Tropical Storms – Roundup of Tropical Storms:
In the Southern Hemisphere: Tropical cyclone 08s (Batsirai), located approximately 133 nm north-northeast of Port Louis, Mauritius, is tracking southwestward at 10 knots.
Tropical cyclone 09p (Nine), located approximately 492 nm north-northeast of Cairns, Australia, is tracking eastward at 03 knots.
NewsBytes:
Haiti & Dominican Republic – Thousands of people have been forced from their homes after flooding in parts of Haiti and Dominican Republic following a period of heavy rainfall. A cold front brought heavy rain and strong winds to the region from 30 January 2022. Civil Protection in Haiti said rain fell for 36 hours and several rivers have broken their banks including the Port-Margot, Les Trois Rivières and the Grande Rivière du Nord. Flooding has affected 20 municipalities in the Nord, Nord-Est and Nippes departments. As many as 2,578 houses have been flooded and 3 destroyed. Meanwhile in neighbouring Dominican Republic, Civil Defence said the heavy rains affected Puerto Plata, Santiago, La Vega, Valverde and Montecristi, causing flooding in some sectors of these provinces. As many as 3,444 homes were flooded and 1,720 people displaced.
Longest Lightning bolt
Two storms in 2020 set two new records for lightning, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced.
One record was for longest single bolt, a record captured by a flash of lightning that stretched for about 477 miles (168 kilometers) from Texas to Mississippi during a storm on April 29, 2020. That’s about the same distance between New York City and Columbus, Ohio.
The second record was for longest-duration bolt, which went to a flash that lit up the sky for an impressive 17.1 seconds during a storm on June 18, 2020, over Uruguay and northern Argentina.
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