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re: Hurricane Matthew >Powerful Storm Hits Atlantic >US Evacuates Guantanamo
Powerful Hurricane Matthew a Threat to Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP). 3 October 2016. — Heavy rains from the outer bands of Hurricane Matthew drenched Jamaica and Haiti on Monday, flooding streets and sending many people to emergency shelters as the Category 4 storm approached the two countries. Two deaths were reported in Haiti, bringing the total for the storm to at least four. Matthew had sustained winds of 140 mph (220 kph) as it moved north, up from 130 mph (210 kph) earlier in the day. The center was expected to pass just east of Jamaica and near or over the southwestern tip of Haiti early Tuesday before heading to eastern Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. "We are looking at a dangerous hurricane that is heading into the vicinity of western Haiti and eastern Cuba," said Richard Pasch, a senior hurricane specialist with the center. "People who are impacted by things like flooding and mudslides hopefully would get out and relocate because that's where we have seen loss of life in the past." http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...52_634x422.jpg Many were taking that advice. In Jamaica, more than 700 people packed shelters in the eastern parish of St. Thomas and the Salvation Army said there were about 200 people at its shelters in Kingston as it put out a call for mattresses and cots. Many streets flooded throughout the country's southeast. Still, many people chose to stick it out. Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie said all but four residents of the Port Royal area near the Kingston airport refused to board buses and evacuate. Fisherman Carlos Smith in St. Catherine Parish said he realized the storm appeared to be dangerous but he couldn't abandon his property. "I want to leave anytime now and go to a shelter, but we can't leave our things because that's how we hustle and make a living," he said. In Haiti, authorities went door to door in the south coast cities of Les Cayes and Jeremie to make sure people were aware of the storm. At least 1,200 people were evacuated to shelters in churches and schools. "We are continuing to mobilize teams in the south to move people away from dangerous areas," said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, head of Haiti's civil protection agency. In Port-au-Prince, schools were shuttered and residents lined up at gas stations and cleared out the shelves at supermarkets as a light rain fell in the capital. Some worried the city of roughly a million people would not fare well. "We are not prepared," unemployed mason Fritz Achelus said as he watched water pool on a downtown street. At least two fishermen died in rough water churned up by the storm, Jean-Baptiste said. A boat carrying one of the men capsized early Monday off the tiny southwestern fishing town of Saint Jean du Sud as he was trying to bring his wooden skiff to shore. The body of the other was recovered a short time later off the nearby town of Aquin after he apparently drowned. Their deaths brought the total for the storm to at least four. One man died Friday in Colombia and a 16-year-old in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sept. 28 when the system passed through the eastern Caribbean. Forecasters said the storm was expected to dump as much as 40 inches (100 centimeters) of rain on some isolated areas of Haiti, raising fears of deadly mudslides and floods in the heavily deforested country where many families live in flimsy houses with corrugated metal roofs. Matthew is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history and briefly reached the top classification, Category 5, becoming the strongest hurricane in the region since Felix in 2007. The hurricane center said the storm appeared to be on track to pass east of Florida through the Bahamas, but it was too soon to predict with certainty whether it would threaten any spot on the U.S. East Coast. "Although our track is to the east of Florida, interests there should remain vigilant and we can't rule out the possibility of impacts," Pasch said. As of 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), the storm was centered about 275 miles (440 kilometers) southwest of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince and 205 miles (330 kilometers) southeast of Kingston. It was moving north at 6 mph (9 kph). A hurricane warning was posted for the southeastern Bahamas. A hurricane watch was in effect for eastern Cuba, the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caico Islands. After passing Jamaica and Haiti, Matthew's center was expected to pass about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where authorities evacuated about 700 spouses and children of service members on military transport planes to Florida. The U.S. installation has a population of about 5,500, including 61 men held at the detention center for terrorism suspects. Navy Capt. David Culpepper, the base commander, said emergency shelters had been set up and authorities were bracing for 80 mph winds along with storm surge and heavy rain that could threaten some low-lying areas, including around the power plant and water desalination facility. "We have no choice but to prepare ourselves to take a frontal assault if you will," Culpepper said. MORE: US Evacuates Military Families From Guantanamo as Hurricane Matthew Barrels Towards Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba and Could Hit the Carolinas Later This Week
The United States has evacuated 700 spouses and children of service members from the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay on military transport planes to Florida as Hurricane Matthew barrels towards Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. The center of Hurricane Matthew - the strongest to hit the Atlantic in a decade - was expected to pass about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of the base. It has a population of about 5,500, including 61 men held at the detention center for terrorism suspects. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5502213247.jpg The United States has evacuated 700 spouses and children of service members from the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay on military transport planes to Florida. Above, families settle into their seats aboard a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III aircraft http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5503143200.jpg A projection of Hurricane Matthew's path and intensity shows it could hit the Florida coast on Friday morning before moving towards the Carolinas on Saturday After passing Jamaica and Haiti, Matthew is projected to reach Cuba before potentially hitting the East Coast later this week. Projected paths of the hurricane show that it could hit Miami on Friday morning with wind speeds of 110 mph before moving towards the Carolina on Saturday with wind speeds of 105 mph. On Monday, vulnerable Haiti is braced for flash floods and violent winds from the extremely dangerous storm as it approached the hemisphere's poorest country. The eye of the Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph), was expected to pass east of Jamaica and then over or close to the southwestern tip of Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. It was predicted to hit the lightly populated eastern tip of Cuba on Tuesday afternoon. Forecasters said as much as 40 inches (100 centimeters) of rain could fall on some isolated areas of Haiti, raising fears of deadly mudslides and floods in the heavily deforested country where many families live in flimsy houses with corrugated metal roofs. 'Some of us will die but I pray it won't be a lot,' said Serge Barionette, who lives in the southern town of Gressier, where a river recurrently bursts its banks during serious storms. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5503241827.jpg A hurricane warning was in effect for Haiti, Jamaica and parts of Cuba while a hurricane watch was in effect for the Cuban province of Camaguey, the central Bahamas and the Turks and Caico Islands http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5503237843.jpg The eye of the Category 4 hurricane was expected to pass east of Jamaica and then over or close to the southwestern tip of Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5503247279.jpg After passing Jamaica and Haiti, Matthew is projected to reach Cuba before potentially hitting the East Coast later this week http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5503250828.jpg Hurricane Matthew is seen in an infrared image from NOAA's GOES-East satellite taken at 7.15am ET on October 3 A hurricane warning was in effect for Haiti, Jamaica and parts of Cuba. Rain was already lashing parts of Jamaica and flooding streets and homes, but forecasters said the southern Haitian countryside around Jeremie and Les Cayes could see the worst of the rains and punishing winds. 'Wherever that center passes close to would see the worst winds and that's what's projected to happen for the western tip of Haiti,' said John Cangilosi, a hurricane specialist at the U.S. center. 'There is a big concern for rains there and also a big concern for storm surge.' Matthew is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history and briefly reached the top classification, Category 5, becoming the strongest hurricane in the region since Felix in 2007. The hurricane center said the storm appeared to be on track to pass east of Florida through the Bahamas, but it was too soon to predict with certainty whether it would threaten any spot on the East Coast of the United States. Teams of civil protection officials walked the streets of Les Cayes and other areas urging residents to secure their homes, prepare emergency kits and warn their neighbors. They also evacuated people from some outlying islands. As of 8am EDT, the storm was centered about 280 miles (450 kilometers) southwest of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince and 220 miles (355 kilometers) southeast of Kingston. It was moving north at 6 mph (9 kph). A hurricane warning was also posted for the southeastern Bahamas. A hurricane watch was in effect for the Cuban province of Camaguey, the central Bahamas and the Turks and Caico Islands, A tropical storm warning was issued for parts of the Dominican Republic, where authorities began mandatory evacuations of areas at risk for flooding. + A tropical storm watch was in effect for other parts of the Dominican Republic. The hurricane earlier had been projected to be closer to Jamaica, but still was a danger to the island of less than three million inhabitants. 'The center of the system is looking more likely that it will pass to the east of Jamaica but it won't miss it by that much, so they are still going to see impacts,' Cangilosi said. 'The impacts are maybe going to be a little lower there than they would be in Haiti and eastern Cuba.' |
re: Hurricanes/Storm Warnings/Reports >Storm Angus Brings Chaos to UK
No Calm Before The storm: Tailbacks Leave Thousands in GRIDLOCK Across The East Coast as Two million are Told to Flee 'Skeleton' Hurricane Matthew as it Kills 26 and Prepares to Hit U.S. TODAY
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5688359836.jpg An eerie 'skull' appeared in satellite images of Hurricane Matthew on Tuesday, as the storm is expected to hit the US on Thursday
Daily Mail UK, 6 October 2016 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...58_964x400.jpg Traffic was backed up for miles in several cities in Florida (main), the Carolinas and Georgia on Wednesday as thousands of residents boarded up their homes and evacuated in preparation for Hurricane Matthew that is expected to hit the East Coast on Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of families along the coast have either fled their homes or battened down the hatches in anticipation of the deadly and powerful storm that is expected to be a Category 4 when hits the US. In preparation, residents have flocked to hardware stores, grocery stores and gas stations to stock up on supplies (top and bottom left) for what's predicted to be a devastating hurricane. 'I cannot emphasize enough that everyone in our state must prepare now for a direct hit,' said Florida Governor Rick Scott who has declared a state emergency. 'That means people have less than 24 hours to prepare, evacuate and shelter. Having a plan in place could mean the difference between life and death.' His spokeswoman, Jackie Schutz, said that about 1.5 million residents have been urged to evacuate state-wide. South Carolina has told about a quarter million people to leave the coast and Governor Nikki Haley says she currently plans to order more evacuations for two more counties Thursday, bringing the total to about 500,000 people. So far the deadly storm has killed 11 and destroyed thousands of homes across islands in the Caribbean, including Cuba (top right) and Haiti (bottom right). More than two million people in the U.S. have been urged to evacuate their homes in preparation for a 'direct hit' from Hurricane Matthew which has already claimed 26 lives. Traffic was backed up for miles in Florida, the Carolinas and Georgia on Wednesday as thousands of families along the East Coast fled their homes ahead of the storm - which is expected to strike the U.S. on Thursday evening. The powerful Category-three hurricane, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, killed at least 22 people in Haiti and four in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday. President Barack Obama warned: 'I want to emphasise to the public - this is a serious storm. If there is an evacuation order in your community, you need to take it seriously.' The hurricane whipped Cuba, Haiti and Dominican Republic with 140 mile-per-hour winds and torrential rains on Tuesday, pummeling towns and destroying livestock, crops and homes. On Thursday morning, the storm was around 295 miles (480 kilometers) from West Palm Beach, Florida. It is expected to hit Miami on Thursday evening and move up to Jacksonville by Friday evening. Scroll down for videos http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5699725397.jpg Traffic was backed up for miles as residents make an evacuation route over 520 bridge heading west from Merritt Island, Florida on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5686099590.jpg Preparation: Shoppers crowd the entrance to the Costco store in Altamonte Springs as central Floridians stock up on supplies ahead of the anticipated strike of Hurricane Matthew http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5716102674.jpg Mary Stanley looks at the empty shelves on a bread isle at the Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Leland, North Carolina on Wednesday as residents up and down the East Coast are preparing for Hurricane Matthew to hit Thursday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5716107376.jpg A shopper walks by the empty shelves where bottled water normally would be on Wednesday at a grocery store in Hollywood, Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5716309608.jpg South Carolina state troopers direct traffic travelling on I-26 as an evacuation route during preparations for the expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5717917587.jpg Motorists wait in a line of cars to buy gas at a Chevron gasoline station on Wednesday in Hollywood, Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5697521515.jpg Evacuations have begun across Florida and South Carolina as the deadly, storm will hit the East Coast (pictured, bus drivers with the Greenville, South Carolina school district wait for word when to start evacuating people to Greenville from North Charleston) In preparation, residents have flocked to hardware stores, grocery stores and gas stations to stock up on supplies, leaving store shelves and gas stations empty for what's predicted to be a devastating hurricane. 'I cannot emphasize enough that everyone in our state must prepare now for a direct hit,' said Florida Gov. Rick Scott who has declared a state emergency. 'That means people have less than 24 hours to prepare, evacuate and shelter. Having a plan in place could mean the difference between life and death.' His spokeswoman, Jackie Schutz, said that about 1.5million residents have been urged to evacuate statewide. South Carolina has told about a quarter million people to leave the coast and Gov. Nikki Haley says she currently plans to order more evacuations for two more counties Thursday, bringing the total to about 500,000 people. On Tuesday, the hurricane moved north, battering parts of Cuba and the Bahamas with 120mph winds, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. Forecasters predicted Matthew will strengthen to a Category 4 hurricane, with speeds of more than 130mph by the times it hits Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to hit southern Florida sometime on Thursday. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5681712479.jpg This creepy image, appears to show a white grinning skull, with a glowing red eye, flicked with green at its very center. It appeared in a weather map of the storm as it hit landfall in Haiti on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729556884.jpg Florida is on Hurricane Warning and Tropical Storm Warning, while the Bahamas also remains on Hurricane Warning as of late Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729586229.jpg People along the East Coast are flocking to hardware stores, grocery aisles and gas stations as Hurricane Matthew is expected to make landfall in Florida on Thursday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729626746.jpg Hurricane Matthew is a strong and extremely dangerous hurricane that is predicted to move up through the East Coast starting Thursday when it hits Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729681784.jpg As of 11pm Wednesday, the powerful storm was hammering the Bahamas with wind speeds of 115mph http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729723568.jpg The hurricane is due to hit Florida on Thursday evening and will move up the East Coast through the Carolinas over the weekend As residents in the Southeast coast prepared to leave their homes behind, many found that trying to get out of town was difficult since everyone was evacuating at the same time. Hundreds of thousands were stuck in traffic on highways due to evacuation orders being issued by government officials. 'It was bumper to bumper and fairly slow for about 30 to 40 miles on either side of I-95,' Sarah Boessenecker told NBC News on Wednesday. She and her husband, Robert were trying to make the trip from Charleston, South Carolina to Atlanta, where friends had offered to host them. 'However, people were very friendly and easygoing — no honking or impatience,' she said. 'People seemed to know the drill and understand that traffic was going to be bad and had accepted it.' For Lydia Dalton, she said it took her family a 'long time to get out of Charleston' on Interstate 26. 'We thought we were leaving way ahead of everyone else,' Dalton said. Ahead of the storm, US airlines canceled more than 1,500 flights on Wednesday and 1,070 flights have already been canceled in the US for Thursday. The most-affected airports are Miami, with 512 flights, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with 287. American Airlines is expected to see the most cancellations, as the company has large operations in Miami and Charlotte. Delta Air Lines has cancelled about 120 flights to and from airports in South Florida. United Airlines said it is cancelling just over 60 flights to or from Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729854277.jpg A woman cries amid the rubble of her home, destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729864907.jpg People walk next to destroyed houses after Hurricane Matthew passes Jeremie, Haiti on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729859586.jpg Red Cross workers and residents walk among the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729908317.jpg A boy amd a woman walk next to remains of houses destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5729924147.jpg A woman removes debris from homes that fell in the street after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba on Wednesday Some airlines are letting passengers change travel plans without penalty if their trip might be affected by Hurricane Matthew. United Airlines said Tuesday that it will waive change fees and any difference in fare for customers scheduled to fly Wednesday through Friday to, from or through five airports in Florida. Delta Air Lines is waiving change fees on trips through Wednesday in the Caribbean and through Thursday at eight Florida destinations, although differences in the fare would still apply. During a weather forecast on Wednesday, the deadly storm seemed to take on an ominous skull shape to the shock of many viewers. The creepy picture, which appears to show a white grinning skull with a glowing red eye, was taken from a NASA satellite and shows the hurricane as it made landfall in Haiti. Many took the 'skull of Matthew's' eye, as a bad omen as the deadly storm moves towards to U.S. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5717497701.jpg Thomas Carrigan, bar manager at Siam Orchid restaurant in Cocoa Beach, Florida, works to board up the front of the restaurant on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5717506185.jpg Employees of Siam Orchid restaurant in Cocoa Beach, Florida, work to prepare for the hurricane that's arriving on Thursday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5717908123.jpg Workers board up a restaurant ahead of hurricane Matthew in Atlantic Beach, Florida on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5717510318.jpg Rene Anger fills and stacks sandbags in front of her Cherry Street home in Neptune Beach, Florida on Wednesday President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the U.S. government has teams and supplies positioned to respond to Hurricane Matthew. 'I want to emphasize to the public - this is a serious storm,' Obama said after a briefing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 'It has been building strength on its way to Florida.' Evacuations began Wednesday and at 3pm, Brevard County commissioners ordered one of the Florida's first evacuations for residents of Merritt Island and other barrier islands. Martin County has also ordered for homes along the Barrier Islands and Sewall's Point, as well as for residents living in low-lying areas or manufactures homes. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5713830940.jpg Fred Whitaker installs plywood to protect a business's windows ahead of Hurricane Matthew in Titusville, Florida on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5713848062.jpg Aidano Medioli pushes a cart with panels of plywood, used to cover windows, onto his car as he prepares for the arrival of the storm in Miami, Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5713852858.jpg Eduardo Menijvar loads panels of plywood, used to cover windows, onto his car in Miami to get ready for the storm on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5697641969.jpg People along the East Coast have been flocking to hardware stores, grocery aisles and gas stations to prepare for the devastating hurricane (a station sold out of gas in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew in Surfside Beach, South Carolina) http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5697792020.jpg Gas stations have been left empty as South Carolina residents rushed to fill up before the storm hits on Friday Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he didn't know how many people would be ordered to leave as the decision was left up to individual counties but warned Florida could be facing its 'biggest evacuation ever'. 'When you look at this storm as it goes along the East Coast, we're going to have to prepare every county, so it could be the biggest evacuation ever. Every county is focused on it though. We've been working on it even before today,' Scott said in a press conference Wednesday. Theme parks such as Walt Disney World and Sea World were also keeping a close eye on the storm and warned customers they could expect different closing times. One Florida, resident Randy Jordan of Juniper, said people were shoving each other as they raced to buy the supplies they needed at the local Home Depot. 'The vibe on the street this morning is pre-panic,' Jordan said. 'By tomorrow, it should just be a brawl.' http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5696999607.jpg Florida coastal resorts, such as Daytona Beach, now resemble boarded-up ghost towns as people leave ahead of the storm http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5698042895.jpg Hundreds of thousands of families along the coast have either fled their homes or have been battening down the hatches in anticipation of the deadly storm which is expected to make landfall in the U.S. on Thursday (Staff at Banana Cabana on the Isle of Palms, South Carolina board up the beach front institution in preparation for Hurricane Matthew) http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5698076044.jpg Chris Ramsey installs plywood panels over windows at a auto stereo and window tint shop in preparation for Hurricane Matthew, Wednesday, in Cocoa Beach, Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5685201374.jpg Tanner, left, and Debbie Hrobak, of Port St. Lucie, install storm shutters on their store in Stuart, Florida, ahead of Hurricane Matthew on Wednesday In South Carolina, residents in Charleston and Beaufort counties began their evacuations at noon on Wednesday. The National Guard was mobilized Wednesday and more than 300 buses had been set aside to transport families fleeing their homes to safety ahead of the storm, and lane reversals leading out of Charleston began at 3pm. Traffic was backed up for miles as people fled Charleston on Interstate 26, with gasoline a precious commodity with at least half a dozen stations along the coast out of fuel But not everyone is heeding the warning to leave. 'We're staying because we have to board the house up,' said Buff Schwab, who stocked up on supplies yesterday. Gov. Nikki Haley had warned yesterday she was prepared to evacuation one million people but had scaled down the evacuation after Matthew's wind speeds of 145mph yesterday, dropped to 120mph this morning. At a press conference Wednesday morning, she added that evacuations in Georgetown and Horry counties will be on Thursday. At its height, the hurricane was a Category 5 with wind speeds of more than 157 mph. Those speeds have dropped somewhat overtime and by Wednesday morning Matthew had sustained speeds of 115mph, according to the National Hurricane Center, making it a Category 3 storm. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5685182646.jpg Dimitri Pinckney installs hurricane shutters in advance of Hurricane Matthew on the Isle of Palms, South Carolina http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5698070173.jpg Kristen Allen, center front, and Travis Scott, right, fill bags with sand to prevent flooding to a nearby gift shop as they prepare for the hurricane, Wednesday, in Cocoa Beach http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5697851497.jpg A pedestrian walks across normally busy Ocean Boulevard ahead of the expected Friday arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Surfside Beach, South Carolina http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5697905127.jpg Some coastal regions have been left ghost towns, with business closed in preparation for Matthew. One Myrtle Beach restaurant in South Carolina, shows a message revealing it is 'closed until (South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley) tells us what to do' http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5698057206.jpg A worker moves supports in place for boats that will be docked on land in preparation for Hurricane Matthew at Port Canaveral, Florida But forecasters predict it will strengthen to a Category 4 hurricane by the time it pummels Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Those dangerous high winds caused destruction as they whipped through Haiti, southern Cuba and the Dominican Republic yesterday, with flooding and landslides destroying homes, businesses and bringing down electricity lines. Islanders have begun the slow process of rebuilding their lives. In Cuba, residents were seen walking through the rubble strewn streets, and digging through the remains of broken buildings trying to recover their belongings. Meanwhile, a United Nations official said Hurricane Matthew has caused the biggest humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the devastating earthquake of 2010. Hurricane Matthew has now moved off the northeastern coast of Cuba and is over the Bahamas where locals had prepared by boarding up their homes and businesses. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5686288584.jpg Miami residents flock to the grocery aisles to buy supplies as the eerily skull-shaped Hurricane Matthew marches toward Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5697753748.jpg Shoppers arrive to the Costco store in Altamonte Springs as central Floridians stock up on supplies ahead of the anticipated storm http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5685419117.jpg Miami residents buy up big supplies of water on Wednesday to be prepared for when Hurricane Matthew hits Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5685413297.jpg Worried Miami residents buy up wooden boards at a hardware store to help protect their homes and businesses against the coming storm http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5697869762.jpg Lumber manager Shawn Ferris, left, helps customer Ed Painter load plywood in preparation for Hurricane Matthew, Wednesday, in Jacksonville, Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5685172826.jpg Bret Hansen reads over the specs of a generator at The Home Depot in Monkey Junction near Wilmington, North Carolina, as Hurricane Matthew comes up the east coast http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5685425283.jpg Shoppers buy cases and cases of water on Wednesday in Miami as they prepared for Hurricane Matthew which is predicted to hit the state on Thursday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5685446671.jpg Jesse Canady brings out a new load of generators at The Home Depot in Monkey Junction near Wilmington http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5686111565.jpg Patrons wait in line for gas at the Costco store in Altamonte Springs, Florida, to buy supplies before Hurricane Matthew hits http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5686117741.jpg People line up to fill their cars with gas in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew, in Coral Springs, Florida, October 5 Much of Florida is now under a Hurricane Warning, according to the National Hurricane Center, which means hurricane strength winds are expected within 36 hours. While the north of the state including Jacksonville is under a Tropical Storm Warning and the southern tip, beginning just below Miami, is on Hurricane Watch. Matthew also could cause significant beach erosion all along the Atlantic coast, according to AccuWeather. The worrying forecast was made all the more unsettling by the appearance of the strange skull formation in the weather map of Hurricane Matthew on Tuesday. 'I can confirm this satellite image of Matthew's landfall is REAL and not photoshopped,' said Matt Devitt, from the WINK News team in Florida, was noticed the skull while giving a forecast yesterday 'Captured this morning during my weathercast. Freaky!' Many were disturbed by the strange occurrence, calling the 'monstrous' picture a bad omen for the East Coast. 'East cost(sic) you better dig in this is an evil storm!' one viewer tweeted. However, meteorologists were quick to assure the public that the image was simply a fluke, as the map used different colors used to identified the strongest part of the storm. Schools in Broward County and Palm Beach County have cancelled classes on Thursday and Friday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5679663327.jpg People along the East Coast are flocking to pick up sandbags, raiding hardware stores, grocery aisles and gas stations as Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5679566327.jpg Long lines in Sandford, central Florida for the free sandbags as residents prepare for the approaching hurricane http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5679672475.jpg A minivan is packed full of sandbags which will be used to protect against flooding and high winds in Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5679914684.jpg Residents are filling sandbags in 90 degree weather in preparation for the approaching hurricane as even the little ones get in on the act http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5679893704.jpg Workers in bright orange shirts help families load up sandbags on Wednesday morning in Sandford, Central Florida http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5679577789.jpg The government have offered free sandbags for Florida residents as they prepare for the approaching storm http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5679680909.jpg A long queue of cars forms in central Florida as residents line up to collect free sandbags to help protect their homes In South Florida, lines at grocery stores were heavier than usual and some essentials were in short supply. When Simone Corrado and her husband tried to buy water at their Publix in Davie near Fort Lauderdale, they mostly found empty shelves. There were a few bottles of high-end water brands, but there was so much empty shelf space that Corrado lay down and fully stretched out on the bottom shelf. 'I got scared because all that was left at Publix was just the pricey water,' said Corrado, who lived through 1992's catastrophic Hurricane Andrew, which practically leveled the nearby city of Homestead. 'They really put the fear into you here. On the television screen every few minutes is the 'beep, beep, beep' storm alert.' Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in 13 coastal counties yesterday because of Hurricane Matthew. The White House said President Barack Obama canceled a campaign and health care events in Florida on Wednesday and would instead visit the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for an update. Hurricane Hermine became the first to strike Florida since Wilma in 2005 when it hit the eastern Panhandle on September 2 as a Category 1 storm, causing one death, storm surge damage to beachfront homes and downed trees and powerlines. That 11-year lull between storms hitting Florida was the longest on record. The last storm to hit the Atlantic side of Florida was Hurricane Katrina, which struck in 2005 on its way to devastating the Gulf coast. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5685166221.jpg President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the U.S. government has teams and supplies positioned to respond to Hurricane Matthew as the storm barrels toward Florida and other southeastern states http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5693422698.jpg US President Barack Obama spoke about Hurricane Matthew at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Wilma made landfall as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds, killing five people as it pushed from southwest Florida, through the Everglades and into the Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach area, causing an estimated $21 billion in damage and leaving thousands of residents without power for more than a week. It concluded a two-year span when a record eight hurricanes hit the state. Near Miami Beach, The Home Depot in Davie briefly ran out of propane for gas barbecues and the supply of batteries was dwindling. People bought plywood to cover windows, tarps to put over outdoor furniture and coolers for food storage. Anesthesiologist Darby Lipka lugged a 20-pound propane tank across the parking lot, saying he had already purchased food and water. He installed hurricane windows years ago so he wouldn't need to erect shutters 'I am just trying to be prepared,' he said. Dane Vaala, a diesel mechanic, was loading plywood onto his pickup. He needed it so he could stand on his awning to install upper floor shutters at his home. He moved to Florida from Montana in 2007, so Matthew would be his first storm. He had loaded up on canned food and water. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5693181409.jpg Two men struggle to secure their home with wooden boarding on Bailou Hill Road as Hurricane Matthew approaches Nassau, Bahamas, October 5 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5693174526.jpg Mark Cartwright loads up on food and supplies at the store ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Nassau, Bahamas http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5693172027.jpg People carry some of their belongings through the rubble of a street after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba, Wednesday,where the hurricane rolled across the sparsely populated tip of Cuba overnight http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5693378469.jpg Red Cross workers and residents walk among the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5693188421.jpg A bent stop sign lies amid debris, felled by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa,Cuba's easternmost city http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5693213265.jpg People look to salvage personal belongings from their homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba, Wednesday 'I'm not too concerned — it doesn't really bother me much,' he said. 'But it is better to prep.' Haley said state officials would reverse lanes on major evacuation routes in South Carolina. It would be the first major evacuation since Hurricane Floyd in 1999, when the governor at the time didn't reverse the lanes and Interstate 26 became a parking lot. A typically two-hour drive from Charleston to Columbia turned into 24-hour nightmare. 'We've been though winter storms. We've been through a 1,000-year flood. A hurricane is different. I don't want anyone to look at the last couple of tragedies we've gone through and think this is similar,' Haley said. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5698327786.jpg People wade through a street flooded by a nearby river overflowing from the heavy rains caused by Hurricane Matthew, in Leogane, Haiti, Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5686405779.jpg People try to cross the overflowing Rouyonne river in the commune of Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti which was blasted by Matthew yesterday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5686411130.jpg A motorcyclist rides through the floodwater after Rouyonne river burst its banks following the hurricane in the commune of Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, on Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5686413953.jpg A family clings hold of one another as they try to cross the over flowing Rouyonne river in Haiti where residents began the messy and probably grim task of assessing the storm's toll Strong winds and heavy rain hit Haiti on Thursday, where at least five are dead, including a 26-year-old man who drowned trying to rescue a child who fell into flood waters. The child was saved, authorities said. One woman was killed by a falling electrical pole. More than 430,000 were evacuated from the island, the poorest region in the Western Hemisphere, ahead of the hurricane. 'You could see a death toll in the thousands,' Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach had warned as life-threatening 145mph winds and heavy rain battered the island. Deputy Special Representative for Haiti Mourad Wahba says in a statement that many people have been forced from their homes and communications systems have been knocked out in the country's hard-hit southwestern peninsula. He said at least 10,000 people are in shelters. Wahba says officials have received reports of destroyed houses and overflowing hospitals, with shortages fresh water. He also says the hospital in the city of Les Cayes had its roof blown off. But with a key bridge washed out, roads impassable and phone communications down, the western tip of Haiti was isolated and there was no word on dead and injured. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5674966472.jpg Men dig through the rubble of a collapsed building in Baracoa, Cuba, in the aftermath of the hurricane which battered the island last night http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5674971403.jpg A man is comforted as Cubans begin the slow process of repairing and rebuilding following the trail of devastation left by Matthew http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5675600824.jpg A view of partially destroyed banana trees at a road side after the passage of hurricane Matthew on the coast of Guantanamo province, Cuba, October 5 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5675639180.jpg The rubble left after Hurricane Matthew blew through yesterday destroying homes and business in southern Cuba http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5675634412.jpg A man looks pensive as he sits atop a pile of rubble after the hurricane wreaked destruction in Cuba yesterday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5680256811.jpg A couple embrace in the remains of their home that was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba, Wednesday Hours after Matthew swept onto the remote area with 145 mph winds, government leaders said they weren't close to fully gauging the impact in the vulnerable, flood-prone country where less powerful storms have killed thousands. International aid efforts were stymied Tuesday because of the lack of access to the hardest-hit areas, many residents of flooded areas seen by Associated Press reporters were wading through shin-high waters. Muddy rivers and tributaries continued to rise as water flowed down hillsides and mountains, making more flash floods and mudslides possible even Matthew tracked away from the country. On Wednesday, the hurricane moved northwards, battering the Bahamas and parts of Cuba including Guantanamo Bay where seven hundred military family members were evacuated from over the weekend in anticipation of the storm. Several cruise ships are being rerouted from their regularly scheduled Caribbean and Bahamas ports to Key West. Key West is about 40 miles south of the portion of the Florida not currently under a tropical storm warning. As Hurricane Matthew approaches the Bahamas, officials say nine Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessels have moored at Truman Harbor in Key West. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5675645206.jpg The streets are filled with broken roofing, bricks and other detritus after Matthew blew through Cuba http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5674961548.jpg Hurricane Matthew left serious damage at the eastern end of Cuba, with landslides, toppling electricity poles and cutting off roads by floods http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5674963100.jpg Cubans stand outside an apartment block on October 5, and consider the damage and havoc caused by Hurricane Matthew http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5674485183.jpg A Cuban street in the Guantanamo province (seen this morning), is buried under huge slabs of rock after Hurricane Matthew passed through yesterday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...5674482725.jpg The coastal road between Guantanamo and Baracoa was left broken and battered after Hurricane Matthew passed through the eastern tip of Cuba on Tuesday afternoon Naval Air Station Key West spokeswoman Trice Denny says a University of Miami Rosentiel School research called the Whalton Smith is expected to arrive in port in Key West on Wednesday. Officials are also expecting the USNS Spearhead on Saturday, a 337-foot-long joint (Navy/Army) high-speed catamaran vessel, to be positioned in Key West for possible aid missions. The Department of State had also authorized family members of US government employees to depart the Bahamas, and issued a travel warning for the area. Matthew was at one point a Category 5 storm, making it the most powerful hurricane in the region in nearly a decade. It blew ashore around dawn in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and a place where many people live in shacks of wood or concrete blocks. Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie voiced concern about the potential impact on the sprawling archipelago off Florida's east coast. 'We're worried because we do not control nature,' he said. Seven hundred military family members were evacuated from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba over the weekend in anticipation of the storm. The Department of State has authorized family members of US government employees to depart the Bahamas, and has issued a travel warning for the area. . |
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Death Toll From Hurricane Matthew Reaches 36 in US as Floodwaters Continue to Rise in Hard-Hit North Carolina
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...41_634x437.jpg Stuck: A truck sits stranded on Interstate 95 in floodwaters in Lumberton Wednesday The death toll from Hurricane Matthew has reached 36 in the US, with 20 of the fatalities reported in North Carolina, where floodwaters continued rising Thursday. Anita Van Beveren has been returning day after day to watch the brown floodwater creep toward the rental home she shares with her two teenage children. While she got many belongings out, they couldn't move everything — a bicycle is chained to a back deck surrounded by water. 'I cry and pray. There's nothing else to do,' said Van Beveren, who is staying with friends. 'We keep coming up here every hour. And every hour it's worse.' Many neighbors are keeping similar vigils on Van Beveren's side of Willow Street, which runs parallel to the Tar River and has largely served as a boundary between those who evacuated and those who stayed. The leafy neighborhood — one of many around North Carolina to suffer flooding after Hurricane Matthew — includes one-story homes and small apartment buildings that house a mix of families and students from nearby East Carolina University. North of Willow, houses and apartments were filling up with water even before the river was expected to crest Thursday. The flooding was triggered by heavy rain from Matthew, which killed more than 500 people in Haiti before churning its way up the East Coast of the US. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday the number of power outages was down to about 55,000, form a high of nearly 900,000 when the storm hit last week. But McCrory said flooding continues to be a major problem in the eastern part of the state. No new deaths were reported Thursday in North Carolina. State officials say 20 people have died in the storm, almost all of them in vehicle-related drownings. McCrory said three more counties have been approved for federal help. Nearly three dozen counties are now approved for aid to local government and 17 counties have been approved for help to individuals who suffered losses. 'The poorest of the poor are the ones that are being hurt the most by the floods,' the governor said, citing conditions in Lumberton and smaller communities of Pembroke and St. Pauls. On Wednesday, the governor called the residents in Robeson County 'the most resilient citizens I have ever met.' Goldman Sachs analysts estimated that Hurricane Matthew caused $10billion in property damage, about half of that insured losses. For US hurricanes historically, that is relatively small; it makes Matthew only the 22nd worst storm in terms of property damage. In Greenville, North Carolina, south of Willow Street and uphill from the river, homeowners expect their houses to be dry, and most stayed despite a mandatory evacuation. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...6372663160.jpg Barricade: Sandbags and no entry signs are seen in front of apartments located near the Tar River in Greenville http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...32_634x398.jpg Water world: Kyle Hawley, right, and roommate Trey Wood, pilot their boat through the streets of their submerged neighborhood in Greenville People that are staying are pretty comfortable because a lot of us were here for Floyd, and we know what's coming,' said John Benson. He lives on a street that crosses Willow just uphill from a Dead End sign that marked the edge of the floodwaters from Hurricane Floyd in 1999. The Tar River isn't expected to get as high this time.Joe Davis owns houses on another street that crosses Willow, including a rental property where waist-deep water lapped at the foundation Wednesday. He watched a worker use duct tape and sheets of plastic to seal crawl space vents after placing sandbags at the doors. 'This is my first time doing this, so we'll see how this works,' said Davis, who bought the rental house several months ago. Wearing duck-hunting waders, Andrew Brauns strode through the murky water after working on Davis' rental house. He does maintenance for several property owners and said he put in several 15-hour days this week. 'These are going to be our two worst houses actually,' he said, pointing to the rental house and one across the street. 'So we've really been trying to keep the water out. Under the houses, it can wash a bunch of the foundations away.' Two tenants of another house surrounded by several feet of water — Carolyn Raby and Nicole Beauchene — walked up to survey the scene at the end of the street that dead ends near the river. They said their landlord has been letting them stay in another house he owns, but the ordeal has fried their nerves. 'I haven't slept. I don't eat. The only normal thing I have is work and that's sad when work's your only normal thing to do,' said Beauchene, who works at the sandwich shop Jimmy John's. Matthew also brought record flooding to some areas of South Carolina. The National Weather Service reports the Little Pee Dee River near Galivants Ferry in Horry County has broken a flood record set almost 90 years ago. The storm closed more than 200 roads in the state. Officials say more roads are being reopened. And North Carolina officials say they are reopening a long section of the main road on the Outer Banks. |
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Haiti Tries to Get Hurricane Aid Right.. But Cholera Blamed on U.N. >As Hurricane Matthew Causes More Devastation and Death Toll Rises Past 1000
Daily Mail UK, 13 October 2016 PORT-A-PIMENT, Haiti, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Foreign medics with orange stretchers and gallons of chlorine are stemming a cholera outbreak on Haiti's hurricane-struck coast but the focus on a disease U.N. peacekeepers brought here six years ago is slowing the delivery of food and shelter for storm victims. Hurricane Matthew ripped through this southwestern region of Haiti last week, killing at least 1,000 people and leaving 1.4 million in need of aid, including hundreds of thousands made homeless. It also trashed crops and unleashed a new cholera surge. Along the shattered coastal landscape of virtually flattened villages, angry residents have set up blockades of broken trees and branches to try to stop the trucks of food and other aid they have seen speed past them. The roadblocks reflect an anger that could quickly escalate if aid agencies and the government do not speed up relief efforts in the poorest country in the Americas. "The donations keep passing and they don't stop. We need food and shelter," said Jean Jacques, 30, a fisherman and subsistence farmer. Around him, around 50 local residents complained nobody had helped them. The United Nations and aid organizations are now rushing out across areas hit hardest by the hurricane, the biggest relief operation in Haiti since a devastating 2010 earthquake. But the massive effort needed to control a new spike in cholera since the hurricane and the tensions over food deliveries are a reminder of the history of foreign help to Haiti that has at times done as much harm as good. In October 2010, Nepali peacekeepers accidentally introduced cholera into Haiti when their camp emptied infected sewage into a river. The disease has since killed more than 9,000 people. "They recognize they are guilty and for that reason they try to help," said Haitian doctor Marie Sophia Sanon, who heads the cholera unit in Jeremie, the largest town near the hurricane's path and now largely reduced to rubble. Since last week, she has saved 72 people suffering the disease that kills with diarrhea. At least $9.5 billion of aid sloshed into Haiti in two years after the 2010 earthquake, which the government says killed more than 300,000 people. But many aid groups had priorities that often did not chime with the country's needs and much of the $ billions donated from the US NEVER arrived in Haiti. Too much food aid undercut prices for farmers' own produce and hit sales at stores, damaging the economy and making it harder for Haiti to get back on its feet. Too many tents and not enough building materials trapped people in shanty and tent cities for years. The American Red Cross, which raised some $500 million for earthquake relief, was scorned for building just six houses, although it says it helped tens of thousands of Haitians with home repairs. This time, Haiti and its partners are determined to avoid those mistakes, even as the early days of the relief effort appear chaotic. "If they are not coordinated, we will have exactly the situation that we had after the earthquake, where everybody went in one place, where everybody brought the same sort of support," U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Mourad Wahba told Reuters. The Haitian Red Cross, which in 2010 focused on community first aid, food distribution and shelter, said on Tuesday its main concern now is cholera. Pouring resources into tackling the outbreak, however, means less is available to address other urgent needs. The United Nations, which has released $5 million from an emergency fund and launched a $120 million appeal for Haiti, has also made tackling cholera a priority of relief efforts. One of the most significant criticisms of reconstruction efforts after the earthquake was how little was done on disaster preparedness, while other densely populated, poor countries such as India and Bangladesh have made great strides. This year, the World Bank-managed Haiti Reconstruction Fund redirected $14 million earmarked for natural disaster mitigation in southern Haiti to energy projects, a June financial report showed. The U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on Tuesday said Haiti is "the world's most dangerous country" when natural disasters strike. "The question now has to be asked why six years after the Haitian earthquake, adequate multiple hazard warning systems are not in place to ensure minimal loss of life in events such as this," spokesman Denis McLean said. 'TERRIFIED' Cholera has killed up to 173 people since Hurricane Matthew ripped through the southern peninsula, churning human waste with river and well water and destroying homes, crops and livestock. Tens of thousands of people are at risk and without adequate shelter weeks before Haiti's rainy season begins. While people now know what cholera is, conditions in some areas mean they have no choice but to drink contaminated water. "Everyone here is terrified about cholera," said Adrienne Stork, who works for the United Nations Environmental Program near Port-a-Piment, where the water-borne sickness was spreading this week. The mayor of Chardonnieres, a small town near Port-a-Piment, told Reuters 125 people died there as a direct result of Matthew and another 160 in the cholera epidemic in his district, mostly in a village accessible only by foot or by helicopter. Jake Johnston, a researcher on Haiti's earthquake reconstruction at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington said the U.N. should have done much more to rid Haiti of cholera long before the hurricane. "Many lives would have been saved and the human toll from the hurricane would be reduced," he said. 'ANY GOVERNMENT WOULD STRUGGLE' Acutely aware of past mistakes, foreign governments and aid groups are this time letting Haiti's government coordinate relief efforts. It leads key meetings held in French and Creole, a contrast to U.N.-led meetings after the earthquake which were often in English, making it harder for Haitians to participate. The storm did not batter Port-au-Prince, so the government is able to respond in a way that it wasn't able to after the earthquake. Donations are taken to a government warehouse in Port-au-Prince before being dispatched, Interior Minister Francois Anick Joseph said. The new approach is not without pitfalls. Governments are bureaucratic and Haiti's is also small with limited reach in the provinces. Corruption is also a concern. "Any government would struggle with coordination for a hurricane of this magnitude," said Mike Weickert, the response manager of World Vision, a Christian charity. Some U.N. and charity officials say in private they are concerned slow decision making is holding up relief to remote villages and towns. One aid worker said trucks were turned back near Port-a-Piment for not going through government channels. Marie Claudette Regis, deputy mayor in port town Les Cayes, said the government had not responded to needs the municipality had communicated. "We have received nothing," she said. Instead, the municipality used its own funds to buy foodstuffs and building materials for people. One foreign aid worker attending a government coordination meeting in Les Cayes said Haiti had learned from the "free-for-all" of aid groups in 2010, but that the new approach was also dangerous. "In the long-term, it's probably the right thing," the worker said, asking not to be named to avoid souring her relationship with the government. "In the short term, people are hungry and thirsty and they are going to die." END RELATED: Haiti Tops List of Disaster Deaths: UN AP 13 October 2016 Hurricane-ravaged Haiti, still recovering from a devastating 2010 earthquake, has suffered the highest number of disaster deaths of any country in the past two decades, the UN said. Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, currently reeling from the impact of Hurricane Matthew which has left at least 473 people dead, registered nearly 230,000 disaster deaths over the past two decades, a new report by the United Nations agency for disaster risk reduction (UNISDR) found. The study analysed data from more than 7,000 disasters over the past 20 years. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...42_634x421.jpg A boy walks with goats past destroyed houses in the village of Labey in the south west of Haiti, October 11, 2016 ©Hector Retamal (AFP) In a statement, UN chief Ban Ki-moon described the report's findings as "a damning indictment of inequality", pointing out that "high income countries suffer huge economic losses in disasters, but people in low income countries pay with their lives". The study determined that 90 percent of the 1.35 million people who had died in disasters between 1996 and 2015 lived in low- or middle-income countries, with Haiti alone accounting for about a sixth of the deaths. "There is a clear connection between the socioeconomic status of a country and the loss of life associated with these hazards that strike these countries," UNISDR chief Robert Glasser told reporters. The Haiti toll was by far the highest of any country during the period -- followed by Indonesia with more than 182,000 deaths and Myanmar with 139,500 deaths, Thursday's report showed. - 'Unacceptable' - Glasser said that in 2010, when Haiti saw 223,000 people perish in a massive earthquake, equally violent quakes caused far fewer casualties in Chile and no deaths at all in New Zealand. "The links to poverty are absolutely clear in this example in Haiti," Glasser told reporters. He insisted it was "outrageous and unacceptable" that the country had once again suffered massive disaster losses that could have been avoided with better preparedness -- a lesson it should have learned after the earthquake. "Of course it is challenging in a country like Haiti for reasons of governance and poverty," he acknowledged, but insisted the challenges were "not insurmountable". Haiti, with the help of the international community, must take "clear steps", including improving early warning systems and educating the community on how to follow disaster alerts, Glasser said. "This is the last time we should have this sort of situation," he said. The report meanwhile showed that earthquakes and the tsunamis they trigger have been the biggest killers over the past two decades, together accounting for 748,621 deaths. But climate-related disasters like floods, landslides, heatwaves and severe storms have surged, with such events more than doubling in the past 20 years, Glasser said. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...58_634x854.jpg Hurricane-hit Haiti ©Laurence CHU, Gal ROMA (AFP) http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...90_634x930.jpg A quake-triggered tsunami in 2004 killed more than 170,000 people in Indonesia ©Choo Youn-Kong (AFP/File) |
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'Extremely Dangerous' Hurricane Nicole Pummels Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) 13 Oct 2016 — Hurricane Nicole snapped trees, flooded homes and peeled off some roofs as it pummeled the British territory of Bermuda on Thursday as an extremely dangerous Category 3 storm. The storm was located about 10 miles (20 kilometers) east of Bermuda late Thursday morning. It had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 kph) and was moving northeast at 16 mph (26 kph). There was a brief respite across Bermuda as the eye of the hurricane passed by, but government officials urged everyone to remain inside. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...85_634x388.jpg Heavy rain and increasing winds rock boats moored in Mullet Bay in St. Georges, Bermuda, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 as the island begins to feel the effects of Hurricane Nicole. The hurricane had strengthened to a Category 4 storm late Wednesday but lost some steam overnight. However, forecasters warned that it was still extremely dangerous. (AP Photo/Mark Tatem) "This is a serious storm, and it's living up to the weather predictions," said National Security Minister Jeff Baron. "The worst is not over." Nick West, who lives with his family near a wharf in the town of St. George, said the hurricane ripped off a large portion of his roof just before the eye passed over the island. His garden also is now underwater. "We are hiding downstairs. All safe and dry for now," he said. "Just as long as we are all safe, that is all I really care about." The hurricane knocked out power to more than 20,000 customers in Bermuda, which has sturdy infrastructure and is accustomed to storms. The hurricane had strengthened to a Category 4 storm late Wednesday but lost some steam overnight. However, forecasters warned that it was still extremely dangerous. "While hurricanes often affect Bermuda, a hurricane this strong is rare," the National Hurricane Center said. As Nicole bore down on Bermuda, some 120 guests were ushered for safety into a ballroom at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, one of the island's largest hotels. They were served a free lunch as they waited for the hurricane to blow through. Chinna Francois, a captain at one of the hotel's restaurants, said she had weathered many hurricanes in Bermuda but warned that people should not get complacent as the eye passed through. "The last half of the hurricane is the dangerous part," she said. Forecasters with the Bermuda Weather Service said hurricane-force winds would continue into late Thursday night. On Wednesday, the government ordered schools and government offices as businesses boarded up. "I'm comfortable with the resources we have in hand to deal with this storm," Premier Michael Dunkley said. "I have every faith that the people of Bermuda will rally together after the storm." American Airlines and Air Canada are among several carriers that have canceled flights to the island, and several cruise ships have canceled trips as well. ___ Associated Press writer Danica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico, contributed to this report. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...54_634x388.jpg Wind and surf picks up as Hurricane Nicole approaches the Cooper¿s Island Nature Reserve in St. Georges, Bermuda, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. Wind and rain began battering Bermuda as the British territory braced itself for Hurricane Nicole, which could become a major Category 3 storm before it hits the island on Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Mark Tatem) http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...20_634x421.jpg Wind brought by Hurricane Nicole makes water break over the dock on Ordnance Island in St. Georges, Bermuda, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. The hurricane had strengthened to a Category 4 storm late Wednesday but lost some steam overnight. However, forecasters warned that it was still extremely dangerous. (AP Photo/Mark Tatem) |
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Storm Angus Brings GALES/FLOODs/Deaths & Travel Chaos in The UK
One woman dead and fears grow for missing man after police pull his car from a swollen river as Environment Agency warns MORE flooding is on the way
Daily Mail UK, 22 November 2016 Fears are growing for a missing pensioner after his car was pulled from a swollen river in flood-stricken South Wales today. Rescuers tonight called off the search for Russell Sherwood, 69, who disappeared while driving to collect his wife in Bridgend on Sunday evening. South Wales Police pulled a car bumper and licence plate matching Mr Sherwood's Ford Focus from the fast-flowing River Ogmore, but there has been no sign of the driver. A spokeswoman for South Wales Police said: 'Due to the location of the vehicle, the continuing treacherous conditions and the fading light, the search has been stood down for the evening. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9815516854.jpg A woman, 39, was pulled from the water after going missing near Folkestone, Kent. She was airlifted to hospital but later died http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9828003607.jpg Missing for Days - Body Not Found http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9828016130.jpg Russell Sherwood, 69, disappeared while driving to collect his wife in Bridgend on Sunday evening and it is feared he might have travelled on flooded roads. Right, fire fighters wade through flood water near Stalybridge, Greater Manchester http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9809045593.jpg Photographs taken this morning show the devastation at a flooded property in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9810427374.jpg Council workers try to clear drains outside homes hit by fast flowing water in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, overnight http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9810414852.jpg A man digs his car out from the snow on the A686 by Hartside Cafe on the Northumberland and Cumbria border.. CRAZY WEATHER !!! http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9820574583.jpg A field near the village of Muchelney, Somerset, was completely submerged by flood water following the wet weather http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9812641942.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9811196628.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9818105085.jpg A street in Peebles in the Scottish Boders was inundated with fast flowing flood water after Eddleston Water burst its bank http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9818770838.jpg Cars were abandoned after they were submerged in flood water on Bridge Hill in Exeter, Devon, following heavy rain http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9824789685.jpg Horses plod through floodwater in Barrow-upon-Soar, in Leicestershire, after the region was hit by another night of rain The Environment Agency warned of a continuing flood risk in Dorset and York as yesterday's rain causes the rivers to gradually rise. Eighteen flood warnings and 124 flood alerts remain in place across the country. Squally weather is due to persist throughout Tuesday, with gusts of around 50mph expected to continue over higher ground and coastal areas in the South East, Forecaster Greg Dewhurst said. 'We have seen the area of low pressure that brought heavy rain to the south and west moving into southern Scotland and the North East overnight. 'Throughout today the wet and windy weather within that low pressure area will slowly move into the North Sea. 'Behind this most places will still see showers, some heavy but getting lighter during the day. Away from the low pressure we should see some sunshine around Northern Ireland and western Scotland.' Clare Dinnis, the Environment Agency's national flood duty manager, said: 'After heavy rain over the last three days and showers forecast today, people in the South West and North East need to be aware of the potential for further flooding. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9820408766.jpg Emergency workers search through the debris at a property in Stalybrook, Greater Manchester, devastated by the flood http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9811443679.jpg A river burst its banks in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, pictured today, flooding homes, roads and businesses http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9811639668.jpg Whitchurch Lane is Bristol, which was under several feet of flood water yesterday, is being hit by more rain today http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9811645727.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9818815745.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...9820484237.jpg A flooded football pitch in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire UK , which saw downpours of heavy rain over the last two days... |
US Braces for Fierce Winter Storm >Millions Will Be Affected
Millions to Face Storm Impacts Next Week: Snow, Rain, Wind and Severe Weather to Unfold
By: Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist, 3 February 2017. Travel ranging from a routine daily commute to a cross-country venture could be affected by a significant storm in the central and eastern United States next week. A major storm with drenching rain, ice, snow, gusty winds and the potential for severe weather is likely next week in the central and eastern parts of the nation. During early next week, a storm will first take shape over the southern Plains then strengthen while traveling northeastward toward the Great Lakes. https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/mid.../download.jpeg How strong the storm becomes will determine the magnitude of wintry precipitation, wind and thunderstorms, as well as the extent of rain and warmth. https://s.aolcdn.com/dims5/amp:b379c...-weather-1.jpg Winter weather so far in 2016-2017 "At this early juncture, it appears the bulk of the storm will bring rain around the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region on Tuesday and into Wednesday," according to AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok. Around the lower Great Lakes, the storm could begin and end as a period of snow or a wintry mix. https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/mid...d+%281%29.jpeg From interior parts of the mid-Atlantic to northern New England, the forecast is less certain. "If cold air holds its ground for a time, a significant amount of snow and ice can occur over interior locations of the Northeast," according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist John Gresiak. "If cold air gives up easily, drenching rain will sweep rapidly northward, and there could be problems such as urban and poor drainage area flooding," Gresiak said. The storm is likely to be strong enough to produce gusty winds around the Great Lakes spanning Tuesday through Thursday. https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/mid...d+%283%29.jpeg Since much of the lakes are free of ice, the wind and wave action could produce lake-shore flooding in some communities. Airline delays could also occur due to the gusty winds at the major hubs in the region. On the northwestern flank of the storm, enough cold air will be present to allow all or mostly snow to fall from the foothills of the Rockies and parts of the central Plains to the Upper Midwest. Strengthening winds will likely cause blowing and drifting snow in this swath. As the storm tracks toward the Great Lakes, warm and humid air will surge in across the South. https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/mid...d+%284%29.jpeg The strength of the storm could be enough to spawn severe weather from the Gulf coast to perhaps as far north as the Ohio Valley and a portion of the mid-Atlantic coast during the period from Tuesday to Wednesday. In the wake of the big storm, cold air will circulate from the northern Plains to much of the Atlantic coast during the second half of the week. A possible second storm could impact areas from the Appalachians to the Atlantic coast. How much moisture remains as the cold air returns will determine whether or not a period of snow develops. |
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FlyBe Plane Crash Lands on the Runway at Amsterdam Airport After Landing Gear Breaks in Strong Winds From Storm Doris
FlyBe flight 1284 had already battled fierce winds as part of Storm Doris It was delayed when it took off from Edinburgh airport at 2.10pm on Thursday Eyewitness photos show the plane collapsed on its right side on the runway Daily Mail UK, 23 February 2017 A FlyBe plane has crash landed at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport after its right landing gear collapsed amid strong winds. FlyBe flight 1284 had already battled fierce winds as part of Storm Doris during its delayed take off from Edinburgh airport at 2.10pm today. The Bombardier Q400 aircraft had first taken off from Dundee, stopping in Edinburgh, before flying on to Amsterdam. Terrified passengers were taken to safety, and dramatic video shows the moment the plane hit the runway as the plane wobbled from side to side. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7869280583.jpg A FlyBe plane has crash landed at Amsterdam's Schipol airport after its landing gear collapsed in strong winds http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7874190611.jpg Emergency vehicles surround the plane after the dramatic crash landing this afternoon at Schiphol airport http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7874246149.jpg Damage: The precarious angle of the plane reveals the impact of this afternoon's crash landing in Amsterdam The horror flight continued, with the pilot forced to make a mayday call upon arriving at Schiphol airport at 4.54pm. Eyewitness photos show the plane collapsed on its right side on the runway. Passenger David Fleming posted a video from inside the Dash 8 plane, showing its propellers scraping against the runway surface - sending smoke into the air. The plane struggled to land in winds of 31 knots, with gusts blowing as high as 46 knots. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7870756751.jpg The aircraft was visibly tilted to the right as it came down to land on the runway Passenger Matt Lorenson posted on Twitter: 'Just crash landed at #Amsterdam'. Shortly afterward he tweeted: 'Everyone is ok. We're away to get drunk. Great day to move to holland.' Emergency services rushed to the plane to evacuate passengers and miraculously no one was injured. Schiphol Airport tweeted: 'The landing gear of a Flybe airplane collapsed during touchdown. 'All passengers are brought to the terminal by bus at the moment. 'No people are injured. Flight operation is up and running again.' http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7870277713.jpg Video from the scene shows the plane skidding along before coming to an eventual stop The passengers were taken to the terminal by bus, the airport said. The airline said that 46 passengers were on board the stricken plane, with a further 10 crew members. Following the incident, FlyBe tweeted: 'We are aware of an incident involving one of our aircraft. 'We're getting more information and will provide further updates as soon we can.' A spokesman for the airline said: ‘FlyBe can confirm that the flight returned to Glasgow Airport following a technical fault that resulted in the captain electing to shut down the number one engine as a safety precaution. ‘The pilot followed all required procedures and the aircraft landed safely without incident. ‘The Bombardier Q400 aircraft is designed to continue flying safely with one of its engines shut down but, as is standard procedure, the aircraft was met by the airport’s emergency service vehicles. Don't Even Try to Get Home! Thousands are Stranded as Euston is Closed and Other Major Stations Hit by Overcrowding and Commuters are Told Not to Travel
Thousands of commuters are facing a journey home from hell - with many being told not to bother at all - as Storm Doris continues to wreak havoc on the UK transport network. All services from London Euston were suspended due to Storm Doris, while King's Cross and St Pancras are also subject to heavy delays and cancellations. Further north, a failure of electricity between Crewe and Warrington Bank Quay is causing chaos on Virgin Trains - and several other lines suffering major disruption. Aer Lingus cancelled 12 flights between the UK and the Republic of Ireland in anticipation of the winds, while 36 flights out of London Heathrow were cancelled and another five at London City with other delays possible. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7874067038.jpg All services from London Euston were suspended due to Storm Doris earlier in the day, as the heavy winds significantly affected the train lines http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7874473638.jpg Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Birmingham New Street because the trains were not running http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7873365232.jpg Chaos at Birmingham New Street Station as thousands of commuters are stuck in Birmingham after several incidents resulting from Storm Doris have shut down the rail network in the Midlands http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7873365505.jpg Huge crowds flood Birmingham New Street Station as services were cancelled and delayed due to the storm Network Rail warned of 50mph speed restrictions for safety reasons on some services run by Southeastern, Arriva Trains Wales, Chiltern Railways, Grand Central, TransPennine Express and Virgin Trains East Coast. Junction 5 and junction 8 on the M80 in Scotland were closed by snowfall, with users advised by Traffic Scotland to find alternative routes. In Aberdeenshire, some schools have been closed due to the weather. Quote:
Queues outside Peterborough railway station in Cambridgeshire today after Storm Doris reached speeds of 90mph today http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7873365165.jpg A weather warning sign on the M1 near Barnsley in South Yorkshire this morning as drivers are urged to take extra care Ferry services have also been affected, with Caledonian MacBrayne warning of disruption on some west coast routes. In addition, A282 at Dartford Crossing, the A14 in Suffolk and the M48 Severn Bridge were closed. Elsewhere, the snow gates have been closed in both directions on the Banchory to Fettercairn route, while Traffic Scotland warned of high winds on the Tay Road Bridge and the Erskine Bridge. As Doris hit, Peel Ports in Liverpool said the city's port has been closed due to '100mph gusts of wind', adding: 'All operations are stood down for the safety of our employees, contractors and customers of the port.' FLIGHT DELAYS/CANCELLATIONS TODAY AT MANY UK MAJOR AIRPORTS Because of STORM DORIS, AFFECTS MANY PASSENGERS People are being warned not to risk their lives for photos of Storm Doris, as footage showed two would-be photographers being chased by waves on the Dorset coast. In the footage posted to Twitter, one of the pair is seen taking a photo moments before a wave slams into the coast at Durdle Door on the famous Jurassic Coast. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2017/02/2...46_634x356.jpg The area’s countryside ranger team urged people to “respect the water”, adding that “no photo is worth risking your life for”. . Storm Doris Batters Britain: Woman Killed as Gusts Hit 100mph and 'Weather Bomb' Creates Blizzard-like Snow . |
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Sydney, You're Next: Torrential Rain and Flash Flooding Heading South After Cyclone Debbie Smashes Queensland
Daily Mail Australia, 28 March 2017.... A severe weather warning has been issued for the New South Wales coastline from Lismore to Sydney, in the wake of Queensland's Cyclone Debbie. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast heavy rain in the northeast of the state and damaging winds along the coastal fringe of Sydney on Thursday and Friday. Residents have been told to be alert to potential torrential rain, heavy winds and flash flooding. Residents in NSW have been told to be alert to potential torrential rain, heavy winds and flash flooding. BOM forecaster Rob Taggart said Sydney can expect high humidity and heavy rain later in the week Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Rob Taggart told the Daily Telegraph the tropical low system is bringing humidity down into Sydney. 'Because of that, there will be widespread rainfall over the eastern half of NSW on Thursday, with the heaviest falls to be around the northern rivers,' Mr Taggart said. Some locations in the northern rivers are expected to receive up to 300mm of rain. Locations which may be affected with heavy rainfall include Lismore, Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Tenterfield, Yamba, Glen Innes and Inverell. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...0751194137.jpg BOM has said heavy rainfall over northeastern NSW is likely during Thursday and Friday as a cold front approaches from the southwest and interacts with this humid airmass. Pictured is Sydney Harbour Coastal parts of Sydney, Gosford, Newcastle, Taree, Port Macquarie and Kempsey may be affected by damaging winds. A flood watch is current for coastal catchments between Ayr and the NSW border, extending inland to parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, Maranoa and Warrego, and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...0751651724.jpg Heavy rain and damaging winds will continue to hammer Queensland's Central Coast, the Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields. Pictured are boats washed up at Airlie Beach http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...0751125374.jpg Early on Wednesday BOM said the tropical low system had moved over inland central Queensland. Cars are pictured negotiating the road between Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour after the cyclone Heavy rain and damaging winds will continue to hammer Queensland's Central Coast, the Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields districts as ex-tropical cyclone Debbie heads south. Early on Wednesday BOM said the tropical low system had moved over inland central Queensland, bringing the risk of flash flooding with up to 250mm of rainfall in a day possible. The heaviest rainfall was expected over Springsure to Yepoon. Quote:
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Hurricane Harvey: Texas Braces for Massive Storm
Hurricane Harvey Strengthens; Category 3 Hurricane Harvey a Catastrophic Rainfall Flood Threat; Strongest Texas Coastal Bend Landfall in at Least 47 Years Tonight BBC, 25 August 2017 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Hurricane Harvey intensified on Friday and was poised to hit the mainland United States this evening as the most powerful storm in more than a decade and authorities warned residents to shelter from life-threatening winds and flooding. https://dsx.weather.com/util/image/m...1-e17d87b8b6a0 Harvey became a Category 3 hurricane, the third most powerful, the National Hurricane Center said on Friday. Forecasters said the storm would hit land near Corpus Christi, Texas, around 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. CDT (0100-0200 GMT), dropping over three feet of rain in some areas along the central Texas coast, and potentially loop back over the Gulf of Mexico before hitting Houston. "My urgent message to my fellow Texans is that if you live in a region where evacuation has been ordered, you need to heed that advice and get out of harm's way while you can," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a televised address. U.S. gasoline prices spiked as the storm shut down 22 percent, or 377,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Gulf of Mexico oil production and halted 4.4 percent of U.S. refinery output, according to the U.S. government. "We may be looking at unprecedented and major to record flooding," said forecaster John Tharp of Weather Decision Technologies, Sea levels may surge as high as 12 feet (3.7 meters) and flood warnings are in effect for Louisiana and northern Mexico, Tharp said. Gas stations and grocery stores in the region were packed as residents readied their cars and pantries for any shortages following the storm. Coldplay, the British rock band, canceled a Friday concert in Houston, telling fans it didn't want to risk anyone's safety. At a Willis, Texas, station, about 50 miles (77 km) north of Houston, Corey Martinez, 40, was heading to Dallas from his Corpus Christi home. "It has been pretty stressful. We're just trying to get ahead of the storm," he said. "We've never been through a hurricane before." As a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, Harvey could bring winds of 111-129 miles per hour (178-208 km/h) that can uproot trees, rip roofs off homes and disrupt utilities for days. If it maintains its intensity, it would be be the first major hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Hurricane Wilma struck Florida in 2005. The storm was about 85 miles (140 km) off Corpus Christi and packing winds of 110 mph on Friday afternoon, the NHC said. The NHC's latest tracking model shows the storm sitting southwest of Houston for more than a day, giving the nation's fourth most populous city a double dose of rain and wind. "Now is the time to urgently hide from the wind. Failure to adequately shelter may result in serious injury, loss of life, or immense human suffering," the National Weather Service said. "Life-threatening and devastating flooding expected near the coast due to heavy rainfall and storm surge," the NHC said. The storm's approach triggered evacuations in south Texas communities and central coast residents were voluntarily leaving the area. Cities canceled classes on Friday and Monday at dozens of schools along the south Texas coast, home to 5.8 million people from Corpus Christi to Galveston. David Ramirez left his home in Corpus Christi early on Friday to wait out the storm in San Antonio, Texas. "With the level of storm surge they're talking about, there isn't a lot I could do to protect my house," he said in an interview while awaiting directions to an emergency shelter. Harvey also forced the cancellation or delay of at least 40 flights in and out of major airports in Texas on Friday, according to Flightaware.com, which tracks airline traffic. Louisiana and Texas declared states of disaster, authorizing the use of state resources to prepare. President Donald Trump has been briefed and is ready to provide resources if needed, the White House said on Thursday. The port of Houston, the nation's busiest petrochemical port, closed its terminals at noon, and earlier halted inbound and outbound ship traffic on Friday. The city of Houston warned residents of flooding from close to 20 inches of rain over several days. GASOLINE PRICES SPIKE More than 45 percent of the country's refining capacity is along the U.S. Gulf Coast, and nearly a fifth of the nation's crude oil is produced offshore. Ports from Corpus Christi to Texas City, Texas, were closed to incoming vessels. The U.S. government said 9.6 percent of crude output capacity was shut and 14.6 percent of natural gas production was halted. Three refineries in Corpus Christi and one farther inland at Three Rivers were shutting down ahead of the storm. Two others reduced output as ports were closed. Concern that Harvey could cause shortages in fuel supply drove benchmark gasoline prices to their highest in four months, before profit trading pulled back prices. Meanwhile, U.S. gasoline margins <RBc1-CLc1> hit their strongest levels in 5 years for this time of year earlier in the day. The U.S. government has emergency stockpiles of crude available to plug disruptions, and has regularly used them to dampen the impact on energy supplies of previous storms. Houston-based energy bank Tudor Pickering Holt & Co said in a note not to expect significant or lasting production impacts from Harvey. But it said it would impact some production and disrupt refinery runs, imports and exports, "which will show up in the weekly inventory numbers for the next few weeks." Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Anadarko Petroleum Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp have evacuated staff from offshore oil and gas platforms in the storm's path. The potential for flooding at shale oil fields in south Texas that produce more than one million barrels of oil a day led several producers to curb operations. EOG Resources Inc said shut some production in the Eagle Ford shale region. Noble Energy Inc and Statoil ASA also said they were evacuating some staff from production facilities. |
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HURRICANE IRMA
Powerful Category 4 Hurricane Irma Aims at Caribbean Islands/US http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphi...e_and_wind.png NHC/REUTERS. 5 September.2017 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Officials across the northeastern Caribbean canceled airline flights, shuttered schools and urged people to hunker down indoors as Hurricane Irma barreled toward the region as a powerful Category 4 storm expected to strengthen more before nearing land late Tuesday. States of emergency were declared in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and all of Florida while people on Dominican Republic/Haiti and other various Caribbean islands boarded up homes and rushed to find last-minute supplies, forming long lines outside supermarkets and gas stations. Irma's maximum sustained winds increased to near 150 mph (240 kph) early Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It was centered about 320 miles (515 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands and moving west at 14 mph (22 kph). http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2017/09/0...19_634x422.jpg Monday, 4 Sept., 2017, satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Irma nearing the eastern Caribbean. Hurricane Irma grew into a powerful Category 4 storm Monday. (NOAA via AP) Authorities warned that the storm could dump up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain, cause landslides and dangerous flash floods and generate waves of up to 23 feet (7 meters). "This is not an opportunity to go outside and try to have fun with a hurricane," U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp warned. "It's not time to get on a surfboard." The storm's center was expected to move near or over the northern Leeward Islands late Tuesday and early Wednesday, the hurricane center said. Residents on the U.S. East Coast were urged to monitor the storm's progress in case it should turn northward toward Florida, Georgia or the Carolinas. "This hurricane has the potential to be a major event for the East Coast. It also has the potential to significantly strain FEMA and other governmental resources occurring so quickly on the heels of (Hurricane) Harvey," Evan Myers, chief operating officer of AccuWeather, said in a statement. In the Caribbean, hurricane warnings were issued for 12 island groups, including Dominican Republic/Haiti, and Antigua, where the governor urged people to evacuate the tiny island of Anegada if they could ahead of the storm. Vivian Wheatley, proprietor of the Anegada Reef Hotel, planned to stay behind. She said she would stay in one of the hotel rooms and take advantage of the generator since there were no guests. "We know it's a very powerful (storm), and we know it's going to be very close," she said. "Let's hope for the best." People in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico braced for electricity outages after the director of the island's power company predicted that storm damage could leave some areas without electricity for four to six months. But "some areas will have power (back) in less than a week," Ricardo Ramos told radio station Notiuno 630 AM. The utility's infrastructure has deteriorated greatly during a decade-long recession, and Puerto Ricans experienced an island wide outage last year. Both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands expected 4 inches to 8 inches (10-20 centimeters) of rain and winds of 40-50 mph with gusts of up to 60 mph. A hurricane warning was posted for Dominican Republic/Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and St. Barts, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. and British Virgin islands. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Guadeloupe and Dominica. |
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UPDATE;
Hurricane Irma is Now UPGRADED to Category 5, as it Nears the Caribbean.... :crap: Hurricane Irma: British Airways & Other airlines cancel flights to the Caribbean as Category 5 storm gathers strength in Atlantic |
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Hurricane Irma: Most Powerful Atlantic Ocean Hurricane in Recorded History Makes First Landfall in Caribbean Islands & TS Jose to Follow
Officials Warn People to Seek Protection From The Storm's 'Onslaught' The Independent UK, 6 Sept 2017. The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history has made its first landfall in the islands of the northeast Caribbean. Hurricane Irma passed over Barbuda around 1.47am, the National Weather Service said. Residents reported over local radio that phone lines went down as the eye passed. Heavy rain and howling winds raked the neighbouring island of Antigua, sending debris flying as people huddled in their homes or government shelters. Officials earlier warned people to seek protection from Irma's "onslaught" in a statement that closed with: "May God protect us all." The National Hurricane Centre's forecast was for the winds to fluctuate slightly but for the storm to remain at Category 4 or 5 strength for the next day or two. The most dangerous winds, usually nearest to the eye, were forecast to pass near the northern Virgin Islands and near or just north of Puerto Rico. The northern Leeward Islands were expected to see waves as high as 11ft, while the Turks and Caicos Islands and south-eastern Bahamas could see towering 20ft waves later in the week, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center said Irma was maintaining Category 5 strength with sustained winds near 185mph (295kmh) and heading west-northwest on a path toward Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for Florida over the weekend. As well as the Leeward Islands, others in the path of the storm include the US and British Virgin Islands and Anguilla, a small, low-lying British island territory of about 15,000 people. Donald Trump declared emergencies in Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, and authorities in the Bahamas said they would evacuate the residents of six islands at the southern end of the island chain. Irma's eye is expected to pass about 50 miles from Puerto Rico later, then will hit the Dominican Republic. Hurricane-force winds extended outwards up to 50 miles from the storm's centre and tropical storm-force winds up to 175 miles. Hurricane Irma: Most Powerful Hurricane in History Makes First Landfall in Caribbean Islands Hurricane Irma Outlook 5/9/17, Along with Tropical Storm Jose Hurricane Irma So Powerful >Setting Off Seismic EQ Monitors . |
re: PhOtOs:Hurricane IRMA>Islands DEVASTATED >Hurricane Jose is Next
Hurricane Irma: Pictures Show Devastation Wrought on Caribbean by Strongest Storm in Atlantic History
Buildings collapse and cars swept away as storm tears through region The Independent UK https://static.independent.co.uk/s3f.../14/irma-4.jpg Debris lies in a flooded street in Saint Martin @la1ere... The first pictures have emerged of the damage wrought by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean. France said the storm had caused major damage across a number of islands in the region and had destroyed the four "most solid" buildings on Saint Martin. Roads became torrents of water and some images showed cars being swept away. Hurricane Irma – in Pictures https://static.independent.co.uk/s3f.../13/irma-1.jpg Floodwater sweeps away debris in Philipsburg, Saint Martin (Météo Express) On Anguilla, one tour operator said Irma had scored a "direct hit". The hurricane is roaring along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. Forecasters think it could hit the US state of Florida over the weekend. https://static.independent.co.uk/s3f.../13/irma-3.jpg A torrent runs along a street in Saint Martin (@la1ere) The eye of the storm passed over Barbuda at about 1.47am, the US National Weather Service said. Heavy rain and howling winds raked the neighbouring island of Antigua, sending debris flying as people huddled in their homes or government shelters. Officials warned people to seek protection from Irma's "onslaught" in a statement that closed with "May God protect us all". The most dangerous winds, usually nearest to the eye, were forecast to pass near the northern Virgin Islands and near or just north of Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Hurricane Irma has torn off roofs and knocked out all electricity on the French islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy in the Caribbean. France has requisitioned planes and sent in emergency food and water rations. https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...4&h=532&crop=1 The scene in Saint Martin after the storm passed (Picture: Twitter/ RCI Guadeloupe)... The regional authority for Guadeloupe and neighbouring islands said that the fire station in Saint Barthelemy is under 3ft of water and no rescue vehicles can move. It said the government headquarters in Saint Martin have been partially destroyed and the island is in a total blackout. Electricity is also partially down on the larger island of Guadeloupe, where the threat receded despite danger of heavy flooding. Hurricane Irma is roaring along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for Florida over the weekend. The eye of the storm passed over Barbuda at around 1.47am, the US National Weather Service said. Heavy rain and howling winds raked the neighbouring island of Antigua, sending debris flying as people huddled in their homes or government shelters. The northern Leeward Islands were expected to see normal tide levels rise by as much as 11ft while the Turks and Caicos Islands and south-eastern Bahamas could see a surge of 20ft and higher waves later in the week, forecasters said. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said his government was evacuating six islands in the south because authorities would not be able to help anyone caught in the ‘potentially catastrophic’ wind, flooding and storm surge. People there would be flown to Nassau in what he called the largest storm evacuation in the country’s history. ‘The price you may pay for not evacuating is your life or serious physical harm,’ Mr Minnis said. The US National Weather Service said Puerto Rico had not seen a hurricane of Irma’s magnitude since Hurricane San Felipe in 1928, which killed a total of 2,748 people in Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and Florida. ‘The dangerousness of this event is like nothing we’ve ever seen,’ Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello said. ‘A lot of infrastructure won’t be able to withstand this kind of force.’ The director of the island’s power company has warned that storm damage could leave some areas without electricity for about a week to as long as six months. The eye of the storm was expected to rip westward on a path taking it a little north of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. In Florida, people stocked up on drinking water and other supplies. https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=574&crop=1 Damage in one of the buildings in St Martin (Picture: Twitter) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=573&crop=1 Some of the damage can be seen in St Martin while the sea levels remain high in the background (Picture: Twitter) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=563&crop=1 Cars were tossed around after the sea ferociously surged inland (Picture: Twitter) The most dangerous winds, usually nearest to the eye, were forecast to pass near the northern Virgin Islands and near or just north of Puerto Rico on Wednesday. |
re: PhOtOs:Hurricane IRMA>Islands DEVASTATED>Hurricane JOSE is Next
More Than 1,000,000 Left Without Power as Hurricane Irma Batters Caribbean
Irma's Destruction: Island by Island The Category Five Hurricane Has Ripped Through the Caribbean, Leaving Flattened Landscapes, Flash Floods and Loss of Life The Guardian UK / Metro UK, 8 Sept 2017 https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=463&crop=1 Hurricane Irma has devastated the Caribbean (Picture: AFP/Getty Images) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=493&crop=1 Antigua and Barbuda https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=432&crop=1 At least eight people have been killed and 23 injured https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=577&crop=1 Large buildings have also been badly damaged in the storm with roofs blown off and windows smashed (Picture: Backgrid) About 60 percent of the island’s 1,400 residents were left homeless, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said. Barbuda, the first island to feel the force of Hurricane Irma was devastated by its high winds, with Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, saying 90% of buildings had been destroyed and 50% of the population of around 1,000 people left homeless. https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=576&crop=1 Many people have been made homeless as a result of the hurricane (Picture: Backgrid) One person – a two-year-old child – is confirmed to have died in the storm. Michael Joseph, president of the Red Cross in Antigua and Barbuda said: The devastation is not like we’ve ever seen before – we’re talking about the whole country … of Barbuda being significantly destroyed. Critical facilities including roads and communications systems were ravaged, with the recovery effort set to take months or years. Some residents are expected to be evacuated to the larger sister island of Antigua – where damage was less severe – as part of relief efforts and ahead of the prospective arrival of Hurricane Jose this weekend. Browne said he would order the evacuation of Barbuda if forecasters predict that Jose will hit the island in the coming days. Anguilla https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=574&crop=1 https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=416&crop=1 At least seven people have been killed as 180mph winds battered Barbuda (Picture: ABS/Facebook) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=416&crop=1 The storm has already wreaked havoc on the islands of Anguilla, Barbuda, St Martin and St Barts One person died in the British overseas territory, said Ronald Jackson, executive director of the Caribbean disaster and emergency management agency, who added that “police stations, hospitals, school facilities, three or four emergency shelters, a home for the infirm and the aged, as well as the fire station”, along with many homes, had been damaged or destroyed. Hurricane Irma: Storm Batters Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Haiti. Category Five Superstorm Hits Turks and Caicos Islands, With at Least 13 People Confirmed Dead Across Caribbean UK foreign office minister Alan Duncan said: “The initial assessment is that the damage has been severe and in places critical.” The tourist board said major resorts on the island had withstood the onslaught. The airport and two ports remain closed. The British government had been accused of a failure to respond speedily to the devastation. On Thursday, it announced an extra £32m in aid and will send hundreds of marines and royal engineers, as well as HMS Ocean, currently deployed in the Mediterranean. St Kitts & Nevis https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=576&crop=1 Flooded properties close to the sea following a storm surge (Picture: Getty) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=517&crop=1 Kevin Barralon took this picture after Irma passed the island (Picture: Getty) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=512&crop=1 Prime minister Timothy Harris said St Kitts was “spared the full brunt” of Irma, but warned of “significant damage” to property and infrastructure, as well as power failures. The airport reopened on Thursday. A hurricane warning and flash-flooding watch have been discontinued, and residents and visitors given the all-clear. St Martin and St Barts https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=510&crop=1 Debris and damaged cars in Marigot, near the Bay of Nettle, on the French Collectivity of Saint Martin, after the passage of Hurricane Irma (Picture: AFP/Getty Images) The French part of the island (the southern side, St Maarten, is administered by the Netherlands) was “95% destroyed”, according to Daniel Gibb, a local official, who called it “an enormous catastrophe”: I have sick people to evacuate, I have a population to evacuate because I don’t know where I can shelter them. Four people were killed in St Martin, according to French prime minister Édouard Philippe, who said 50 were injured across the island and another French overseas collectivity, Saint Barthélemy (St Barts). Power was cut across the island and many roads are impassable. The number of victims on the Dutch half of the island, St Maarten, is unknown. Netherlands prime minister Mark Rutte says there has been “enormous material damage” to St Maarten, and has sent marines and two aid flights. People have been rushing to board up their homes, fill their cars with petrol and find a last-minute route to safety before the hurricane hits. https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=512&crop=1 Storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in St. Maarten (Picture: Gerben Van Es/Dutch Defense Ministry via AP) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=512&crop=1 Massive destruction of the historic district on the Dutch island of St Maarten (Picture: ZUMAPRESS.com/MEGA) The French president, Emmanuel Macron, earlier said he expected Irma-related damage to St Martin and St Barts would be “considerable”. France’s overseas minister, Annick Girardin, travelled to the Caribbean with emergency teams and supplies. Virgin Islands https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=432&crop=1 https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=535&crop=1 A huge clean-up operation is now underway (Picture: Getty) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=551&crop=1 Many homes were destroyed and trees were blown down in the hurricane (Picture: Getty) Significant damage has been reported from the British Virgin Islands, where critical facilities, as well as homes, businesses and supermarkets, have been devastated. UK foreign minister Alan Duncan said: “The British Virgin Islands were also not spared the hurricane’s full force. Our initial assessment is of severe damage and we expect that the islands will need extensive humanitarian assistance which we will of course provide.” Sam Branson, son of Virgin businessman Richard Branson – who saw out the storm in a bunker on his private island of Necker – said “a lot of buildings” had been destroyed. Four people are confirmed to have died in the US Virgin Islands, with a government spokesman predicting the toll would rise. There were reports of extensive damage to buildings, and of land entirely stripped of vegetation. Many roads are inaccessible in the USVI, and schools are reported to be destroyed. Puerto Rico https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=523&crop=1 People pick up debris as Hurricane Irma howled past Puerto Rico (Picture: Reuters/Alvin Baez) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=499&crop=1 People recover broken parts of the dock after the passing of Hurricane Irma Lashing winds and rains have left more than a million people without power and tens of thousands without water. Images from the island showed flash flooding, and hospitals were forced to rely on generators. Three people – two women and a man – have been confirmed dead, and rescuers are searching for the missing. Waves of up to 30 feet (9 metres) were reported. Several thousand people remain in emergency shelters. Governor Ricardo Rosselló has also declared a disaster in the tiny islands of Culebra and Vieques, to Puerto Rico’s east, which were hard-hit by the storm. So far there has been little information from the islands. https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=529&crop=1 A man walks through Puerto Rico during fierce winds (Picture: Reuters) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=432&crop=1 Stefany Santacruz took this picture showing the storm surge (Picture: Getty) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=432&crop=1 Irma is the worst hurricane to hit the island since 1928, when Hurricane San Felipe killed more than 2,700 people across Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe and Florida. Dominican Republic Hurricane Irma: WATCH LIVE: Irma Batters Dominican Republic Irma passed to the north – show widespread damage: flattened buildings, downed trees and power lines. The coastal resorts of Cabarete and Sosua were reported to have seen storm surges, and more than 5,000 people were evacuated across the country. On Thursday, Juan Manuel Mendez, director of the centre of emergency operations, said people there should “not let down their guard … the worst isn’t over”. Haiti Irma continued its path across the north of Hispaniola – the island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti – taking down a key bridge between the two. Heavy rains thrashed the north coast and several areas lost power. Two people were reportedly injured in the northern port town of Cap-Haïtien when a tree crashed into their home. Officials had admitted they were not prepared for the onslaught and no mandatory evacuation orders were in place ahead of Irma’s approach. But reports from Cap-Haïtien so far suggest Haiti has been spared the worst effects of the category 5. Turks and Caicos https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=512&crop=1 The Turks and Caicos islands have been hit by the hurricane (Picture: Getty) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...8&h=510&crop=1 https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...4&h=630&crop=1 Irma was “pummelling” the British overseas territory on Thursday evening, the US National Hurricane Center said, with winds of 175mph (280kmh). Governor John Freeman said some people had been moved to shelters ahead of the hurricane’s arrival, but warned others to: Hunker down, stay where you are … Nobody can get to you either – people are, for a little while, on their own. Electricity supplies had failed on Grand Turk, which meant water production was also out, Freeman said. Bahamas Overnight on Thursday, the eye of the storm moved on to the southern Bahamas, passing just north of Great Inagua island. The US National Hurricane Center warned that storm surges could lift water levels in south-eastern and central Bahamas by 15-20ft (4.5-6m) above normal levels. Bahamas prime minister Hubert Minnis said his government had evacuated people from six islands in the south to the capital, Nassau, in the largest storm evacuation in the country’s history. Airports have been closed. Homes of The Rich and Famous in The Path of Hurricane Irma https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...i_51909026.jpg Homes of the rich and famous are in the path of Hurricane Irma as she rages through the Caribbean With its beautiful white sands, hot weather and isolation of some of its islands the Caribbean is a playground for the rich and famous. However, many of them are now hoping that their homes will be spared serious damage as Hurricane Irma batters the islands with 185mph winds. Richard Branson’s son has already said that most buildings on Necker Island have been destroyed, but it is not currently known how badly other well-known people’s homes have been damaged. Donald Trump and Roman Abramovich both have luxury mansions that have already been hit in St Martin and Guadeloupe respectively, as does Oprah Winfrey in Antigua. But as Irma heads towards Florida, the homes of Bruce Willis, Kieth Richards, David Copperfield, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy are all in the path. https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...0&h=412&crop=1 Donald Trump’s island home is likely to be hit badly by the storm (Picture: Sothebys) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...0&h=412&crop=1 The home is worth £21.5million (Picture: Sotheby’s) Donald Trump, whose Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach could be affected by the storm, said his administration is monitoring Irma closely. ‘It looks like it could be something that could be not good, believe me not good,’ the US president said. With sustained winds of 185mph, the category five hurricane is the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane on record. It is only the second time anywhere in the world a storm has been recorded maintaining such windspeeds for more than 24 hours, after typhoon Haiyan in 2013, according to an expert at the University of Colorado. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne told the Associated Press that nearly every building on Barbuda was damaged when the hurricane passed overhead, leaving around 60% of the island’s approximately 1,400 people homeless. https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...0&h=413&crop=1 Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s private island in the Bahamas (Picture: FameFlynet) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...0&h=465&crop=1 Eddy Murphy’s island in the Caribbean (Picture: Google) Barbuda has been left ‘barely habitable’, he said. Before the hurricane’s arrival Sir Richard refused to his Necker Island retreat and said he would be seeking shelter in the wine cellar with his staff. His son, Sam, later wrote on Instagram: ‘Glad to say that all humans on Necker are ok although a lot of buildings destroyed. Very concerned for our friends and everyone on the neighbouring islands and people in its path. Please don’t take this hurricane lightly if it is heading your way.’ Christian Aid is helping to orchestrate the mass evacuation of Haiti The charity’s country manager, Prospery Raymond, said: ‘People are being moved to schools and churches for safety but in some areas, especially in the north west of Haiti, these buildings will not withstand the force of the storm.’ https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...0&h=413&crop=1 Another view of Johnny Depp’s island in the Bahamas (Picture: FameFlynet) https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...0&h=391&crop=1 Necker Island, owned by Richard Branson https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...0&h=465&crop=1 Richard Branson revealed what was being done to protect property on Necker Island https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com...0&h=414&crop=1 He said that Necker had faced hurricanes before but not one of this intensity Where Next? A hurricane warning is in place in Cuba, where tourists are being evacuated and residents of coastal towns told to move inland. By late Saturday, Irma is forecast to hit Florida, where mandatory evacuation orders have already been issued for Florida Keys and swaths of southern and coastal Florida. All hospitals in the Florida Keys archipelago will close at 7am Friday, and coast guard and rescue services have left. . |
Re: Hurricane WARNINGS:TRIPLE Threat:1 Can Devastate Caribbean>2nd Hit US as 3rd Form
Triple Threat: One Hurricane Bears Down on the US East Coast, Another Threatens to Devastate the Caribbean AGAIN as a Third Storm Forms in The Atlantic
The Caribbean, already suffering from the onslaught of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, is bracing itself for another attack - this time from the newly upgraded Hurricane Maria, which reached Category 1 status on Sunday. Maria, formerly a tropical storm, is expected to follow almost the exact same same path as Irma through the Caribbean, hitting the Leeward Islands on Monday. It's then expected to continue to build strength until it hits Puerto Rico at Category 3 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Hurricane Jose - having concluded its swirl in the Atlantic - continues to intensify as it move towards the eastern seaboard from Virginia up, while Tropical Depression Lee continues to swirl in the Atlantic. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...5695172079.jpg Three storms are roiling in the Atlantic, with Maria having been upgraded to Hurricane Sunday as it approached the Caribbean, and Jose heading towards the US's East Coast http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...5695178209.jpg Maria is expected to follow almost exactly the same route through the Caribbean as Irma, hitting the Leeward Islands soon and increasing in power up to Category 3 by Wednesday http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...5695182943.jpg The Leeward Islands are all under alert, with storm surges and hurricanes expected. By the time Maria hits Puerto Rico, it could be Category 3. Maria was upgraded to Category 1 status on Sunday afternoon, while it was around 140 miles off the east coast of Barbados. Its windspeeds were registered at 75mph, while it continued to move inland at a rate of around 15mph. Storm surges, high windspeeds and heavy rainfall are expected on parts of the Leeward Islands over the coming days. Around 6 to 12 inches of rain could fall on the island, which include Puerto Rico and the US and British Virgin Islands. Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat have all been given hurricane warnings, while Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, Saba, St Eustatius and St. Lucia are under tropical storm warnings. Meanwhile, US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, St Maarten (aka St Martin), St Barthelemy and Anguilla are all under hurricane warnings. Those are usually issued 48 hours before effects are expected to be felt - putting predicted landfall at the middle of next week. The second in the potentially deadly trifecta is Hurricane Jose, which has left its holding pattern and is now headed northward. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...5695191288.jpg Hurricane Jose continues to head towards the US; while it's expected to remain in the sea, tropical-storm winds could still affect everywhere from Virginia from Maine http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...5695349044.jpg Maria's path is likely to draw it over the same areas devastated by Irma less than two weeks ago, including Saint Martin (pictured). Tropical depression Lee remains in the Atlantic Jose's eye is expected to remain in the sea, but its winds and rains could touch anywhere from Virginia up to Maine. According to the National Hurricane Center, there is a 30 per cent chance of the coastline from Virginia to Delaware receiving tropical-storm-strength winds as of Monday morning. And there's a 40-50 per cent chance of tropical-storm-force winds affecting the New Jersey, New York, Boston and Cape Cod areas between Monday evening and tuesday morning. It may also take some time to leave, causing flooding from the Jersey shore to eastern New England - including Long Island and New York City. Dangerous rip currents are also expected in the seas off those coasts. The one good piece of news is that Lee is continuing to wallow in the Atlantic, having been downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression on Sunday. Its winds had fallen to 35mph and were expected to continue to fall; by Sunday afternoon, the storm was around 910 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...5695370836.jpg Half-sunken yachts are seen in Saint Martin. Lee is expected to continue slowing and eventually sputter out... |
Re: Hurricane WARNING:TRIPLE Threat:Maria Can Devastate Caribbean>2nd Hit US as LEE F
Independent UK, 19 Sept 2017. Dominica’s Prime Minister has said Hurricane Maria has stripped the island of “all what money can buy”. The Category 5 storm slammed into the small Caribbean island overnight. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit captured the terrifying power of Hurricane Maria in a series of Facebook posts, writing that he was “at the complete mercy” of the storm. After being rescued, he said: “We will need help, my friend, we will need help of all kinds.” He added: “Initial reports are of widespread devastation. So far we have lost all what money can buy and replace. “So, far the winds have swept away the roofs of almost every person I have spoken to or otherwise made contact with. “The roof to my own official residence was among the first to go and this apparently triggered an avalanche of torn away roofs in the city and the countryside. “My greatest fear for the morning is that we will wake to news of serious physical injury and possible deaths as a result of likely landslides triggered by persistent rains.” Maria’s sustained wind speeds reached 160mph, with higher gusts, on Monday night. Dominica is a former British colony home to 72,000 people that lies in the eastern Caribbean about halfway between the French islands of Guadeloupe, to the north, and Martinique, to the south. As the storm—the second major hurricane to pass through the region in the past few weeks—moved in, Mr Skerrit wrote: “We do not know what is happening outside. We not dare look out. All we are hearing is the sound of galvanize flying. The sound of the fury of the wind. As we pray for its end!” Hurricane warnings have also been issued for Guadeloupe, St Kitts and Nevis, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico where a state of emergency has been declared amid fears of a direct hit, just weeks after Hurricane Irma struck. Up to 15in (38cm) of rain is predicted to fall as Maria barrels across the Caribbean, with “isolated maximum amounts of 20in (51cm)” expected to deluge the British Virgin Islands. In Anguilla up to 8in (20cm) could be recorded. The National Hurricane Centre has warned that “rainfall on these islands could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides”. If Maria retains its strength, it would be the most powerful hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in 85 years, since a Category 4 storm swept the US island territory in 1932, Hurricane Centre spokesman Dennis Feltgen said. The last major hurricane to strike Puerto Rico directly was Georges, which made landfall there as a Category 3 storm in 1998, he said. The territory was dealt a glancing blow by Irma earlier this month. Maria weakened overnight to a Category 4 storm, it was reported, but forecasters said it remained extremely dangerous. |
Re: Hurricane WARNING:TRIPLE Threat:CAT5 Maria Destroys Dominica >2nd 3rd Storms Foll
Gulf Coast Braces for Hurricane Nate: New Orleans Under a State of Emergency as Category 1 Hurricane Barrels Towards the South Bringing With it 90mph Winds and 10 inches of Rain after Devastating Central America
Hurricane Nate gathered pace on Saturday as it moved away from Central America and thundered towards the Gulf Coast. Experts are warning that the Category 1 hurricane will bring 'life threatening' storm surge to the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi after it hits on Saturday. As much as ten inches of rain is expected to fall and trigger flash flooding in parts. The storm has already claimed 22 lives in Central America. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7377805499.jpg A satellite image issued on Saturday morning shows Hurricane Nate intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico Nate is expected to make landfall in southwest Alabama late on Saturday night or in the early hours of Sunday morning. Evacuation shelters are being prepared across the region in anticipation of the storm. On Saturday morning, the president tweeted his support for the region. 'Our great team at FEMA is prepared for Hurricane Nate. Everyone in LA, MS, AL, and FL please listen to your local authorities & be safe!' he said. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7376907420.jpg Residents in New Orleans fill and carry sandbags around the city as it braces for Hurricane Nate, a Category 1 storm which will make landfall on Saturday night Nate is the latest in a string of deadly hurricanes which have wreaked havoc on the South, the Caribbean and parts of Central America since August. Residents in New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, were seen preparing for the storm with sandbags on Friday and Saturday. Nate was suddenly upgraded from a Tropical Storm to a Category 1 hurricane on Friday afternoon. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on Friday ordered an evacuation of some areas and a mandatory curfew ahead of Nate. The curfew will be in effect from Saturday evening to Sunday morning, the mayor said at a news conference. Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi declared states of emergency as the storm twisted toward the US Gulf Coast on Friday after killing at least 22 people in Central America. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7377199061.jpg Nate is expected to make landfall in coastal Alabama late on Saturday night. It will intensify in the early hours of Sunday morning and its outer bands will bring up to 10 inches of rain to Louisiana http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7377253156.jpg At 8am on Saturday morning, the storm was moving up the Gulf of Mexico towards the southern states http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7377615264.jpg Tropical force winds are a certainty on the Gulf Coast and may reach 90mph at Nate's strongest on Sunday morning http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7378010536.jpg Tropical Storm warnings are in place in large swathes of the Southern states. Hurricane warnings are in place along coastal Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7377549982.jpg Storm surge warnings are in place along coastal Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi as the storm moves towards the coast http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7377147139.jpg Residents in New Orleans fill sandbags on Friday ahead of the storm. A state of emergency has been declared in the city http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7378124418.jpg A child helps volunteers preparing sandbags in New Orleans on Friday afternoon http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7377619660.jpg A state of emergency was declared in New Orleans on Friday. Above, sand bags are placed near a levey at the pumping station at the end of the 17th street canal The National Hurricane Center issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi and Alabama coasts. Nate is the latest in a succession of destructive storms this hurricane season. The storm is forecast to dump 3 to 6 inches of rain on the region - with isolated totals of up to 12 inches. That much rain led authorities to warn of flash flooding and mudslides. By midafternoon Friday, Nate was moving at a speed of 21 mph (33 kph). Its center was located about 125 miles (200 kilometers) east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, and was expected to reach the U.S. late Saturday or early Sunday. Evacuation orders were issued for some coastal communities, including the Louisiana towns of Jean Lafitte and Grand Isle. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7375071706.jpg Path of destruction; Municipal employees work on damage in the Panamerican Road, following the passage of Tropical Storm Nate, in Rivas, Nicaragua, on 6 October http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7375072001.jpg Damage: A view of a sinkhole on the street after the passage of Tropical Storm Nate in San Juan del Sur's bay in Nicaragua on 6 October. Later that day, it strengthened to a hurricane Shelly Jambon, owner of Sureway Supermarket in Grand Isle, said she plans on riding out the storm at her store even though it's across the street from the beach. She bought it two years before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 and has weathered far more threatening storms than Nate. 'It's a mild one for us,' she said. 'Seventy to 80 mph winds? We get that in a winter storm.' The state mobilized 1,300 National Guard troops. Some were headed to New Orleans, where summer storms already have exposed problems with the city's fragile pumping system. 'We don't anticipate that this is going to cause a devastating impact to New Orleans or exceed the ability for the pumps,' Gov. Jon Bel Edwards said Thursday. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7375071932.jpg Nate has already killed at least 22 in Central America. Costa Rica was hit hard, seen here on Friday Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency in six southernmost counties. State officials, at a briefing Friday in Gulfport, warned that Nate's main danger in that state will be from up to 10 feet of storm surge in low-lying coastal areas, as well as from winds that could damage mobile homes. 'If you are in an area that has flooded, I would recommend you evacuate that area until the storm has ended and the water has receded for your own personal safety and for the safety of the first responders that will be responding in the event you are trapped,' Bryant said. The storm threatened to disrupt one of the Mississippi coast's biggest annual tourist events, the 'Cruisin' the Coast' auto show. Biloxi firefighters warned more than 700 recreational vehicle campers that they may need to leave early. The event continued as normal Friday, but Saturday's events were cancelled, replaced by a brief closing ceremony. Dozens of offshore oil and gas platforms and drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico have been evacuated as Nate churns through warm waters. Ingalls Shipbuilding, the Mississippi coast's largest industrial employer, announced Friday that only a skeleton crew of necessary employees would work Saturday and Sunday at the Pascagoula shipyard. The northern Gulf Coast areas targeted by Nate largely have been spared the worst effects of a catastrophic hurricane season, but Louisiana's emergency declaration for Nate isn't its first since the start of the summer. In August, a weakened Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Louisiana after dealing a devastating blow to Texas and then nudging back into the Gulf of Mexico. Edwards also issued an emergency declaration in August for storm-related flooding in New Orleans. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...7375072120.jpg Members of the New Orleans Fire Department fill sandbags in preparation for Tropical Storm Nate in New Orleans on Friday The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane warning from Grand Isle, Louisiana to the Alabama-Florida border. Officials ordered the evacuation of part of coastal St. Bernard Parish east of New Orleans ahead of the storm. Earlier Thursday, a voluntary evacuation was called in the barrier island town of Grand Isle south of New Orleans. New Orleans officials outlined steps to bolster the city's pump and drainage system. Weaknesses in that system were revealed during summer flash floods. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's New Orleans office said in a news release that as of midday Thursday, six production platforms, out of the 737 manned platforms in the Gulf, had been evacuated. No drilling rigs were evacuated, but one moveable rig was taken out of the storm's path. The agency estimated less than 15 percent of the current oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut-in, which equates to 254,607 barrels of oil per day. On Alabama's Dauphin Island, owners hauled boats out of the water ahead of the storm's approach. Tourists canceled beach reservations for the weekend. The major concern was that Nate's storm surge was projected to coincide with high tide. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson expressed confidence that the federal government would be able to provide help to Mississippi even as the Federal Emergency Management Agency continues to respond to previous hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bryant authorized the use of the Mississippi National Guard to respond to any damage. Officials said they would open 11 evacuation shelters in areas away from the immediate coast, and that the regional bus system could transport people who can't drive to shelters on their own. 'This is a fast-moving storm,' Smithson said. . |
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Hurricane Ophelia Set To Hit Ireland and The UK This Weekend
Tropical storm named hurricane overnight and remnants set to reach Britain on 16 October Independent UK, 12 October 2017. http://www.independent.co.uk/s3/file...ne-ophelia.jpg The hurricane is expected to hit Ireland and the west of the UK National Hurricane Centre The tail end of Hurricane Ophelia is set to barrel into the UK, lashing it with rain and winds of up to 70mph, forecasters have warned. The tropical storm has been upgraded to hurricane and the remnants of it could reach the UK over the weekend or early next week. Although Ophelia will not be strong enough to be categorised as a hurricane by the time it reaches Britain, the west of the country can expect gale-force winds. Its arrival coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987, which hit southern England overnight on 15 October. Forecaster Michael Fish famously told viewers not to worry about the storm that killed 18 people and caused £1 billion of damage. Hurricane Ophelia is unlikely to cause as much damage as the Great Storm of 1987, which is often referred to as "Hurricane Fish", but there is the possibility of disruptive weather. Met Office forecaster Alex Burkhill said: "Ophelia became a hurricane overnight and the forecast track takes it eastwards towards Iberia for the weekend. "After that, indications are that by that point it will then have weakened and be no longer a hurricane or tropical storm, it will be extratropical. But then it will continue its way towards the British Isles, probably reaching us very early next week." He added: "It's definitely something that we are keeping an eye on, for the possibility of some disruptive weather early next week." |
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Hurricane Florence - US East Coast Faces 'Life-Threatening Floods' as Three States Order Mandatory Evacuations
Families told they must leave parts of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia Independent UK, 11 Sep 2018. Hurricane Florence, currently a Category 4 storm, is bearing down on the US eastern seaboard forcing authorities to issue mandatory evacuation orders amid fears of “life-threatening” floods and storm surges. Trackers fear Florence’s 140mph winds may strengthen further to Category 5 on Tuesday, as the Carolinas and Virginia brace for predicted landfall on Thursday. Some 1 million people have been told to evacuate from South Carolina's entire coastline. The storm is the strongest of several weather systems the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) is monitoring as hurricane season reaches its peak. Live Updates 1 hour ago Hurricane Florence is a "beast" of a storm, according to an American scientific pilot who has flown through it a number of times on monitoring missions. Florence is "on par with" the destructive hurricanes Irma and Maria that caused widespread damage last year, and getting "stronger and stronger by the minute", said Joe Kibbey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He added in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper: "Our first flight Saturday, Florence was just under hurricane strength, and then Sunday it was just over hurricane strength, and today [Monday] it was a Category 4 storm. "It's what they call rapid intensification, so the storm has really got its act together and is just a heck of a storm out there." Nasa has released a stunning satellite image of the three hurricanes currently swirling over the Atlantic. Florence, Isaac and Helene can be seen clearly in the image acquired by the agency's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite aboard the Suomi satellite. The photo shows Florida in the top left, with Cuba largely obscured by cloud and the northern part of Latin America including Brazil visible in the lower left. Spain and the Sahara desert can be seen on the right. https://images.scribblelive.com/2018...511ec02c80.jpg A handout photo made available by Nasa on 11 September, 2018 (EPA) https://images.scribblelive.com/2018...9bbc5f70ef.jpg In this 15 October, 1954 file photo, high tides, whipped in by Hurricane Hazel, shatter boats and buildings in Swansboro, North Carolina, as the storm lashes the Atlantic seaboard. The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like Florence, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds. Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch the Carolinas have seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind of more than 140mph (AP) 2 hours ago: Nearly a quarter of a million people have been ordered to evacuate parts of Virginia. Governor Ralph Northam issued an evacuation order for about 245,000 residents in flood-prone coastal areas beginning at 8am local time. The National Hurricane Centre (NHS) has warned Florence will drop "staggering" amounts of rain. NHC director Ken Graham warned the deluge may extend hundreds of miles inland and cause flash flooding across the mid-Atlantic region. Forecasts expect 10 to 15 inches (25 to 38 cm) of rain in the hardest-hit areas, possibly more if the storm stalls over land, as expected, Mr Graham said. Supplies are flying off grocery shop shelves as South Carolina prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Florence, local media reports. Water in particular was in short supply, WCSC reported, while queues for petrol stretched "out to the streets", a witness said. Charleston resident Josh Foster told the site. "It's preventing people from driving and continuing about their day." Via the Associated Press news agency, a few details about what may be at stake when Florence strikes: The storm's potential path includes half a dozen nuclear power plants, pits holding coal-ash and other industrial waste, and numerous hog farms that store animal waste in massive open-air lagoons. https://images.scribblelive.com/2018...194c489846.jpg The National Hurricane Centre's latest prediction of Florence's path. The storm is expected to hit on Thursday 3 hours ago: The US National Hurricane Centre has said "life-threatening freshwater flooding" is likely once Florence makes landfall, due to an "exceptionally heavy rainfall event". The centre said it expected to issue a storm surge warning for the Carolinas and Virginia by Tuesday morning as a "life-threatening" surge was also likely along parts of the coastlines of those states. Millions of people are preparing for what could be the most devastating storm to hit the US eastern seaboard in decades. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in parts of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. It is currently a Category 4 storm with winds of 140mph, though observers fear it could strengthen to Category 5 on Tuesday. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmvH1irXgAADQyC.jpg Here's another look at the breathtaking images of Hurricane Florence captured by an astronaut on board the International Space Station Monday. Those declarations open up funding to be used for disaster response, and to facilitate quicker responses. The National Hurricane Centre has noted that there is a significant amount of uncertainty to its forecasts. The storm could change direction fairly easily, and could move quicker or slower than current predictions suggest, they say. Hurricane Florence has reached wind speeds to classify it as a category 4 hurricane, and it has been predicted that the storm will possibly strengthen into a category 5 storm by the time it hits the US. Here is an illustration of the impact of various strengths of winds could have on a home. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W3ghU4e2OKY/s...pg#404_is_fine Here are the states that have so far declared states of emergency in anticipation of Hurricane Florence:
The sheer size of Hurricane Florence has a completely inland state preparing for the worst. In West Virginia — an inland, mountainous state with no coastal borders — Governor Jim Justice has ordered the state's Department of Homeland Security and National Guard to be prepared for potential disaster circumstances. Locals in the path of Hurricane Florence have some interesting rituals to keep the worst of the storm from impacting their homes, and have set up a Facebook event to shoot guns at the storm in an attempt to scare it away. While created in jest, the post proposes a party with umbrellas, umbrella guns, and beer to try and scare Florence off. The host of the event does, however, note that discharging a gun into the air is a horrible idea — and that doing so could lead to unintentional deaths. Over a foot of rain can be expected in some of the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Florence, which the National Hurricane Centre says may bring bouts of prolonged rain that could lead to deadly flooding. The heaviest rains will be seen in North Carolina and into Virginia, according to weather forecasts, but rain effects from the storm may be seen as far north as New Jersey. Light effects may be seen in New York City, too. Florence has sustained winds of over 140 mph and before it dies the storm may stall over the Carolinas, leading to “exceptionally heavy” and sustained rains, experts said. The storm’s first effects were already apparent on barrier islands as dangerous rip currents hit beaches and seawater flowed over a state highway. States of emergency have been declared in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. State governors said they would open shelters for displaced residents Behind Florence in the Atlantic are at least two other storm systems, Hurricane Isaac and Hurricane Helene. In the Pacific, the state of Hawaii is expecting to be hit by its second hurricane of the season if Hurricane Olivia makes its way to the islands as predicted. Isaac has weakened in recent hours, the NHC said. |
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Yep we are batting down the hatches. I live in the middle of NC so not in the danger that the coast is in but still expecting upwards of 8 inches of rain and 60 mph winds here.
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Yep, I sure do hope Isaac stays to the south of you. Looks like Africa is starting to throw'em off pretty regular now. You stay safe down there.....:waving:
We also had a small earthquake end of August... & Well Ive never seen this before on the mods...Storm Helene has veered off mid athlantic and is now heading right towards Ireland & the UK .. Tropical Storm Helene Heads for Ireland https://www.irishcentral.com/uploads...ANE_CENTER.png :confused:...:crap: |
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Philippines Death Toll Rises in Wake of Typhoon Mangkhut
Storm now moving towards China’s heavily populated southern coast with winds of more than 140km/h The Guardian UK, 16 Sep 2018. The death toll from Typhoon Mangkut has risen to 25 in the Philippines after the storm unleashed ferocious winds and rain that flattened homes and crops, damaged airports and forced tens of thousands to flee. Presidential adviser Francis Tolentino said the central northern mountainous region of Cordillera appeared worst hit, with 20 confirmed dead, followed by four in Nueva Ecija and one in Marikina. However, the figures do not include Cagayan, where the storm first made landfall. The storm is now heading towards China’s heavily populated southern coast at a speed of about 30km/h. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in Hong Kong and China’s National Meteorological Centre has issued a red alert for the typhoon – the highest possible alert. On Sunday morning it was carrying sustained winds of 145km/h and gusts of up to 180km/h after leaving the Philippines. Earlier, Tolentino said the dead included an infant and another child who were among four people killed in a landslide in Nueva Vizcaya, one of several provinces battered by the typhoon on Saturday. At least two emergency workers have been killed in landslides. About 90,000 people were evacuated from high-risk areas and told not to return home until the danger has passed. Ricardo Jalad, the civil defence chief, said the initial casualties were reported from the mountainous Cordillera region, adding that there were already 41 incidents of landslides reported in the region and that the death toll would rise. Survivors were traumatised by the confrontation with the monster storm. “It felt like the end of the world ... that was stronger than Lawin”, said Bebeth Saquing, 64, using the local name for Super Typhoon Haima, which was one of the most powerful storms of 2016. In Baggao town in Cagayan where the typhoon made landfall early on Saturday, three power towers had been brought down, the defence secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, said. Television reports showed how the typhoon ripped off roofs and destroyed farms. Emergency workers are repairing Tuguegarao airport in northern Cagayan province after it was left inoperable. The government warned of storm surges of up to six metres as well as massive flooding and landslides as downpours caused rivers to overflow. Several dams have been opened to release water, prompting more warnings of flooding especially in central Luzon, a natural catchment area that produces the most rice in the country. More than five million people were estimated to be at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center earlier categorised as a super typhoon with gusts equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane. In Cagayan’s capital city of Tuguegarao, tin roofs and other debris hurtled through the air and store signs crashed to the ground. With a rain cloud band 900km wide, combined with seasonal monsoon rains, there are still fears the typhoon could trigger fresh landslides and flash floods. Storm warnings were raised in 25 provinces across Luzon, restricting sea and air travel. Ricardo Jalad, the country’s civil defence chief, earlier told an emergency meeting led by the president, Rodrigo Duterte, that about 4.2 million people were vulnerable to the most destructive effects near the typhoon’s 125km eye. Nearly 48,000 houses in those high-risk areas are made of light materials and vulnerable to Mangkhut’s winds. Ninia Grace Abedes from Cagayanabandoned her bamboo hut and took her four children to a school building serving as an emergency shelter. The 33-year-old said the 2016 typhoon blew away their hut, which they abandoned before the storm hit. “If we didn’t, all of us would be dead,” Abedes said. Duterte, who cancelled his appearance at a missile test firing aboard a navy ship off northern Bataan province, has asked cabinet officials from the north to help oversee disaster response work if needed, but said it was too early to consider seeking foreign aid. “It would depend on the severity of the crisis,” Duterte said. “If it flattens everything, maybe we need to have some help.” The typhoon came at the start of the rice and corn harvesting season in Cagayan, a major agricultural producer, and farmers scrambled to save what they could of their crops. On Guam, where Mangkhut passed, residents dealt with flooded streets, downed trees and widespread power outages. About 80% of the US territory lost power but it was restored by Thursday morning. Strong winds and rain batter buildings in Tuguegarao city. Mangkhut, a Thai word for the mangosteen fruit, is the 15th storm this year to batter the Philippines, which is hit by about 20 a year and is considered one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. This story contains material from the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse Super Typhoon MANGKHUT in Hong Kong, China |
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Ireland Braces Itself as Storm Callum and Hurricane Leslie en Route
Irish Central, 9Oct 2018. https://www.irishcentral.com/uploads...g?t=1539086458 Ireland could be in for a rough weekend as two major storms head for the island.Getty The Indian summer predicted in Ireland will be short-lived as two storms to move in towards the end of the week... Irish weather forecasters believe Ireland could be struck by Storm Callum and the remains of Hurricane Leslie this week with status red weather warnings possible, as wind could reach up to 92.3 mph (150kph). On Sunday night Carlow Weather’s Alan O’Reilly released a weather chart warning that Ireland could be witness a “serious weather event” on Friday. Red weather warnings could be issued meaning “extreme weather” is to be expected. He posted again on Monday stating that the latest charts “continue to show an intense storm for Thursday night into Friday which could become Storm Callum but the remains of Leslie on this run heads for Portugal and weakens.” reland’s meteorological experts, Met Éireann, confirmed these reported that heavy rain and gale-force winds were to be expected by Thursday night and into Friday morning, across Ireland. The west and north-west of Ireland will bear the brunt of this bad weather. Met Éireann forecaster Matthew Martin said they are currently tracking the storm and will released weather alerts closer to the time of landfall. Ireland’s, much celebrated, Indian summer, which is forecast for this week will be in full effect by Wednesday as temperatures are set to reach 70F (20C) however the change will come on Thursday when temperatures will drop, and winds will progressively increase. It seems that the remains of Hurricane Leslie could then follow Storm Callum by this weekend. If red status warning is issued this will mean there is a danger to life from flying debris, and widespread property damage and disruption to travel and power networks are forecast. |
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Hurricane Michael Could Become the Strongest Storm on Record
Hurricane Michael: Where is it, How to Track, Evacuation Zones and More
NHC issuing advisories for the Atlantic on Hurricane Leslie, Hurricane Michael and TS Nadine NHC issuing advisories for the Eastern Pacific on TS Sergio https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/xgtwo/two_atl_0d0.png?100556 MICHAEL BECOMES AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE... ...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST... On the heels of Hurricane Florence in September, another dangerous hurricane is taking aim at the United States. Hurricane Michael, currently a Category 2 storm, is expected to strengthen to a colossal Category 3 hurricane and make landfall in Florida in the coming days, bringing catastrophic winds, torrential rain and devastating storm surge to the state and across the northeastern Gulf Coast. Here’s a look at how to track the hurricane, its projected path and impact, current evacuation zones and where it could make landfall. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10...9101402099.jpg Hurricane Michael is strengthening rapidly and currently taking aim at the Florida Gulf Coast What category is Hurricane Michael? Hurricane Michael is currently a Category 2 hurricane, having strengthened throughout the night from a Category 1. but forecasters warned it could turn into a Category 3 by Wednesday. Where is Hurricane Michael going to hit? As of October 9, the hurricane is currently making its way into the Gulf of Mexico and is projected to make a turn to the northeast and make landfall somewhere roughly between the Florida Panhandle and the Big Bend region of Florida around midday on Wednesday, October 10. Even before its projected landfall on the Florida coastline, conditions are projected to deteriorate on the evening of Tuesday, October 9 in the northeastern Gulf Coast region, including the shorelines of Florida from the Florida Panhandle down to the Tampa Bay Area and the coastlines of Alabama, Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana. Upon making landfall, the massive storm is projected to accelerate inland, cutting a swath of destruction across the southeastern U.S. from the evening of Wednesday, October 10 until the night of Thursday, October 11, soaking communities with drenching rains and posing life-threatening risks with strong winds. The hurricane could also enhance other projected rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions from the night of Thursday, October 11 and throughout Friday, October 12. Hurricane Michael is forecast to be a major Category 3 hurricane as its bears down on the Florida coastline, though some uncertainty remains in its projected strength when it inevitably makes landfall. Regardless, the storm is expected to deal serious damage to both coastal and inland communities thanks to its strong winds and heavy rains. Even if it doesn’t intensify as much as forecast, the storm is still expected to be very dangerous, bringing hurricane-force winds greater than 74 miles per hour to the northeastern Gulf Coast by Wednesday, October 10 in the area currently under a hurricane warning. This area currently spans from just north of Tampa Bay Area to the Alabama coastline, though tropical storm-force winds above 39 miles per hour are also expected to be felt in this area from the night of Tuesday, October 9 until the morning of Wednesday, October 10. Areas just outside the hurricane warning region currently under a tropical storm warning will likely see tropical storm-force winds on the night of Tuesday, October 9 and morning of Wednesday, October 10. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10...9102194323.jpg The powerful hurricane will bring torrential rains, strong winds and catastrophic storm surge The hurricane’s path is projected to bring widespread power outages to the Florida Panhandle region and even to southeastern Alabama and southwestern Georgia, potentially leaving up to two million people without power from Florida to southeastern Virginia. In addition, life-threatening storm surges as high as eight to 12 feet are possible from the western end of the Florida Panhandle all the way to the Tampa Bay Area. For rainfall, the storm is expected to dump four to eight inches in the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend region of Florida into southern Georgia and southeastern Alabama. Local rainfall of up to a foot is possible while life-threatening flash flooding cannot be ruled out either. Eastern Georgia, the Carolinas and southern Virginia could potentially see three to six inches of rain while parts of the Florida Peninsula, Mid-Atlantic and New England regions could possibly see one to three inches of rain. The storm could also bring some isolated tornadoes to the Florida Panhandle and southern Georgia. How wide is Hurricane Michael? The storm is threatening more than 300 miles of the Golf Coast and is expected to make landfall along a 150-mile stretch of the Florida coast. Hurricane Michael evacuation zones As the dangerous storm bears down on the Florida Panhandle and broader northeastern Gulf Coast region, mandatory evacuationshave already been issued. Three Florida counties have ordered mandatory evacuations, including Gulf County, where the storm could potentially make a direct landfall hit. Wakulla County has ordered a mandatory evacuation for all residents in its Zone A evacuation zone as well as for residents living in weak structures and mobile homes. Bay County has also issued a mandatory evacuation for Zones A, B and C. When will Hurricane Michael make landfall? Though the exact landfall area of the monstrous storm isn’t yet known, officials have expressed increased confidence that it will ultimately be in the Florida Panhandle. Florida Governor Rick Scott didn’t mince words when warning residents about the storm, saying: ‘Hurricane Michael is forecast to be the most destructive storm to hit the Florida Panhandle in decades.’ https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10...9102257138.jpg The Florida Panhandle is in the crosshairs of Hurricane Michael as it barrels towards the coast According to FEMA official Jeff Byard, hurricane-force winds are expected to extend ‘well inland’ from where the storm makes landfall, noting that Florida’s power infrastructure could be hit even worse than North and South Carolina’s during Hurricane Florence. In preparation for the storm,Donald Trump declared a state of emergency in 35 Florida counties and said that 2,000 National Guard members were mobilized to assist with the preparation and recovery efforts. Scott again issued a dire warning to his state’s residents as the hurricane took aim at the Florida Panhandle, saying: ‘Water will come miles inshore and could easily be over the roofs of houses. ‘You cannot hide from storm surge so get prepared and get out if an evacuation is ordered. ‘Remember, we can rebuild your house, but we cannot rebuild your life.’ Hurricane Michael Barrels Toward the Gulf Coast of the USA . |
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Hurricane Michael: Record-Breaking 'Hell' Storm Mauls US
Hurricane Slams Florida Panhandle, Georgia BBC/Daily Mail UK 11Oct 2018. http://themorningbellbd.com/wp-conte...m-mauls-US.jpg MIAMI (AP) - Florida's Panhandle coast is littered with evidence that Hurricane Michael is one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. Roofs and awnings are peeled from buildings, pieces of homes are scattered amid snapped trees and downed power lines, chunks of beaches are washed away. After landfall in Florida, Michael's fierce winds and heavy rains thrashed Georgia and headed toward the Carolinas, including areas that got a soaking last month from Hurricane Florence. BY THE NUMBERS -Hurricane history: first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Florida's Panhandle since record-keeping began in 1851. - Top winds: 155 mph (250 kph), strong enough to completely destroy homes and cause weekslong power outages. - Major pressure: 919 millibars minimum pressure in the hurricane's eye, the third most intense hurricane landfall in the U.S. in recorded history. - High tides: storm surge of 6 feet (2 meters) up to 14 feet (4 meters) forecast for Florida's Panhandle and Big Bend. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10...32_634x356.jpg Hurricane Michael formed off the coast of Cuba carrying major Category 4 landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Surge in the Big Bend area, along with catastrophic winds at 155mph. The First Baptist Church of Port St Joe, Fla., was significantly damaged and water remains on the street near the church on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle (Douglas R. Clifford/The Tampa Bay Times via AP) - Get out: Roughly 375,000 people in Florida warned to evacuate. Gov. Rick Scott says search and rescue teams are heading into the state's hardest-hit areas to help survivors. - Staying safe: nearly 6,700 people took refuge in 54 shelters in Florida. - Power outages: 325,775 Florida customers and 271,346 Georgia customers without power. - Food and water: 1.5 million ready-to-eat meals, 1 million gallons (3.75 million liters) of water and 40,000 10-pound (4.5-kilogram) bags of ice ready for distribution. - The human cost: At least one death has been reported in Gadsden County, Florida, where authorities say a tree crashed through a home and crushed a man. IMAGES FROM THE GROUND Images captured by Associated Press journalists show how Florida residents took shelter while waters were rising ahead of Michael's landfall. STORMY WEATHER Michael isn't the only storm gaining strength in the tropics. The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Leslie and Tropical Storm Nadine are no threat to land over the open Atlantic Ocean, but Tropical Storm Sergio is expected to hit Mexico's Baja California Peninsula later this week and threaten the southern U.S. Plains and the Ozarks by the weekend. AT THE LAST MINUTE One family in St. Marks, Florida , waited until Wednesday morning to flee Michael's wrath. They waded through ankle-deep floodwaters, carrying their belongings in laundry baskets after saying goodbye to their home, expecting to lose everything. LOOKING AT LANDFALL Associated Press journalists watched Michael roll ashore from hotels in Panama City and Panama City Beach. The winds ripped off hotel awnings, shattered glass doors, blew down fences and stirred up white caps in swimming pools. STRENGTH BUILDING The Gulf of Mexico gave Michael exactly what it needed to bulk up into a monster: The water was 4 to 5 degrees F (2.2 to 2.8 degrees C) warmer than normal, and high atmosphere winds that can disrupt a hurricane were quiet. Michael's wind speed increased by 72 percent in less than 33 hours. THAT'S INTENSE Meteorologists use central pressure readings to gauge a hurricane's strength - the lower the pressure, the stronger the storm. Michael was more intense at landfall than hurricanes Andrew, Katrina and Maria. Only the 1935 Labor Day hurricane in the Florida Keys and Hurricane Camille in 1969 were stronger. POLITICAL STORM Michael is shaking up the upcoming election in the battleground state of Florida, and that could benefit Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum , who is the Democratic nominee for governor. The hurricane has given him national exposure less than a month before the Nov. 6 showdown against Republican Ron DeSantis, but the notoriety could backfire if Tallahassee is unable to quickly recover. President Donald Trump has endorsed DeSantis. TORNADO WARNING A month after Hurricane Florence's epic deluge, South Carolina officials are more concerned about tornadoes than flooding from Hurricane Michael. South Carolina saw 47 tornadoes in two days in 2004 as Tropical Storm Frances move north from the Florida Panhandle. The National Weather Service issued multiple tornado warnings in Georgia Wednesday as Hurricane Michael pushed through the state, and local media report three of them may have touched down. SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES Amtrak had to change some train schedules to protect passengers and employees from Michael. Silver Star trains from New York to Miami were only running from Miami to Jacksonville. The Palmetto between New York and Savannah, Georgia, is only running between New York and Washington beginning Thursday. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10...38_634x356.jpg Pine trees litter a yard in Port St. Joe, Fla., on Garrison Avenue on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Hurricane Michael formed off the coast of Cuba carrying major Category 4 landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Surge in the Big Bend area, along with catastrophic winds at 155mph. (Douglas R. Clifford/The Tampa Bay Times via AP) https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10...78_634x427.jpg A woman checks on her vehicle as Hurricane Michael passes through, after the hotel canopy had just collapsed, in Panama City Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/wp...ne-michael.png . |
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We got about 5 inches of rain out of Michael with a lot of flooding around our area with 50 mph winds here in N.C.
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re: Hurricane WARNINGS- Hurricane Willa -Cat 5 Heads to Mexico & Texas
Hurricane Willa -Life-Threatening Category 5 Storm on Track to Hit Mexico with Texas Also Under Threat
The 'extremely dangerous' storm is expected to hit Mexico's western coastline by Wednesday Independent UK, 23Oct 2018. Hurricane Willa has developed into a life-threatening storm as it barrels towards west Mexico in the eastern Pacific ocean. https://cbsnews3.cbsistatic.com/hub/...evillamap.jpg# The hurricane intensified into a Category 5 storm on Monday afternoon as it was expected to make landfall Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta, prompting the governments of Sinaloa and Nayarit to prepare emergency shelters. Meanwhile, the US National Hurricane Centre has warned Hurricane Willa may "produce life-threatening storm surge, wind and rainfall over portions of southwestern and west-central Mexico beginning on Tuesday." The potentially catastrophic storm could also produce "extremely dangerous" conditions like storm surge and rip tides along Mexico’s coastline, forecasters warned early Monday, as Hurricane Willa sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. The western Nayarit and southern Sinaloa states could see up to 18 inches of rain, along with parts of western Jalisco. |
Re: Tropical Cyclone Oma Heading for Queensland Australia
Tropical Cyclone Oma Could Make it to the Queensland Coast Early Next Week, BOM Says
Severe Tropical Cyclone Oma could cross the southern Queensland coast within days after changing direction and continuing to move closer to the Australian mainland, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says. ABC AU 21 Feb 2019 https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10...x2-700x467.jpg The category two system is currently off New Caledonia, but tracking directly toward the southern Queensland coast. (Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology) Beach swells are continuing to build and will remain large for several days, with winds expected to increase significantly along the southern Queensland coast from Thursday night. "Currently, we expect Cyclone Oma to move south-west, and then a ridge to the south steers it back to the Queensland coast and may even bring it to a coastal crossing," forecaster Lauren Pattie said. "Early next week, we could see Oma cross the coast or move in a more north-westerly direction parallel to the coast." That could happen anywhere south from central Queensland to the New South Wales border. On Thursday morning, the category-two system was about 960 kilometres north-east of Brisbane, moving away from New Caledonia, where it had caused some coastal damage and flooding. It was heading south-west at eight kilometres per hour and is forecast to bring gale-force winds along exposed coastal parts of southern Queensland on Friday. "Seas and swell are also expected to increase well ahead of the approach of Oma," the BOM said in its latest severe weather warning. Waves between four and six metres are expected at some beaches and the large swell will not abate until next week, Ms Pattie said. https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10...x2-940x627.jpg The Bureau of Meteorology's forecast path for Cyclone Oma. (Supplied: BOM) A flood watch is current for catchments from south of Gladstone to the NSW border. "The closer she comes to the coast, the more significant that rainfall will be and the further inland it will push," Ms Pattie said. "We are expecting rainfall totals of between 100 and 200 millimetres per day from Saturday — isolated falls could be a lot heavier than that. "The most likely region for that rainfall is the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay." Ms Pattie said it was rare for cyclones to cross the coast so far south. "It is unusual to have a tropical cyclone this far south, however it is not unprecedented," she said. "In 1990, [with] Tropical Cyclone Nancy, we had a watch out for the south-east coast. We also often see impacts from ex-tropical cyclones. "It is because we have a number of other weather systems and these other weather systems are influencing what happens to Tropical Cyclone Oma, so they can be a little stronger or weaker and have a big difference on where exactly she goes." BOM has also warned that abnormally high tides and dangerous surf conditions are expected along the Queensland coast from the town of 1770 to Coolangatta in the coming days. https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10...x2-700x467.jpg A 4WD was submerged at Midge Point north of Mackay when the area was impacted by the king tide on Tuesday. (Supplied) It said dangerous surf conditions would develop on Thursday afternoon in the Fraser Island and Capricornia areas. "These conditions are then expected to extend south over remaining south-eastern Queensland coastal waters during Friday," BOM said. "Beach erosion is likely to continue with the hazardous marine conditions." Tuesday's king tide along coastal areas north of Mackay caused some erosion at Midge Point and the Pioneer River to flow into the nearby carpark. https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10...x2-700x467.jpg A boat almost ready to cruise into partially flooded Argyle Street at Breakfast Creek in Brisbane this morning. (ABC News: Tim Swanston) Wednesday's high tide was forecast to exceed the highest tide of the year by around half a metre. Water Police Senior Sergeant David Edden said people should avoid any type of boating and water activities near surf-exposed areas for at least the next five days. "All boaties, fishers, surfers and swimmers should reconsider any plans which involve the surf over the coming days," he said. "It is also vital to check the security of your anchored vessel and ensure it is prepared for extreme winds and damaging swell. "Those already on the water should ensure they are carrying the appropriate safety equipment and are wearing lifejackets. "[They should] remember to log on with their local radio base and consider their safety management plan." Gold Coast lifeguards are expected to close beaches as the swell increases. Fencing has been removed from some Gold Coast beaches and the city's council has heavy machinery on standby to reprofile beaches and move sand to vulnerable locations. https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10...x2-700x467.jpg Photo: The beach at Midge Point north of Mackay fell victim to the king tide with erosion along the shoreline. (Supplied: Heath Fraser) On the Sunshine Coast, Mooloolaba's fishing fleet has largely returned home ahead of the system. Mooloolah River Fisheries general manager Daryn Logan said only the bigger tuna boats and trawlers remained at sea and they were expected home within a day. "At the moment it's totally unpredictable, so as soon as they know where that's gone or what it's doing, they'll get out there," Mr Logan said. "In the meantime, the fishing grounds just get a bit of a forced rest." https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10...x2-700x467.jpg The king tide impacted the Pioneer River boat ramp in Mackay on Tuesday, sending water into the car park. (Supplied: Todd Bollard) Bargara surfing instructor Keith Drinkwater said conditions would be assessed daily but classes were likely to be cancelled for the rest of the week. "A lot of sand erosion is going to occur but we just hope there's no damage, but nature takes its own course," he said. https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10...x2-700x467.jpg Bargara surfing instructor Keith Drinkwater helps clean up debris from the king tide at Kelly’s Beach near Bundaberg. (ABC Wide Bay: Jenae Tien) "We have some classes booked every day but we've been very careful with what we do at the moment. "It could be fantastic for surfers over the next three or four days. "I'd hate to see learners and intermediate surfers go out there … you've got to be able to surf in your own means." https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10...x2-700x467.jpg High tide at Brisbane's Breakfast Creek on Wednesday morning. (ABC News: Tim Swanston) . |
Two Severe Cyclones Heading For Australia
Two Severe Cyclones Barrelling Toward Australian Coasts
ABC News (Australia) 22 Mar 2019 https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10...x2-700x467.jpg Severe tropical Cyclone Trevor, which authorities estimate is bigger than the state of Victoria, is set to cross the Northern Territory coast this morning. Meanwhile WA's Pilbara region is also bracing for Cyclone Veronica to make landfall. The system is expected to cross the coast somewhere between Port Hedland and Karratha this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-2... . |
Re: HURRICANE/TS Season-Storm Isaias in D.R.-Heading For US
Tropical Storm Isaias Crossing Dominican Republic With South Florida Still in Cone
AP, 31 JUL 2020. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graph...png/144952.png Tropical Storm Isaias is nearly done crossing the Dominican Republic, and the impacts South Florida and the Bahamas could see depend on what happens as the storm crosses the island’s high mountains. Isaias is about 85 miles southeast of the northern tip of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. update. By Thursday afternoon, Isaias’ journey overland already started to take a toll. The storm contracted, with tropical-storm-force winds now stretching up to 310 miles out from the center as opposed to Thursday morning’s 415 miles. It maintained 60 mph winds and its speed of 20 mph. The last few updates have shifted the track east, with the core of the storm passing between South Florida and the northern Bahamas on Saturday, but forecasters said it will be hard to know which way the storm will head until it has passed through Hispaniola. https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Vl...2c8f4bb6321f3a Tropical Storm Isaias is in the Dominican Republic. The center of Isaias is forecast to move diagonally across Hispaniola’s storm-shredding mountain range on Thursday, making landfall on the southeastern edge and emerging near the northern border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The storm is disorganized and still lacks a clearly defined center, which is what forecasters use to track the storm, so it’s hard to tell what shape it’ll be in when it enters open ocean again. “There’s a great deal of uncertainty, and today’s not going to provide a whole lot more certainty,” said Joel Cline, tropical program coordinator at NOAA’s weather service headquarters. “We’ll know a lot more tomorrow.” NHC forecasters predict Isaias may restrengthen Friday as it re-enters the ocean, but its exact track is still unclear. “Anywhere from the outer banks to the Florida Keys needs to really pay attention to this today and tomorrow. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” Cline said. As of 11 a.m. Thursday, the National Hurricane Center was predicting that South Florida could see between 65 and 70-mph winds as the storm nears the coast of Florida this weekend, although it said predicting the intensity of the storm is “challenging.” RELATED: 'You need to pay attention': virus-hit Texas readies for ... |
re: HURRICANE/TS Season-Laura & Marco-1 Hitting Caribbean-Both Heading for US
Cyclone Isaias Reaches Canada After Killing Five in US
At least five people have been killed as Tropical Storm Isaias swept through US states on the Atlantic Coast. BBC News 5 AUG, 2020. Two died when a tornado struck a mobile home park in North Carolina and at least three more were killed in New York, Delaware and Maryland. Isaias has since moved into south-eastern Canada and been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. The Canadian Hurricane Center has warned of heavy rainfall over southern Quebec. The ninth named storm of the year, Isaias hit Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic with hurricane strength winds last week killing at least two people. It uprooted trees, destroyed crops and homes and caused flooding and landslides. |
Re: HURRICANE/TS -NOAA WARNS Above-Normal 2022 Season
NOAA Predicts Above-Normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Ongoing La Niña, Above-Average Atlantic Temperatures Set The Stage For busy Season Ahead The Atlantic Hurricane Season lasts from 1 June 1 to 30 Nov. NOAA 23 JUN 2022 https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/f...52422-NOAA.png Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to November 30, predicts a 65% chance of an above-normal season, a 25% chance of a near-normal season and a 10% chance of a below-normal season. For the 2022 hurricane season, NOAA is forecasting a likely range of 14 to 21 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 3 to 6 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). NOAA provides these ranges with a 70% confidence. |
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