Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:
Hurricane Marie is located about 550 mi...880 km WSW of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...105 mph...165 km/h. Present movement...NW or 310 degrees at 14 mph...22 km/h.
Hazards affecting land: Surf...swells generated by Marie are affecting much of the Baja
California peninsula and the southern Gulf of California. These swells are spreading northwestward and will reach the Southern California later today. Life-threatening surf and rip current conditions are likely as a result of these swells...as well as minor coastal flooding.
Hurricane Cristobal is located about 590 mi...950 km SW of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds...75 mph...120 km/h. Present movement...N or 10 degrees at 12 mph...19 km/h.
Hazards affecting land: rainfall...Cristobal is expected to produce additional rainfall
amounts of 1 to 3 inches over the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas. In addition to ongoing rainfall...Cristobal is expected to produce additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches over Bermuda. Wind...tropical storm conditions are possible on Bermuda by Wednesday afternoon. Surf...swells generated by Cristobal are affecting portions of the United States East Coast from central Florida northward to North Carolina...and will spread northward later this week. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.
NewsBytes:
Bangladesh - Flooding during Bangladesh's yearly summer monsoon season has forced 500,000 residents into homelessness and caused scores more to lose their crops. Streets throughout the northern area of the country have reportedly been swept away.
South Korea - Flash floods brought on by heavy rain in southern South Korea have killed at least five people. Monday's heavy rain also disrupted train services in Busan, and a nuclear power plant was forced to halt operations after a cooling facility became flooded.
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