Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Hurricane Odile is located about 225 mi...360 km W of Manzanillo Mexico and about 285 mi...460 km SSE of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...135 mph...215 km/h. Present movement...NNW or 330 degrees at 15 mph...24 km/h.

Hazards affecting land - wind...hurricane conditions are expected in the Hurricane Warning area beginning by tonight...and are possible in the Hurricane Watch area late Monday. Tropical storm conditions are expected to spread northward across Baja California sur in advance of the hurricane conditions later today. Tropical storm conditions are possible within the tropical storm watch area by Monday night. Tropical storm conditions are likely occurring along the coast of Mainland Mexico in the warning area. Storm surge...a dangerous storm surge is expected to produce significant coastal flooding in areas of onshore winds in the Hurricane Warning area. Near the coast...the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. Surf...swells from Odile will affect portions of the southwestern coast of Mexico during the next couple of days...and will begin to affect southern portions of the Baja California peninsula and the southern Gulf of California later today. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consult products from your local weather office. Rainfall...Odile is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches with isolated totals of around 15 inches in areas of mountainous terrain across the Mexican states of Baja California sur...Colima...Jalisco...and western michoacan. These rains are likely to result in life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.

Tropical Storm Eduard is located about 950 mi...1530 km ENE of the northern Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds...70 mph...110 km/h. Present movement...NW or 305 degrees at 14 mph...22 km/h.

Tropical Storm Kalmaegi is located approximately 200 nm northeast of Manila, Philippines, and is tracking west-northwestward at 12 knots.

NewsBytes:

Croatia - Croatian authorities say about 2,000 people need to be evacuated from fresh floods that have hit the Balkans. Heavy rainfall caused rivers to overflow Saturday in Croatia, flooding houses and roads in the same areas of the Balkans that were devastated in May by the worst floods in 120 years.

India - After few clear days, rain returned to the Kashmir valley on Sunday in bad news for flood victims as it could hamper rescue operations in the submerged areas. Rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning lashed Srinagar and other parts of the valley. The weather had been clear for the past five days after incessant rain led to unprecedented floods in the valley. Around 1.5 lakh people are still marooned in many parts of the valley after the worst floods in the state in a century unleashed a trail of death and destruction.