Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms

In the Southern Indian Ocean:

Tropical cyclone (tc) 23p (Ita), located approximately 31 nm west-northwest of Cairns, Australia, has tracked south-southeastward at 06 knots over the past 6 hours.

NewsBytes:

Lightning from freak thunderstorms, stronger than some southern Chile residents can remember ever experiencing before, killed 63 cows in two separate strikes. A single bolt killed 54 dairy cows that had taken refuge beneath a tree near Los Rios. One cow survived, but was left blinded, according to rancher. In a similar incident, nine other cows died beneath a tree hit by lightning near El Pilar.