Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical Storm Claudette is located about 310 mi...500 km S of Halifax Nova Scotia with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...NE or 50 degrees at 20 mph...31 km/h.

Typhoon 11w (Nangka), located approximately 637 nm south-southeast of Iwakuni, Japan, is tracking northward at 07 knots.

Typhoon Halola is located about 413 nm east-southeast of Wake Island, and is tracking northwestward at 14 knots.

Hurricane Dolores is located about 245 mi...395 km SSW of Cabo Corrientes Mexico with maximum sustained winds...80 mph...130 km/h. Present movement...W or 280 degrees at 6 mph...9 km/h.

Tropical Storm Enrique is located about 1315 mi...2115 km W of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...NW or 305 degrees at 9 mph...15 km/h.

NewsBytes:

Kentucky, USA - Heavy storms overnight Saturday into Sunday morning left cars stranded, homes flooded and streets impassable in Kentucky.

Ohio, USA - Flash floods in central Ohio from heavy rains close roads and flood a number of homes.

Storms and Floods

Flash floods across Blytheville, Arkansas, USA

Heavy rain caused flash flooding across Blytheville, Arkansas. A flash flood watch is in effect.

Tornado in Western Kentucky, USA

An EF-2 tornado touched down in Hampton, Livingston County on Saturday afternoon. Two churches, a grain silo and several homes were damaged.

Wildfires

A bushfire is threatening homes in the Gold Coast hinterland, Australia with two helicopters waterbombing the area near Mt Tamborine. Bushfires also claw through the Pilbara region.

14 wildfires in 12 eastern Kentucky counties, USA are burning.

Fresh snow is helping crews fighting wildfires in the small town of Wetmore and in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA.