Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Hurricane Edouard is located about 890 mi...1435 km W of Fayal island in the western Azores with maximum sustained winds...85 mph...140 km/h. Present movement...ENE or 65 degrees at 28 mph...44 km/h.

Hazards affecting land - surf...swells from Edouard are affecting portions of Atlantic Canada and the East Coast of the United States north of Florida. These swells will likely cause life-threatening rip current conditions for the next day or so.

Tropical storm 16w (Fung-Wong) is located approximately 356 nm east of Manila, Philippines, and is tracking northwestward at 15 knots.

Hurricane Polo is located about 165 mi...265 km SSW of Manzanillo Mexico and about 510 mi...820 km se of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...75 mph...120 km/h. Present movement...WNW or 300 degrees at 8 mph...13 km/h.

Hazards affecting land - wind...tropical storm conditions are expected to begin over portions of the warning area later today. Tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area today. Surf...swells generated by Polo will affect portions of the southern coast of Mexico during the next few days. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consult products from your local weather office. Rainfall...Polo is expected to produce total rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches with isolated totals of 15 inches near the coast of Guerrero...Michoacan...Colima and Jalisco states in Mexico. These rains could result in life-threatening flash floods and mud slides.

NewsBytes:

Vietnam - Landslides triggered by Typhoon Kalmaegi have claimed the lives of at least seven people in Lang Son’s Dong Dang Town of Vietnam. About 55,000 people in four northern coastal provinces were evacuated ahead of the storm. The storm collapsed seven houses and 20 electricity poles, blew off 147 roofs and destroyed more than 5,000 hectares of paddy and other crops in the province.

Pakistan - As the flood emergency deepens in Pakistan, now affecting nearly 2.3 million people, humanitarian teams have mobilized to work alongside local government authorities to assess needs in the worst-affected areas.

Late monsoon rains earlier this month hit the mountainous areas of Gilgit-Balitstan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir, unleashing a torrent of water flowing into Punjab’s agricultural heartlands. Swollen rivers breached flood defences, sweeping away thousands of villages as the “super-flood” surged south, wreaking havoc throughout Punjab, the country’s most populous province.

The government’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) says 312 people have died, with 2,275,000 affected and nearly 1.7 million acres (687,965 hectares) of crops lost. Punjab Province declared a state of emergency as the flood spread through central areas, with Jhang District hit hardest.