Saturday, 14 June 2014

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms

In the Eastern Pacific Ocean:

Hurricane Cristina is located about about 35 mi (60 km) NNW of Socorro island about 260 mi (420 km) SSW of the southern tip of Baja California. Cristina has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and its present movement is NW or 310 degrees at 7 mph (11 km/h).

In the Western Pacific:

Tropical Storm Hagibis forms approximately 183 nm east-southeast of Hong Kong, and is tracking northward at 03 knots.

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In the Arabian Sea:

Tropical Storm Nanauk was dissipating in the Arabian Sea on Friday, June 13 as it ran into increasing vertical wind shear, dry air moving into the tropical cyclone and cooler sea surface temperatures.

NewsBytes:

Brazil - A weekend forecast for heavy rains in ParanĂ¡, where flooding has killed 11 and affected more than half a million people in the past five days.

Texas, USA - A tornado touched down in Burnet County, just outside Bertram. It even carried a home about a football field distance away with the family still inside.

Mississippi, USA - The National Weather Service said today that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Chickasaw County as a line of thunderstorms crossed the state. The tornado uprooted and snapped several trees along its path. Two homes suffered considerable damage from fallen trees.

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