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.

Disease

An outbreak of a variant of swine flu has infected 141 people in Indiana and Ohio. No person-person transmission has been found.

More than 8 million chickens have been destroyed on farms in northern Mexico due to a bird flu outbreak.

 

Storms and Floods

At least 14 people died in China over the weekend in floods generated by Tropical Cyclone Damrey. 5 people are missing. Floodwaters have trapped 450 workers tunnel in north-eastern China.

Heavy rains bring more floods to Manila in the Philippines killing at least 9 people.

Tornado confirmed in Girard, Ohio, USA on Sunday.

 

Wildfires

Wildfire near Colombus, Ohio, USA prompts evacuations.

Wildfires continue to rage in Siberia.

 

Transportation

Train derails in Colombus, Ohio, USA. The train was carrying agricultural chemicals and caught alight. All people within a mile radius of the accident were evacuated.