Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Hurricane Gonzalo is located about 525 mi...845 km SSW of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds...140 mph...220 km/h. Present movement...N or 360 degrees at 9 mph...15 km/h.

Hazards affecting land - wind...hurricane conditions are expected to reach Bermuda on Friday...with tropical storm conditions beginning late tonight or early Friday morning. It should be noted that wind speeds atop and on the windward sides of hilly terrain are often up to 30 percent stronger than at the surface...and in some elevated locations can be even greater. Storm surge...a dangerous storm surge is expected to produce significant coastal flooding in Bermuda. Near the coast...the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. Rainfall...Gonzalo is expected to produce total rain accumulations

of 3 to 6 inches over Bermuda. Surf...large swells generated by Gonzalo are affecting portions of the Virgin Islands...the northern coasts of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic...and portions of the Bahamas. Swells will reach much of the East Coast of the United States and Bermuda today.

Tropical storm Ana is located about 530 mi...850 km se of Hilo Hawaii and about 740 mi...1190 km se of Honolulu Hawaii with maximum sustained winds...60 mph...95 km/h. Present movement...W or 265 degrees at 10 mph...17 km/h.

NewsBytes:

Italy - Flooding in Maremma in southern Tuscany has claimed the lives of two women. The Elsa river burst its banks due to torrential rain between Albinia and Manciano. Due to the flood threat, people in Orbetello were warned to move to the upper floors of their houses. Numerous people from Polverosa, Aunti, Alberone and Priorato have been evacuated.

Nepal - The death toll in the snowstorm that hit Nepal has risen to at least 21 including 12 foreigners. The snowstorms and avalanches were caused by cyclone Hudhud that hit neighbouring India a few days ago.

 

Ethiopia - Some 8,000 families have been displaced by the recent overflowing of Ethiopia's Awash River across the country. Households affected have been moved to higher ground and given temporary shelter. Cotton and sugarcane fields, covering more than 5,200 hectares of land, had also been flooded.

Thailand - Heavy rainfall yesterday caused water levels in the Pran Buri River to rise, while strong currents destroyed bridges and weirs, cutting routes to 12 villages in tambon Bueng Nakhon and tambon Huai Sat Yai. Run-off from the Tenasserim and Pak Thawan mountain ranges is now preventing locals from going in or out of their villages.