Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:
Tropical storm Odile formed on Wednesday off Mexico's Pacific Coast and is due to strengthen overnight as it moves toward the famous beach resort of Acapulco, which was hit hard by storms and record flooding last year.
On Wednesday morning, Odile was about 220 miles (350 km) south-south-west of the port of Lazaro Cardenas. Odile was moving at three miles per hour (5 km per hour) with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 kph). The storm is forecast to strengthen in the next 48 hours, though the centre will remain offshore of Mexico's southwest coast through early Friday.
NewsBytes:
USA Midwest - Powerful late-summer storms sparked warnings of life-threatening flash floods and reports of several tornadoes across the Midwest overnight. The wild weather battered Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, and parts of Missouri got 10 inches of rain dumped on it overnight. The rains hit areas of Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska the hardest, prompting flood warnings by the National Weather Service. Several people had to be rescued from the rising waters. Five tornadoes were reported Tuesday night in Missouri, mainly in the northwest of the state.
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