Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical Depression Grace is located about 945 mi...1520 km E of the Lesser Antilles with maximum sustained winds...30 mph...45 km/h. Present movement...W or 270 degrees at 17 mph...28 km/h.

Typhoon Kilo is located 331 nm north of Minami Tori Shima, and is tracking northwestward at 13 knots.

Tropical Storm Etau is located approximately 194 nm west-northwest of Yokosuka, Japan, and is tracking north-northwestward at 23 knots.

Tropical Storm Jimena is located about 355 mi...570 km NNE of Honolulu Hawaii and about 375 mi...605 km NE of Lihue Hawaii with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...WSW or 255 degrees at 9 mph...15 km/h.

Hurricane Linda is located about 405 mi...655 km W of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...100 mph...155 km/h. Present movement...NW or 325 degrees at 12 mph...19 km/h.

Tropical Depression Eight is located about 220 mi...355 km ESE of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds...35 mph...55 km/h. Present movement...stationary.

NewsBytes:

Spain - Torrential storms in south east Spain caused flash floods that washed cars and trucks along a street. Fifty homes, 30 shops and 200 cars were damaged when flood waters swept through the town of Adra, in the province of Almeria on Monday. Heavy downfalls particularly affected the regions of Andalucia, Murcia and Valencia with more than 300 rain-related incidents being reported to the emergency services. In the province of Granada, three men drowned when they were caught in rising water.

Middle East - An unprecedented sandstorm has swept across the Middle East, covering Lebanon and Syria in dust and causing the deaths of at least five people. Hundreds more were admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties, according to officials, as cities were blanketed in yellow sand. The unseasonal storm also hit Jordan, Israel and Egypt. In Jordan, schools shut down or cut their days short.

Storms and Floods

Major Sandstorm Headed to the United Arab Emirates

A major sandstorm is expected to hit the UAE this weekend. The storm is expected to create a visibility of less than 500 meters.

The sandstorm was expected to erupt in Iraq and travel through Kuwait to hit the UAE on Friday, gripping the country for two days. Wind speeds of 25-35 knots are expected. In Saudi Arabia, too, a government met centre warned that the kingdom would be hit by extreme climatic conditions over the coming three days. On an average, the UAE faces between 8 and 10 severe sandstorms each year. In many cases these sandstorms can last for several hours or sometimes even the whole day, bring traffic to a standstill, forcing places of work and school to close and significantly increasing the number of hospitalizations.

Tropical Cyclone Twenty-one was located approximately 200 nm south-southwest of Diego Garcia in the South Indian Ocean.

Disease

Measels outbreak in Merseyside, near Liverpool in the U.K. More than 200 cases have been confirmed.

Egypt's foot and mouth disease outbreak has spread to Gaza, endangering the entire MIddle East.