Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms

In the Western Pacific:

Typhoon Nari (Santi) is located approximately 255 nm east-northeast of Manila, Philippines. Arrival expected on Friday in the Philippines, then Tuesday in Vietnam.

Typhoon Nari headed towards the Philippines - In the Western Pacific, Category 1 Typhoon Nari is expected to intensify into a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds and make landfall on Luzon Island in the Philippines near 12 UTC Friday. Nari will then make a second landfall in Vietnam around 00 UTC on Tuesday.

Tropical depression 25w has been upgraded to Tropical storm Wipha, which is located approximately 696 nm south of Iwo To, Japan. Could become a typhoon by Saturday afternoon. In the Eastern Pacific:

In the Indian Ocean:

Tropical cyclone Phailin is located approximately 424 nm southward of Kolkata, India. It will continue to intensify, reaching a peak of 135 knots in the next day as favourable conditions persist.

Very dangerous typhoon Phailin, in the North Indian Ocean's Bay of Bengal, has put on an impressive burst of rapid intensification, going from a tropical storm with 65 mph winds to a formidable Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds in just twelve hours. Landfall on the northeast coast of India expected to occur between 06 - 12 UTC on Saturday, possibly as strong as Category 4.

NewsBytes

An early blizzard caught ranchers off guard this week in South Dakota, USA, killing as many as 20,000 head of cattle. Crews are out removing dead cattle blocking roads, where they fell over in their tracks. Herds of livestock still alive are wandering aimlessly far from home. "We have misplaced cattle everywhere. The storm blew them 10 miles or more from where they are normally pastured." South Dakota’s civil air patrol did flyovers to take pictures of whole herds that keeled over together, dotting the gaping, snow-covered flatlands with big, black blotches. Ranchers who thought they were doing the right thing were blindsided, and they are dazed by their losses. “The smart thing to do this time of year is to have cows and calf off to pasture. Then the storm blew in. We’ve never seen anything quite like this.” They may never know the total number of livestock killed.

A tornado hit the southeast Colorado community of Eads Thursday evening and damaged two houses. The tornado also knocked out power to the communities of Brandon, Sheridan Lake and Towner.