Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical Storm Simon is located about 280 mi…455 km SSW of Punta Eugenia Mexico and about 435 mi...705 km W of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds…60 mph…95 km/h. Present movement...N or 360 degrees at 7 mph...11 km/h.

Hazards affecting land - rainfall...Simon is expected to produce total rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches with isolated amounts around 9 inches over the next several days across the Baja California Peninsula and Sonora in Mexico. Surf...swells generated by Simon are affecting portions of the Baja California peninsula. Swells from Simon are also expected to affect portions of the Southern California coast on Monday and Tuesday These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.

Tropical Storm 18w (Phanfone), located approximately 201 nm south-southeast of Misawa Ab, Japan, and is tracking northeastward at 40 knots.

Hundreds of flights were cancelled and thousands of people advised to evacuate as a powerful typhoon lashed Japan on Monday with heavy rains and high winds, leaving at least one person dead as it headed towards Tokyo. Three US servicemen were swept away by high waves in the southwestern island of Okinawa on Sunday as Typhoon Phanfone, which earlier had the status of super typhoon, neared Japan. One was later found dead and the other two are missing.

Heavy rains forced the cancellation of a search for victims of Mount Ontake, with 12 people still missing after an eruption last week killed at least 51. A score of households in the foothills of the peak were evacuated out of concerns that heavy rains could cause mudslides as ash is washed downstream.

More than 600 flights were cancelled.

Phanfone made landfall near the central city of Hamamatsu on Monday morning, prompting Honda to halt production at its Hamamatsu and Suzuka plants, while Nissan said it was halting production at its Oppama plant.

Typhoon 19w (Vongfong), located approximately 886 nm southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, and is tracking west-northwestward at 21 knots.