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Waterspouts over open water.
Waterspouts over open water.
Storms
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Floods in Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, October 2020.
Floods in Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, October 2020.
Java Island
West Java
Flooding since 11 October 2020 has affected around 1,000 households in 6 districts of Garut Regency in West Java Province. The affected districts are Pameungpeuk, Cikelet, Cibalong, Peundeuy, Singajaya and Banjarwangi.
Indonesia's National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) said heavy rain caused an overflow of the Cipalebuh and Cikaso rivers. Around 60 homes were damaged, including 7 severely damaged. Sixty families were displaced in Pendopo Pamengpeuk District.
Homes were also damaged after floods and landslides occurred in Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province on 12 October.
Heavy rains since early October have caused deadly floods and landslides in several provinces in central Vietnam and displaced thousands of people in western Cambodia, officials and state media said.
The floods are expected to worsen over the coming days, with tropical storm Nangka forecast to dump more rain as it makes landfall in Vietnam on Wednesday.
Nangka, packing wind speeds of up to 100 km per hour (62 miles per hour) will trigger heavy rain of up to 400 millimetres in parts of northern and central Vietnam from Wednesday through Friday, its weather agency said.
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No one was hurt and the flight landed safely.
No one was hurt and the flight landed safely.
The flight was bound for Washington Dulles Airport, but had to return to Chicago O'Hare International Airport approximately an hour after it took off, according to data from Flight Aware.
Twitter user Alex Lang, a passenger on the flight tweeted out a photo of a cracked windshield in the cockpit, writing the inclement weather caused the damage.
"A bolt from the sky hit the tree and the women, leaving them injured," he said, adding that the injured were rushed to hospital in Hingna town by villagers where three of them died. The deceased are identified as Archana Tatode (35), Sharda Uikey (36) and Sangita Mungbhate (35), he said.
A case of accidental death was registered by Kondhali police.
Source: PTI
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Track of Tropical Storm Linfa in Vietnam, October 2020.
Track of Tropical Storm Linfa in Vietnam, October 2020.
The storm brought further heavy rainfall to central provinces of Vietnam. Ta Long in Qang Tri province recorded 210 mm of rain, and Quang Dien and A Luoi in Thua Thien-Hue both saw 182mm in a 24 hour period to 12 October. Central Vietnam has been plagued by heavy rain since around 05 October, with many provinces seeing severe flooding and landslides.
15 dead after 7 days of floods
Some areas of central Vietnam have seen over 1.5 metres of rain in the last week. In a period from 05 to 11 October, Huong Linh in Qang Tri province recorded 1,520 mm of rain and A Luoi in Thua Thien-Hue 1,888 mm.
As of 12 October, Vietnam's Disaster Management Authority (DMA) reports that severe flooding and landslides in the central region have left at least 15 people dead, with a further 3 lives lost in shipping incidents. Floods and landslides have left 10 others missing since the start of the severe weather spell. Four people are still missing at sea.
Police Lt. Col. Orly Pagaduan, city police chief, identified the fatalities as brothers Ivan and Christian Apayo, 18- and 15-years-old; and Rhian de Guzman, 17.
Injured was Patrick de Guzman, 21. He was taken to the Ilocos Training Regional and Medical Center in Barangay Parian here.
In Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, lighting claimed the lives of two buffalo ranchers at Jilukalagutta (hillock) near Garmillapally village. The deceased were Salupala Komuraiah (45) and Merugu Naresh (17) of the same village. Besides, 35 buffalos were also killed in the incident. Komuraiah is survived by his wife and three sons.
Media reported a heavy downpour lasting several hours, early on 10 October, causing floods in areas of Accra and neighbouring Kasoa in Central Region. Just over 78 mm of rain was recorded at Kotoka International Airport in Accra in 24 hours to 10 October.
The floods caused traffic chaos, with some reports of vehicles being abandoned or swept away. Images shared on Social Media showed roads turned to rivers, with raging flood water up to 1 metre deep. Reports also suggest homes have also been damaged, although there are no reports of displacements or fatalities.
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The heavy rains have caused flashfloods throughout Cambodia.
The heavy rains have caused flashfloods throughout Cambodia.
Cambodia
Flooding in parts of Cambodia over the last few days has left at least 10 people dead and thousands affected.
The first of the recent spate of flooding began in early October 2020 when around 150 people were evacuated from their homes in areas of Banteay Meanchey province, in particular Ou Chrov District close to the border with Thailand.
Several other provinces were also affected by heavy rain at the time, including Pursat, Battambang, Kampong Speu and Kampong Chhnang.
