Lidia dissipated Wednesday after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane near the resort of Puerto Vallarta. One person was killed by a falling tree, another drowned in a swollen river and two others were injured after the hurricane made landfall.
The hurricane knocked over trees and blew roofs off houses with winds as high as 140 mph before moving inland.
Laura Velázquez, the head of Mexico's civil defense system, said Wednesday that one person died on the northern outskirts of Puerto Vallarta after being hit by a falling tree, and two others were injured elsewhere in the area.
Eleven provinces in Thailand continue to grapple with severe flood crisis, with Kalasin and Ubon Ratchathani experiencing rising water levels, as of today.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has mobilised resources and personnel from various agencies to expedite flood relief operations. Heavy rainfall in the past has caused flooding across 35 provinces, affecting 52,290 households in 2,506 villages across 515 sub-districts and 138 districts.
Currently, flooding persists in 11 provinces, negatively impacting 20,196 households in 925 villages across 182 sub-districts and 45 districts. These provinces include Nakhon Sawan, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Uttaradit, Sukhothai, Chaiyaphum, Roi Et, Nong Bua Lamphu, Loei, Kalasin, and Ubon Ratchathani.
Tropical Storm Max made landfall in Mexico's southern Pacific coast Monday, as the country braces for a second punch from Tropical Storm Lidia, expected to hit Tuesday as a hurricane in a different part of the country.
Max was located about 40 miles (65 kilometers) east of the resort town of Zihuatanejo with winds of about 60 mph (95 kph) and was moving inland at about 7 mph (11 kph). Mexico's Civil Defense office said Max was causing "torrential" rain in the states of Guerrero and Michoacan. The storm was expected to quickly weaken.
However, the U.S. National Hurricane Center and Mexican authorities warned of the possibility of flash floods from both systems.
At least two people have died due to heavy rains that have lashed southern Brazil's Santa Catarina state since last week, the state Civil Defense agency confirmed Monday.
Some 132 municipalities registered emergencies sparked by excessive rainfall caused by the El Nino climate phenomenon, the agency said in a statement.
About 4,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, said the agency.
Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in southern Myanmar has displaced more than 14,000 people and disrupted traffic on the rail lines that connect the country's biggest cities, officials and state-run media said Monday.
State television agency MRTV reported Monday evening that the number of displaced people in Bago township, about 42 miles northeast of Yangon, the country's largest city, had climbed to that number, and said they were taking shelter in 36 relief camps. It said nearly 1,000 more people in Mon township, just east of Bago, were sheltering in three relief camps, and there were some evacuations in a northern part of Yangon.
A senior official at the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Lay Shwe Zin Oo, said constant rainfall in the Bago region that began last week caused flooding in the low-lying areas of its capital, Bago township. She said there were no casualties reported so far.
Nearly 30 people have been killed after heavy rains in the region triggered landslides in the Cameroon capital city of Yaounde, according to media reports citing officials on Monday (Oct 9). This comes after heavy rains led to a section of a hillside covered with precarious houses to collapse.
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Several local media reports citing officials have said that at least 27 people have been killed while dozens of others are missing. Meanwhile, rescue efforts were hampered by floods but continued on Monday after a landslide in the district of Mbankolo, northwest of Yaounde, on Sunday evening.
Typhoon Koinu caused heavy rain and flooding in many areas of Hong Kong after it brushed past the city on the evening of October 8, 2023.
More than 100mm (4 inches) of rain was reported in many parts of the city from midnight until midday the following day and more than 200mm (8 inches) was recorded in some urban areas.
The typhoon triggered severe disruptions at the city's airport, prompting authorities to announce they would conduct a review to study ways to avoid such problems in the future.
We're in the height of waterspout season over the Great Lakes, the series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central interior of North America.
Waterspout season on the Great Lakes starts in August and runs through October. And on Friday, October 7, 2023, the U.S. National Weather Service reported dozens of sightings of funnels and twisters over the Great Lakes, visible mostly across two states, northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania.
On Friday, they broke the world waterspout record, for most waterspouts sighted over the Great Lakes in a single day, according to the International Centre for Waterspout Research (ICWR).
If the waterspouts had come on land, we'd have called them tornadoes. But they didn't and instead created a phenomenon that many enjoyed.
Amber and yellow weather alerts for heavy downpours are in place across large parts of Scotland.
Ten motorists were airlifted to safety after drivers were trapped near Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Police Scotland said.
The A83 Rest and Be Thankful was hit by seven landslides during extreme weather, and the Scottish Government held crisis talks in anticipation that the situation would get worse.
Preparations were made to open community centres in Argyll and Bute to help vulnerable people, while Police Scotland warned against travelling to the region.
Kayakers took advantage of floodwater in Inverclyde and paddled down submerged streets, and around 12 cars were spotted abandoned in floodwater in the coastal region, which experienced "Biblical" rainfall overnight.
