Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

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Tropical Depression Vance is located about 40 mi...70 km NW of Las Islas Marias Mexico with maximum sustained winds...35 mph...55 km/h. Present movement...NE or 50 degrees at 13 mph...20 km/h.

Hazards affecting land - rainfall...the combination of Vance and moisture spreading northward and northeastward ahead of the system are expected to produce rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches with isolated amounts near 12 inches through today over the states of Sinaloa…Nayarit...and Durango in western Mexico. Surf...swells generated by Vance are affecting portions of the coast of southwestern Mexico and Baja California sur.

Typhoon 20w (Nuri), located approximately 182 nm west-southwest of Iwo To, and is tracking north-northeastward at 12 knots.

NewsBytes:

Caribbean - Heavy rainfall caused by a cluster of storms in the northern Caribbean has claimed lives of at least eight people in Haiti. Major flooding has been also reported in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

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