Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms

No Current Tropical Storms

NewsBytes:

The Indonesian Environment Ministry has declared an ecology disaster after flooding in Jakarta claimed the lives of at least 11 people. The combination of the increased destruction of vegetation in the upper catchment areas of rivers and the lack of adequate flood prevention causes frequent floods in Jakarta.

Landslide in Zhejiang Province in Eastern China has claimed the lives of at least four people.

USA - A massive winter storm packing up to a foot of snow, strong winds and icy temperatures slammed into the northeastern United States on Tuesday, cancelling flights, closing government offices and leaving behind it bitter cold air from the Arctic. The sprawling storm, which stretched for a 1,000 miles between Kentucky and Massachusetts, had dumped as much as 13.5 inches in Philadelphia by midnight, with New York seeing almost as much. Manalapan, N.J., had the highest snowfall reading with 16 inches.

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