Friday, 14 June 2013

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storm Yagi

Some remote Japanese islands were drenched by the spiralling bands of Tropical Storm Yagi as the disturbance passed about 200 miles to the south of Tokyo. Yagi brought locally heavy rain to a long stretch of coastline of Japan's Honshu Island.

Landslide in Uttarakhand, India

Around 15,000 tourists were stranded along Rishikesh-Gangotri National Highway, following a landslide in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, India, which washed away part of Rishikesh-Gangotri highway along the Maneri Sainji village which is a highly landslide-prone area. More than 15 hours continuous rainfall also caused flooding in the Bhagirathi river.

Thousands of tourists and pilgrims in 900 different buses were stranded for over 16 hours before being rescued by Border Road Organisation personnel.

Other News:

At least two people have died and five others were injured in a storm in Penang, Malaysia. The thunderstorm also damaged more than 100 houses in Seberang Perai Utara, SP Tengah and SP Selatan areas.

A tornado touched down in Montgomery County late Thursday afternoon as a bruising storm front raced eastward through the Washington region, USA.

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