Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical Storm Vance is located about 550 mi...885 km SSW of Acapulco Mexico with maximum sustained winds...40 mph...65 km/h. Present movement...W or 265 degrees at 7 mph...11 km/h.

Hazards affecting land - none.

Tropical storm 20w (Nuri), located approximately 358 nm northwest of Yap, and is tracking west-northwestward at 06 knots.

NewsBytes:

Somalia - After a poor rainy season early this year, parts of southern Somalia now are being hit with severe floods. The rainy season that began in October has caused flooding along the Shebelle and Juba Rivers. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization warns that’s making ongoing food insecurity even worse. The U.N. estimates more than one-million people in Somalia are in urgent need of assistance – a 20-percent increase in the past six months. What’s more, it says another two-million people are facing threats to their food security. Much of Somalia’s farming takes place along the Shabelle and Juba Rivers. Along the Shabelle, the town of Belet Weyne is the worst hit. Along the Juba, flooding is reported in Dollow, Jilib and Jamame.