Saturday, 6 September 2014

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Hurricane Norbert is located about 95 mi...155 km W of Cabo San Lazaro Mexico and about 220 mi...360 km SSE of Punta eugenia Mexico with maximum sustained winds...120 mph...195 km/h. Present movement...NW or 315 degrees at 8 mph...13 km/h.

Hazards affecting land: wind...tropical storm conditions are expected to continue spreading northward within the Tropical Storm Warning areas through Sunday. Rainfall...Norbert is expected to produce additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches over the southern part of the Baja California peninsula through Sunday. Isolated maximum storm total amounts of 10 inches are possible. Surf...large swells associated with Norbert affecting portions of the southwestern coast of Mexico and the southern portion of the Gulf of California should gradually subside 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:

Pakistan - At least 73 people have been killed across Pakistan after heavy rains brought flash floods and caused homes to collapse in the Punjab and Kashmir regions, government officials said Friday. Most deaths occurred in the city of Lahore.

S4 reutersmedia

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