Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Hurricane Norbert is located about 125 mi...205 km W of Cabo San Lucas Mexico about 130 mi...205 km SSE of Cabo San Lazaro Mexico with maximum sustained winds...90 mph...150 km/h. Present movement...NNW or 330 degrees at 8 mph...13 km/h. .

Hazards affecting land: wind...any deviation of the center of Norbert to the right of the forecast track will bring hurricane force winds to a portion of the Hurricane Warning area by this afternoon. Tropical storm conditions are expected to spread northward within the Tropical Storm Warning area through tonight. Tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area tonight and Saturday. Rainfall...Norbert is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches over the southern part of the Baja California peninsula with isolated amounts near 10 inches through Saturday. Surf...large swells will continue to affect portions of the southwestern coast of Mexico and the southern portion of the Gulf of California through today. Large swells affecting the coast of the southern Baja California peninsula will spread northward along the West Coast of the peninsula through the weekend. These swells will produce dangerous surf conditions and rip currents.

NewsBytes:

El Nino - For months now, the tropical Pacific Ocean has been flirting with blossoming into a full-fledged El Niño state: Waters off the coast of South America have warmed, a hallmark of the climate phenomenon, but then cooled, only to warm once again. Winds, which normally blow east-to-west have made tentative moves in the other direction, another key criteria, but the bottom line is that the whole El Niño package hasn’t come together. The forecast remains “most likely”.

Bulgaria - Heavy rains have flooded parts of Bulgaria on Wednesday night. Rainfall of up to 75 litres per square meter has flooded basements and ground floors of private homes in Sliven municipality. Fire brigade teams worked all night long to drain the flooded properties.

India - At least 70 people are feared dead and property worth thousands of crores of rupees has been damaged in the floods caused by incessant rains in Jammu and Kashmir. Most parts of the Valley and Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi and Doda districts have been receiving moderate to heavy rainfall since last 48 hours.