Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical Storm Edouard is located about 530 mi...855 km WNW of Fayal island in the western Azores with maximum sustained winds...60 mph...95 km/h. Present movement...E or 90 degrees at 7 mph...11 km/h.

Tropical storm 16w (Fung-Wong) is located approximately 247 nm north of Manila, Philippines, and is tracking west-northwestward at 13 knots.

Tropical Storm Polo is located about 140 mi...220 km SW of Cabo Corrientes Mexico and about 330 mi...530 km se of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...70 mph...110 km/h. Present movement...NW or 315 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. Rainfall...Polo is expected to produce total rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches with isolated totals of 15 inches near the coast of Colima and Jalisco states in Mexico. These rains could result in life-threatening flash floods and mud slides.

NewsBytes:

Philippines - Torrential rains from a Tropical Storm Fung-Wong flooded large swathes of the Philippine capital and outlying provinces Friday, leaving three dead and displacing tens of thousands, just days after the region had been drenched by a typhoon.

Schools and government offices were shut in Manila as authorities said thousands were evacuated from severely inundated communities, where rapidly flowing waters swirled neck-high in places. Radio stations reported residents taking shelter in the second floor of homes where the water had reached the ceiling of the ground floor.

Flooded streets caused traffic gridlock across the city of 12 million, with many motorists and other commuters unaware of the extent of the flooding due to a lack of reports from local authorities.