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Typhoon Nanmadol hits southwest Japan, two dead

Kevin Buckland and Kiyoshi Takenaka
The Advocate
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:53 UTC
Typhoon Nanmadol has hit southwestern Japan, killing at least two people.
© APTyphoon Nanmadol has hit southwestern Japan, killing at least two people.
Typhoon Nanmadol has brought ferocious winds and record rainfall to western Japan as one of the biggest storms to hit the country in years killed at least two people, disrupted transport and forced manufacturers to suspend operations.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delayed his departure to New York, where he is due to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

"I postponed my scheduled departure from today to take stock of the damage caused by the typhoon and to take all possible measures for recovery," Kishida told reporters on Monday evening.

"Circumstances permitting, I will leave tomorrow morning."

Japan's 14th typhoon of the season made landfall near Kagoshima city late on Sunday before battering the western island of Kyushu and roaring onto the main island of Honshu on Monday morning.

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Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Dominican Republic - over a million people in Puerto Rico without power

Elizabeth Wolfe and Melissa Alonso
CNN
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:24 UTC
Fiona's forecast track across the Atlantic.
Fiona's forecast track across the Atlantic.
Hurricane Fiona made landfall in the Dominican Republic early Monday after slamming Puerto Rico with heavy rain, life-threatening flooding and an islandwide power outage.

The Category 1 storm came ashore near Boca de Yuma at 3:30 a.m. with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

As the storm is moving slowly to the northwest, it is still dropping flooding rain on Puerto Rico, where more than 1.4 million people are without power.

So far, at least one death has been reported in the heavily-damaged city of Basse-Terre, the capitol of the French territory of Guadeloupe, the vice president of the territory's environmental agency said Sunday.

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'Never this severe before': Storm batters Alaska, causes widespread flooding


Hindustan Times
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 11:38 UTC
Water from the Bering Sea, pushed by high winds, rushes into a home's backyard in Nome, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022.
© Peggy Fagerstrom/APWater from the Bering Sea, pushed by high winds, rushes into a home's backyard in Nome, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022.
Alaska Storm: The potent storm — what remains of Typhoon Merbok — has been influencing weather patterns as far away as California, where strong winds and a rare late-summer rainstorm were expected.

A powerful storm sweeping north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground.

The force of the water moved some homes off their foundations, and one house in Nome floated down a river until it got caught at a bridge.

The potent storm — what remains of Typhoon Merbok — has been influencing weather patterns as far away as California, where strong winds and a rare late-summer rainstorm were expected.

In Alaska, no injuries or deaths were immediately reported, said Jeremy Zidek, spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Officials had warned some places could see their worst flooding in 50 years and that the high waters could take up to 14 hours to recede.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration during the day for impacted communities.

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Waterspout spotted off Barcelona, Spain

FA Weather
YouTube
Sat, 17 Sep 2022 17:14 UTC
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Tonight! A #waterspout spotted off near El Prat de Llobregat, #Barcelona! Spain (Sep.17, 2022) #Tornado

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Wild waterspout off Duck Key, Florida

ViralHog
YouTube
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:06 UTC
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Occurred on September 12, 2022 / Duck Key, Florida, USA

"The video shows a water spout off the coast of Duck Key, Florida on 9/12/22 at 9:25 AM ET."

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Waterspout over Lake Erie caught on camera from Bay Village, Ohio


News 5 Cleveland
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:04 UTC
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WATCH: Waterspout over Lake Erie caught on camera from Bay Village.

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Spectacular waterspout off the coast of Cumanayagua, Cuba

FA Weather
YouTube
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:31 UTC
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Spectacular waterspout off the coast of Cumanayagua, Cuba!

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Waterspouts filmed off the Cayman Islands


Cayman Compass
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:18 UTC
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With local weather forecasts calling for showers Tuesday, a number of videos have surfaced on social media showing waterspouts on Seven Mile Beach and in the North Sound, which were visible as far away as Camana Bay. Read more at www.caymancompass.com.

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Group of 4 waterspouts appear off Mallorca, Spain as storms and flash flooding hit

Humphrey Carter
Majorca Daily Bulletin
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:46 UTC
The waterspouts or marines tornadoes off Mallorca today.
The waterspouts or marines tornadoes off Mallorca today.
The storms which have hit various parts of Mallorca today created four impressive waterspouts or marine tornadoes off Santanyí and all in a matter of five minutes, just like the flash storms and flooding which have hit interior parts of the island like Inca and will continues into Saturday with isolated hail storms forecast as temperatures drop.

A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water.

Some are connected to a cumulus congestus cloud, some to a cumuliform cloud and some to a cumulonimbus cloud.


Comment: The same news outlet also carried this report on the same day:
Storm batters Mallorca and causes serious flooding

Firefighters have rescued drivers trapped in their vehicles in Felanitx

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Streets were turned into rivers, houses flooded and cars were swept away by the currents this afternoon.

Felanitx bore the brunt of the intense storms that hit Mallorca.

The damage caused has been considerable and emergency teams are still working on the ground.

"The cold air pocket at low levels has connected with the high levels and has coincided with wind convergence, a relative low and daytime heating", which has led to the heavy downpour, according to the spokeswoman for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in the Balearics, María José Guerrero.

After the morning's deceptively good weather, the weather took an abrupt turn at 13:45h, giving way to a heavy downpour of water that flooded the town of Felanitx.

In less than an hour 135 l/m2 of rain fell.



The fire fighters were activated immediately and attended to a total of 28 incidents in the town until 17:30, all of them due to flooding.

Scores of people were rescued after being trapped in their vehicles caught in the storm on the road from Felanitx to Porreres. They also had to attend to two young people who were walking down the street when the water level rose to a worrying level and the fire truck picked them up as a precaution.

The Council of Mallorca has reported that the Ma-4010 Felanitx-Portocolom; Ma-14 Manacor-Felanitx and Ma-5100 Felanitx-Porreres roads remain closed, due to the accumulated water. Firefighters continue to work on the ground, with 18 personnel and six vehicles from the Felanitx, Manacor, Llucmajor and Inca fire stations.

After attending to the most urgent services, they are now helping residents to drain the water from the numerous affected ground floors, basements, car parks and houses.

The Balearic president, Francina Armengol, has called for caution via Twitter.

"The administrations are in contact and we are working and acting in coordination".

Tomorrow, Saturday, more showers are expected, although not of such intensity.


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Typhoon Muifa brings heavy rainfall along China's east coast, around 1.6 million people forced to leave their homes


Times Now
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:54 UTC
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Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds caused by Typhoon Muifa lashed China's east coast on Friday. Around 1.6 million were forced to leave their homes and moved to safer locations, reported AFP. Most flights at Shanghai's main airports were also grounded.

Notably, Shanghai is home to more than 25 million people. Muifa is reportedly the strongest tropical cyclone to hit Shanghai since the beginning of record keeping in 1949. So far, there are no reports of any casualties due to Muifa.

According to CCTV, around 426,000 people were evacuated in Shanghai, while 1.2 million people were taken to temporary shelters in neighbouring Zhejiang province. Floods were reported in several areas of the Yangtze river delta region. Traffic jams were also reported in Shanghai due to intense rainfall.

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