A massive bomb cyclone slammed into the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday night, unleashing torrential rains and tropical storm-like wind gusts up to 77 mph for certain areas. More than 600,000 customers across western Washington state are without power on Wednesday morning.
FOX Forecast Center said the powerful atmospheric river, coupled with a bomb cyclone, will unleash heavy rains and high winds across the area through Saturday.
"The two storms are powering the event, the first of which is a powerful bomb cyclone. The strength of the low has kicked up strong winds up and down the coast, which have caused power outages and some damage," Fox Forecast Center explained.
Floodwaters seen in Zichron Yaakov on November 19, 2024.
Record rains lashed northern Israel and the Haifa region Tuesday, inundating roads and prompting flash flood warnings for the Judean Desert and Dead Sea areas as the weather system moves south overnight.
In Ma'agan Michael, pouring rains swamped drainage channels, leading to flooding in parts of the coastal kibbutz. The Hof HaCarmel High School, located in the community, sent students home early due to the flooding.
Video footage posted online showed students wading through knee-high water next to half-submerged cars in the school's parking lot.
In a statement, the Hof HaCarmel regional council explained that the "large quantity [of rain] put a burden on the drainage system, which had been clean and in working condition, but it could not withstand the unusually large amounts of water."
The Israel Meteorological Service said in a tweet that 196 millimeters (7.7 inches) of rainfall were recorded over a four-hour period in nearby Zichron Yaacov, setting a new record for the country. The figure represented some 60% of the area's average yearly rain total.
Coastal areas and riverbanks in Hong Kong flooded on Monday, as an approaching Severe Tropical Storm Man-yi and a spring tide helped push up sea levels.
In Tai O on Lantau Island, residents waded through ankle-deep waters at the main market and elsewhere, while sandbags were stacked around homes to keep the flooding at bay.
The impact extended to other areas, with flooding seen along the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin, where about 10cm (4 inches) of water covered popular cycling tracks.
Similar conditions were observed near the Lam Tsuen River in Tai Po and the Sam Ka Tsuen seafood bazaar in Lei Yue Mun, a blackspot of flooding, where waters rose nearly to people's knees.
A pedestrian tunnel was nearly half submerged in Tai Po.
The Observatory earlier warned that the spring tide and combined effects of the northeast monsoon and Man-yi could result in sea levels rising to 3.3 metres (10.3 feet) above chart datum at around 10pm.
Tonight, dozens of residents in western Belize are grappling with flood waters, blocked streets and inundated yards, brought on by Tropical Storm Sara's persistent rains this weekend. The storm began producing rain over the country on Friday and by Sunday when it made landfall, the dams were overflowing, the rivers had broken its banks, and dry lands were covered in flood waters.
The storm brought several inches of rainfall, particularly in the Cayo District, and impacted several communities along the Mopan and Macal Rivers.
The rising waters were so intense that many businesses and market vendors were forced to evacuate as well as several residents. Prime Minister John Briceno led a delegation of officials this morning for a flyover of the affected areas. Love News met up with him in San Ignacio Town where he spoke on his observations of the various areas.
The Mopan River water levels 18-feet higher than normal has flooded the George Price Highway entrances to Benque Viejo del Carmen and San Jose Succotz, according to Benque Viejo del Carmen Mayor Jorge Antonio Rosales.
Screengrab of flash flooding in Sint Maarten on November 17, 2024.
A flood alert is in effect for the Dutch Caribbean Island of Sint Maarten until noon on Monday, with some parts of the island already experiencing flash flooding due to heavy rainfall.
The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure this afternoon confirmed severe street flooding and rockfalls on the road network.
The Ministry said it has temporarily opened the Great Bay Fresh Pond channel. This decision was made to reduce Pond Levels as part of its water management effort, aimed at preventing hazardous water levels in the Salt and Fresh Pond.
The Ministry strongly discourages any water-related activities, including boating, swimming and fishing until further notice.
The Meteorological Department of St Maarten on Sunday said moist and unstable conditions persist as a trough continues to affect the region.
On Saturday (16 Nov), Singapore experienced a sudden heavy downpour that caused flood risk warnings to be issued across the island.
One of the locations affected was Bukit Timah Road, where a flash flood occurred.
Flash flood in Bukit Timah subsided at 3.30pm: PUB
In a Facebook post on Saturday afternoon, national water agency PUB said the flash flood along Bukit Timah Road was located near King Albert Park MRT station.
It developed at around 3.20pm "due to high water levels in the adjacent drains and Bukit Timah Canal", PUB added.
A PUB Quick Response Team was deployed to direct traffic away from floodwaters before the flash flood subsided at 3.30pm.
Super Typhoon Man-yi has uprooted trees, bringing down power lines and triggering tidal surges as it made its second landfall on the northeastern Philippine coast - the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a month.
As of 3:20 pm (07:20 GMT) on Sunday, Man-yi made its second landfall in the northern province of Aurora.
Ahead of the the landfall, it had maximum sustained winds of up to 185km/h (115mph), according to the national weather agency PAGASA. Its gustiness meanwhile picked up strength from 230km/h (143mph) to 305 km/h (189.5mph) late Sunday afternoon.
Images posted on social media by various Philippine TV outlets on Sunday showed large waves lashing the coast of Aurora amid howling winds and heavy rain. PAGASA also continued to warn of a "potentially dangerous and life-threatening" situation as Man-yi moves closer to land.
Man-yi is the 16th typhoon to hit the Philippines in 2024.
Typhoon Man-yi has left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed scores of houses and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away from the northern Philippines, worsening the crisis wreaked by multiple back-to-back storms.
A waterspout was spotted near the hillside of the Penang International Airport earlier this week.
According to a video circulating on social media, it is said that the incident occurred at around 11:15am on Wednesday (Nov 13).
Sin Chew Daily reported that the video was taken by an employee of the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) from the traffic control tower at the airport.
The waterspout only lasted for a short time, about 30 seconds, before it shrank into a thin strip and disappeared into the clouds.
Internet users were all abuzz and commented that waterspouts often appear in Penang, but it is the first time they have seen one so close to Penang International Airport.
Some people are concerned that the appearance of the waterspout may affect aircraft takeoffs and landings.
Tidal flooding impacted several areas of Hampton Roads Friday morning.
10 On Your Side's Raven Payne spoke with a worker near the Lynnhaven Inlet in Virginia Beach, who said they are used to seeing flooding like this, but that they are still taking safety precautions, such as not opening the back deck.
During the flooding conditions, drivers are urged to avoid driving over hydroplane areas and to drive slowly.
In no surprise to anyone, flooding also found its way to the mermaid city. A WAVY 10 viewer sent a photo of a car stranded in flood waters by Pearl and Ligon Street.
Tropical Storm Sara is unleashing heavy rainfall in northeastern Honduras, with life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides anticipated through the weekend.
Nearly 20 inches of rain had already fallen in parts of Honduras as of Friday morning with more to come.
Earlier forecasts from the National Hurricane Center told residents along the eastern Gulf of Mexico to monitor the storm for its potential to reach the US, but the center now believes the storm might not survive its trek through Central America and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
Sara, which formed Thursday afternoon as it closed in on the Honduras-Nicaragua border, is the 18th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. It's a season that's lived up to initial hyperactive forecasts and hasn't played by the rules.
Tropical activity should be winding down in November, but Sara is now the third named storm this month thanks to exceptionally warm water wrought by climate change.
Extreme floods and mudslides continued Friday as Tropical Storm Sara wrung out a tremendous amount of moisture over northern Honduras.
The storm's very slow track through the western Caribbean will make flash flooding and mudslides a persistent and life-threatening hazard into the weekend.
Looking ahead, it remains uncertain what—if any—impacts the system or its remnants may have on Florida next week.
The overall pattern over the Caribbean has forced Sara to stall-out near the northern coast of Honduras. It's expected to move very little over the next couple of days. While land interaction will keep the storm from taking advantage of warm waters to strengthen, heavy rain is far and away the greatest threat from this system.
Repeated rounds of torrential downpours have washed over the country's mountainous terrain.
The city of La Ceiba, which is home to a quarter of a million people, measured 556.0 mm of rain in 24 hours as of noon local time on Friday.
Extensive flash floods and mudslides have been reported throughout the region.
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