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Severe rainstorms flood the streets of Milan, Italy


Euronews
Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:21 UTC
A man looks at a flooded street in Milan, Italy on Tuesday after a storm caused the Seveso river to burst its banks. Lake Como also overflowed in the storm that brought heavy rainfall and strong winds.
© Paolo SalmoiragoA man looks at a flooded street in Milan, Italy on Tuesday after a storm caused the Seveso river to burst its banks. Lake Como also overflowed in the storm that brought heavy rainfall and strong winds.
The Italian city of Milan woke up this Tuesday with water up to its neck.

The heavy rains that accompanied a violent storm overflowed the Seveso River at dawn, causing extreme flooding in the north of the town, with cars swept down the streets. No victims have been reported in the region.

Local authorities are working to adapt to extreme weather by building more detention basins to retain part of the water volume of flooding rivers. However, the basins need work, Marco Granelli is Milan's municipality security counsellor and he says, "We have not had such big flooding since 2014, this means we have to work on the basins, Milan's one is ready, we are testing the pumps and it will enter into action in November, but the rest of the Lombardy region is lacking detention basins."

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Flood sweeps away 3 people in central province of Vietnam

Duc Hung
VnExpress.net
Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:53 UTC
A house inundated in floods in central Ha Tinh
© VnExpress/Duc HungA house inundated in floods in central Ha Tinh Province on Oct. 30, 2023.
Two women and a child in Ha Tinh Province in central Vietnam were swept away by flood on Monday, two of their bodies have been found drowned and one is still missing.

Around 10 a.m. on Monday, Tong Thi Trang, 33 and Nguyen Thi Hoa, 31, in Ha Linh Commune were on their way home through a rainstorm after work in Ha Linh Commune, Huong Khe District when they got swept away by the flood.

At 3 p.m., the women's relatives called the police when the two did not return home.

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Tropical Storm Pilar slamming portions of Central America with up to 10-15 inches of rain

Hillary Andrews
Fox Weather
Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:40 UTC
Tropical Storm Pilar
Tropical Storm Pilar
Central America is currently being hit with heavy rains from Tropical Storm Pilar, following deadly Hurricane Otis.

El Salvador has declared a State of National Emergency as the strengthening storm threatens the Pacific Coast of Central America with over a foot of rain, which could trigger mountain landslides.

"Coming up against the Pacific coast of Mexico, an oddball situation with Otis which turned into a deadly, destructive Category 5 at landfall," FOX Weather meteorologist Amy Freeze said. "And all of a sudden, we're watching Pilar under a microscope."

Tropical Storm Pilar is about 175 south-southwest of San Salvador, El Salvador, moving east-northeast at 3 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 50 mph and tropical-storm-force winds stretch out 70 miles.

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Hailstones the size of golf balls hit several parts of South Africa

Corné van Zyl
The South African
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 14:37 UTC
Hailstones the size of golf balls hit several parts on Sunday
Hailstones the size of golf balls hit several parts on Sunday
Hailstones the size of golf balls hit several parts on Sunday. More severe thunderstorms are expected in the coming days.

WATCH: HAILSTONES THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS HIT SEVERAL PARTS

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Aspen Snowmass pounded by snowmageddon! - 2 feet of snow in 24 hours

Cam Burns
Powder.com
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 12:56 UTC
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It sounds like the plot to a highly questionable adult documentary, but it's true. Hey, I'm just quoting Open Snow.

The 'Mass and Highlands got "24 inches in 24 hours."

Everyone in the 'hood here in the RFV has been posting and reporting pics of the measuring stick at AS this morning.

And in the wake of this white tsunami, that "stake" is lookin' mighty short.

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Torrential rain and flooding hits parts of Saudi Arabia and adjacent Oman and Qatar

Ramadan Al Sherbini
Gulf News
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 13:05 UTC
Several areas in Saudi Arabia including Al Baha have been experiencing torrential rain.
Several areas in Saudi Arabia including Al Baha have been experiencing torrential rain.
A Saudi man was able to save a family trapped in their car by flooding resulting from heavy 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.


Comment: Similar recent scenes form nearby countries in the region:



Additionally, see these other recent reports from the Middle East:

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Rain, thunderstorms hit North, Central Texas - up to 8 inches of rainfall overnight - tornado reported in San Antonio

Ryan Cohick
Lone Star State
Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:54 UTC
This 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.
© 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.
A slow-moving line of rain and thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain on North and Central Texas.

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.

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Cyclone Hamoon slams Bangladesh, killing at least 3


Global News
Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:21 UTC
A tree falls on a tin shed house due to the impact of cyclonic storm Hamoon on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
© Dhaka TribuneA tree falls on a tin shed house due to the impact of cyclonic storm Hamoon on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
Cyclone Hamoon moved into southeastern Bangladesh early Wednesday, bringing with it heavy winds and rains that battered hundreds of houses and left at least three dead.

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.

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Rain and wind storm causes damage to berries, citrus and subtropical fruits in western Andalusia, Spain


Fresh Plaza
Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:33 UTC
Several large trees fell due to the strong wind storm in Seville.
© Efeagro/Isabel Díaz-RusSeveral large trees fell due to the strong wind storm in Seville.
Agroseguro has reported that storm Bernard, which hit Andalusia on October 22 with heavy rains and winds that reached 100 kilometers per hour in some municipalities in the provinces of Huelva, Seville and Cadiz, has caused significant damage to various crops.

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

Comment: Related: Storm Bernard leaves 2 dead, several injured in Spain

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Hurricane Otis smashes into Mexico's southern coast with wind speeds of up to 165mph (270km/h) - at least 48 killed (UPDATES)

Kathryn Armstrong
BBC
Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:45 UTC
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Hurricane Otis has made landfall on the coast of southern Mexico, bringing wind speeds of up to 165mph (270km/h).

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.

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.

Debris lays on the beach after Hurricane Otis
© 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.
Update October 29

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.


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