Scott Sistek Fox Weather Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:08 UTC
Flooding rains batter Kauai, triggering rescues and closing all the island’s public schools
Torrential storms dumped nearly a foot of rain on the Hawaiian island of Kauai late Thursday into Friday morning, leading to widespread flash flooding that shut down roads and closed schools.
A deep area of low pressure has draped a stationary front across Kauai, leading to stubborn rounds of heavy rain through much of Friday.
The National Weather Service reported rain falling at 2-3 inches per hour along Kauai, prompting Flash Flood Warnings lasting into Friday morning. In addition, a rare Severe Thunderstorm Watch was in effect until 10 a.m. Friday for thunderstorms with possible quarter-sized hail and/or wind gusts of 58 mph or stronger. It's the islands' first Severe Thunderstorm Watch in nearly 500 days, and it's the first for Lihue since December 2022.
The Hawaii Department of Education canceled all classes across the island Friday due to flooded roads and unsafe conditions. All bus service on the island was suspended as well until conditions improved.
Officials have reported multiple rescues from cars and houses due to flooding, the Kauai Emergency Management Agency said.
Perth faced chaos as a severe thunderstorm brought heavy rain and hail, submerging cars and prompting dramatic rescues of drivers trapped in their vehicles.
The storm struck areas like Kingsley, Two Rocks, and Wangara before moving to Pinjar and Yanchep, with more regions expected to be affected by flash flooding.
Chris Oberholtz FOX Weather Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:18 UTC
In Mississippi, one person was killed in Scott County and at least one other was injured in Grenada County in storm-related incidents across the state, emergency managers reported Wednesday afternoon.
A Flash Flood Emergency was issued for the city of New Orleans as part of a deadly severe weather outbreak that caused numerous thunderstorms and even tornadoes across the lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast.
Life-threatening flooding occurred Wednesday afternoon in the New Orleans metro area as several inches of rain drenched the city in just hours, sometimes falling at a rate of 1-3 inches per hour.
Emergency management reported numerous roads and underpasses in and around New Orleans were underwater and impassible from the late morning into the afternoon.
Dramatic videos showed first responders working to block off flooded roads to prevent vehicles from driving on them and getting submerged.
Britain has been hit by more storms, high winds and "unprecedented" flooding on the south coast.
More than 200 people were evacuated from the Medmerry holiday park in West Sussex and areas like Earnley, Littlehampton and Bracklesham after the River Arun burst its banks.
Littlehampton was badly hit with flooding damaging many properties.
Emergency services have been rescuing passengers who were trapped in a bus that was swept away by floods on a busy highway in northern Kenya.
The bus, with about 50 passengers, was heading to the capital, Nairobi, from northern Wajir county, police said.
The driver had attempted to cross a flooded section of the road when it happened. The bus then became stuck in some mud surrounded by raging waters.
Some were rescued from the bus's roof in the nearly 10-hour rescue mission.
"All passengers aboard the bus have now been rescued," the Kenya Red Cross said, adding that it had been a "challenging" operation to save the lives of those "marooned by raging waters".
Zane Lilley The Connexion Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:05 UTC
The first of a series of turbulent weather changes begins today as temperatures across France fall by around 10C.
In central parts and around Paris, yesterday's (April 8) temperatures of 23C and 24C will be replaced with highs of just 12C or 13C.
In the east along the German border, the shift could be closer to 15C.
Only the Mediterranean coast and Brittany will remain mostly unaffected, with temperatures dropping between 3C and 4C compared to the start of the week.
In Brittany and the rest of France's western and northern coastline the storm named Pierrick is continuing to hit hard, bringing winds of 120 km/h to Normandy and high waves.
With a Met Office yellow warning for wind across the South West in place due to storm Pierrick, named by Meteofrance, the beach huts at Castle Beach in Falmouth were washed into the sea.
High winds and towering waves in Cornwall has seen in beach huts being swept into the sea.
Predictions from the Met Office suggest general gusts of 45-55mph (72-89km/h), increasing to 60-65mph (97-105km/h) on exposed coasts, were likely to have been reached overnight. They also indicated that there could be some gusts in Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and south Devon reaching up to 75mph (121km/h).
Porthleven's sea wall suffered damage with debris scattered across Harbour Road. While in Falmouth, at least two beach huts were swept into the sea, as the dramatic videos show. Falmouth Coastguard had issued a warning about a combination of strong winds, spring tides and storm surges.
Parts of southern China continued to be battered by heavy downpours over the weekend, with rainstorm and flood alerts issued for the second day on Sunday.
The Bei, a tributary of the Pearl River in southern Guangdong province, was declared as having recorded its first "No 1 Flood" of the year at 6.35am on Sunday - marking the earliest numbered flood in a major river since data began to be compiled in 1998.
China has seven main river systems, including the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, as well as the southern Pearl River and waterways further north.
According to the Ministry of Water Resources, China's major rivers and lakes can flag "numbered floods" when their water levels reach the warning level or register a flood of "once in two to five years" magnitude.
South West Aerial Services operator Alan MacDonald was able to view the levee bank's effectiveness from above, as the Warrego River reached its peak on Saturday.
Footage captures flooding near the rural township of Charleville following a weekend of heavy rain in parts of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. Communities across the region have been impacted by flooding, with some isolated by road closures.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the Warrego River gauge near Bakers Bend, in south-west Queensland, recorded a peak of 10.16m on Monday morning.
"We have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population. This disparity is particularly great as between ourselves and the peoples of Asia. In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security. To do so, we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and day-dreaming; and our attention will have to be concentrated everywhere on our immediate national objectives. We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford today the luxury of altruism and world-benefaction."
~ US State Department, 1948
- George Kennan
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