Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

No current tropical storms.

NewsBytes:

Ghana - Severe rainstorm in Yendi Municipality in Ghana has injured two children and made around 942 homeless with damage to 93 households and two mosques, with the hardest hit in Guntintle and Madina, suburbs of Yendi.

Serbia - Heavy rain and flooding have forced the authorities to declare an emergency situation in the Cacak, Lucani and Arilje municipalities in Serbia. At least 15 people have been evacuated after the River Cemernica broke its banks in Preljine near Cacak. The floods also caused power cuts in some areas in the centre of Cacak.

California - Flash flood watches, high surf conditions, hail, fierce winds, and evacuations leave Californians scrambling for high ground in many areas. Heavy rains, hail and gusty winds rocked much of California on Sunday as a strong late winter storm passed through. Thousands of people lost power throughout the day during the blast, hundreds of others had to be evacuated. In Southern California, the line of thunderstorms continued on into Monday with severe thunderstorm warnings in place for many areas, including Long Beach, Glendale, and Pomona.

Storms and Floods

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen is gathering strength over the Indian Ocean's Bay of Bengal, and is a potential major threat to Bangladesh and Myanmar. The storm is forecast to intensify as a severe cyclonic storm and even further as a very severe cyclonic storm by Monday. It would continue to advance closer to Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast until it gets stopped mid-sea by a western disturbance moving across North-west and East India. Mahasen would be forced to re-curve, turning almost 90 degrees to east-northeast and head towards the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast.

Hailstorm in Vojvodina, Serbia

Recent hailstorm in Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina caused huge damaged to crops and knocked downed trees in Kulpin area. No injuries have been reported.

Floods in Khost, Afghanistan

Recent floods in southeast Khost province in Afghanistan have claimed the lives of two people. The floods have also damaged thousands of acres of farmland in the Gurbaz, Tanai, Ismailkhel and Zazai Maidan districts of Afghanistan.

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A hailstorm in the Sheikhpura district of India has claimed the lives of at least three people and injured more than 100 others. The hailstorm hit a religious function at the village Pinjuri. Over 1000 people had gathered to celebrate the religious festival.

A heavy hailstorm in Nepal's central regions of Nuwakot and Rasuwa have caused huge damage to agricultural crops and property, The storm blew away roofs of schools and offices in Narjamandap, Nuwakot. The storm also knocked down several power lines in the area.

A sudden flood triggered by melting snow has led to the collapse of a river embankment in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Wildfires

Wildfires in Southwestern Serbia, Kosovo

Firefighters are still struggling to put out three fires near the southwestern Serbian town of Priboj. Strong wind is hindering efforts to put out the flames.

Storms and Floods

Violent Storm Kills Six In Argentina

Six people were killed after torrential rain and powerful winds battered Buenos Aires, knocking out power, downing trees and damaging homes. More than 155 mm (six inches) of rain fell between midnight on Monday and 7am on Tuesday. That is a record for rainfall in April in the Argentine capital.

Mudslide in Arusha, Tanzania

A mudslide in Arusha, Tanzania has claimed 13 lives. Four people are still missing. The mudslide occurred at a gravel mine in the Moshono area of northern Tanzania.

Storm and Tornado in Torda, Serbia

A storm which spawned a tornado in Torda, Serbia has damaged more than 100 buildings. The tornado damage is estimated in the millions of dollars.

Avalanche in Italian Alps

An avalanche in the the Ortles region of the Italian alps has claimed the lives of three skiers.

Other News:

Landslide in Papua New Guinea kills mother and five-month-old baby. The mother was found holding tightly onto five-month-old baby under the rubble of their house.

Hail storms in Hitchcock, Texas, USA damage seven police cars.

Wildfires

Firefighters rushed to protect more than 600 at-risk homes Thursday as a pair of massive wildfires threatened to merge southwest of Wenatchee., Washington, USA. The Table Mountain Complex and Wenatchee Complex fires have burned across some 70,000 acres.

Several relatively small wildfires continue to cause problems in the Dakotas, USA.

While a number of wildfires have been mostly contained by teams of firefighters, the military and volunteers, fires continue to blaze across Serbia and the Western Balkans, in what has been an exceptionally dry year punctuated by extreme heat waves.

Bushfires have destroyed 33 500 hectares of Namibia's vegetation countrywide, since the start of the southern winter.

Disease

Three people have died in the first ever outbreak of West Nile virus in Serbia, in which 35 contracted the disease

The Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a second location. 15 people have died and 170 are being monitored by health authorities.

Wildfires

Large wildfire near Roundup, Montana, USA.

Wildfires burn across Serbia, thousands of people have been evacuated from numerous villages threatened by the fires.