin, Texas, Wednesday afternoon. At least 17 preliminary tornadoes were reported on Tuesday. Law enforcement confirmed that a tornado moved from Howardwick to Alanreed, Texas, which is east of Amarillo. A dangerous situation unfolded on Tuesday evening as a large tornado tracked from near Hobart to Rocky, Oklahoma. An additional four tornadoes were reported Wednesday. Meanwhile, heavy rain inundated the Houston area through Tuesday evening. Heavy rainfall across south-central Kansas on Tuesday night closed portions of Interstate 35 from south of Wichita to the Kansas/Oklahoma border. People were evacuated from their homes and schools were closed or delayed Wednesday after Kansas was hit with back-to-back thunderstorms. The powerful storms disrupted power lines in regions across Texas. During Tuesday evening, over 30,000 customers were without power throughout the state. Severe weather across the south-central U.S. brought multiple strikes of lighting along with damaging winds and flash flooding, with over 200,000 lightning strikes across this region of the country over a 36-hour period.

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