Tropical Storms
Roundup of Tropical Storms:
Tropical storm Bertha dumped plenty of rain and forged through Puerto Rico with gale-force winds Saturday afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, as dry air and vertical shear tore the storm apart.
Despite the lack of an impressive resume, Bertha made things miserable for at least tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans. Nearly 40,000 people, mostly in the mountainous center of Puerto Rico, lost electricity, and another 3,000 were left without fresh water.
The storm was heading over the eastern Dominican Republic, which was subject to a tropical storm warning.
NewsBytes:
Turkey - A rare tornado in Istanbul with torrential rains has caused flash flooding. No serious damage has been reported.
Sudan - More than 3,000 homes have been destroyed by floods that hit almost half of Sudan’s states over Ramadan and the Eid Al Fitr holidays. The capital Khartoum was among the areas inundated. Twenty-two districts in eight states were affected by flooding and heavy rain. There were 184 injuries during the deluge which affected around 6,100 families, about half of them in Nile and North Kordofan states. Water also poured into Khartoum homes when rain and high winds lashed the region last Tuesday night and on July 25 at the start of the rainy season.
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