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Several areas in Saudi Arabia including Al Baha have been experiencing torrential rain.
An online video showed the man using a bulldozer in the successful rescue that was reportedly carried out in Al Makhwah governorate in Al Baha in south-western Saudi Arabia.
In the footage, the volunteer rescuer is seen positioning the bulldozer to head off the family's car from being swept away by the strong flood.
He eventually manages to escort the car with the riders inside to safety. People, who happened to be on the scene, greeted the rescuer for his good deed.
The epicenter, with a depth of 79.9 km, was initially determined to be at 19.41 degrees south latitude and 168.77 degrees east longitude.
© National Weather ServiceThis graphic from the National Weather Service shows how much rain fell in North Texas between Monday, Oct. 23, and Thursday, Oct. 26. Glen Rose was especially hard hit with over 8 inches of rain.
Overnight Wednesday and Thursday morning, the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex was slammed with downpours, causing flooding in some areas and wreaking havoc on the Thursday morning commute.
As the southwest edge of the line moved slowly east, it brought storms and flooding to San Antonio and Austin, as well.
One of those storms briefly produced a tornado in downtown San Antonio on Thursday morning.
The line of storms is expected to break up as it moves into East Texas, forecasters say. This should lower the chances for flash flooding, but minor flooding is still possible since around 2 inches of rain is still expected to fall in that part of the state.
© Dhaka TribuneA tree falls on a tin shed house due to the impact of cyclonic storm Hamoon on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
Thousands of trees were uprooted while houses built with corrugated sheets were destroyed by the power of the storm. Hundreds of tarpaulin-covered bamboo shanties in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar were also damaged, according to local officials.
"Last night, the heavy wind took away my house made with corrugated sheets. We took shelter in another house. Everything is soaked in rainwater. Now what should I do, I don't know," local Cox's Bazar villager Nurjahan Begum said.
Authorities in Bangladesh said most people were evacuated to cyclone shelters in Cox's Bazar before the storm made landfall, but many families who failed to reach the shelters were left to sleep outside under an open sky. Power supply and internet connection remained down as of Wednesday afternoon, and road links to many of the towns near the main city remained blocked.
© Efeagro/Isabel Díaz-RusSeveral large trees fell due to the strong wind storm in Seville.
Although it is still early to make assessments, Agroseguro has already started to receive damage reports. Sources from the entity said to Efeagro that berries are the most affected crops, due to the damages caused to infrastructure.
More than 3,000 plots have already reported damages, said the territorial director of Agroseguro in Andalusia, Juan Francisco Delgado, who assured that the production will also be damaged, as blueberries and raspberries were already in an advanced stage of development.
Significant damage is also expected in subtropical crops, such as avocados, especially in Cadiz and the westernmost part of Malaga.
Agroseguro added that the rains and wind have also had a negative impact on the citrus productions, which still need time to develop.
Source: efeagro.com
It touched down near the popular Acapulco resort just after midnight on Wednesday (06:25 GMT), the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Authorities have warned of a life-threatening storm surge and the possibility of landslides as heavy rain pelts the area.
The storm has already begun to weaken as it moves inland.
Comment: Update October 26
Al Jazeera reports:
At least 27 people have been killed and four others were missing after the powerful Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast, officials have said.Update October 29
Otis hit the beach resort city of Acapulco as a category 5 storm early on Wednesday and tore through the southern state of Guerrero, largely cutting off communications and road links with the region.
Photos of Acapulco show roads full of mud and debris and buildings that sustained heavy damage. More than 500 emergency shelters were opened for residents.© Marco Ugarte/APDebris lays on the beach after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, on Wednesday, October 25.
Thousands of Mexican military members have been sent to assist with clean-up operations.
"Unfortunately, we received word from the state and city governments that 27 people are dead and four are missing," Secretary of State for Security Rosa Icela told reporters on Thursday.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that the deaths occurred around Acapulco, but provided few details. He acknowledged that the government was late in arriving because of the havoc Otis left behind.
Lopez Obrador, who made it into Acapulco late Wednesday, said the destruction was so complete in the impact zone that not a single power line pole remained standing.
"What Acapulco suffered was really disastrous," Lopez Obrador said.
Associated Press reports :
At least 48 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific Coast, most of them in Acapulco, Mexican authorities said Sunday as the death toll continued to climb and families buried loved ones.
Mexico's civil defense agency said in a statement that 43 of the dead were in the resort city of Acapulco and five in nearby Coyuca de Benitez. Guerrero state's governor had earlier raised the number of missing to 36 from 10 a day earlier. The death toll increased after authorities had raised it to 39 on Saturday.
In Acapulco, families held funerals on Sunday and continued the search for essentials while government workers and volunteers cleared streets clogged with muck and debris from the powerful storm.
© STEPH BULEAn aerial view of the damage caused by Cyclone Lola at Ranwadi School on Pentecost Island.
In late February and early March, cyclones Judy and Kevin caused widespread damage, plunging parts of the Pacific island nation into a state of emergency.
Vanuatu's government estimated the damage from both super storms at just under six billion vatu (NZ$86m).
"The country was just getting back on its feet after the earlier twin cyclones, and now with Lola, we expect the damage to be quite extensive and destructive because of its strength," Disaster Management Minister Ralph Regenvanu said.
A Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government (MoRDLG) told Newsday no major incidents were reported to the disaster management units of respective regional corporations during yesterday's downpour. However, Newsday's sub-editor, Warren La Platte and his roommate were flooded at their Beaulieu, Trincity dwelling.
For La Platte, it was the first time having his home flooded. He said the rains began around 1.30 pm and, within half an hour, water started entering the apartment from the inundated street. He averages there was around five inches of water inside the house. He said damages are still being assessed.
Finger licking good, Bruno enjoying the snowfalls at Timberline Lodge, OR.
Mt Hood Meadows and Timberline Lodge have received around a foot of snow in the last 24 hours and some eager souls have hiked out there to get the first freshies of the season, including videographer Pete Alport. Check out his incredible footage below from his first turns of the season in Oregon.
Comment: Similar recent scenes form nearby countries in the region:
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