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Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Bryan Norcross: Tropical development possible between Florida and North Carolina
A cold front pushing through North Georgia today will end up lodged over North Florida by Friday morning. At the same time, a broad upper-level low will sprawl across the Florida Peninsula. The combination of those systems looks likely to trigger the formation of a broad disturbance that will have the potential of developing into a tropical system. The National Hurricane Center is painting an area from the extreme northeastern Gulf to the waters off North Carolina. They are giving the system a medium chance of evolving into at least a tropical depression. The consensus of the various computer forecast models is that the system is most likely to develop over the Atlantic, if it does, although development over the northeastern Gulf cannot be ruled out. The atmospheric pattern does not favor significant development, but it does appear to be supportive of areas with heavy rain into early next week. The location of the heaviest rainfall late in the weekend depends on if a system develops and where it drifts. But for the next few days, the focus of the rain will likely be the Florida Peninsula. Flooding is possible where heavy and persistent rain falls, so stay article source: Bryan Norcross: Tropical development possible between Florida and North Carolina
CNA
20-06-2025
- Climate
- CNA
China warns of extensive flooding after heavy rains
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have warned of flash floods and swift currents in mountainous areas in the eastern, central, southern and southwestern regions of the country after heavy rains there. The red alerts, the first for this year, were issued late on Thursday (Jun 20) covering areas in the provinces of Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi region, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the water resources ministry and national weather forecaster China Meteorological Administration. China is experiencing heavy and sudden rain in many parts, which meteorologists have attributed to climate change, leaving its huge population vulnerable to related disasters. In southern Hunan, heavy rainfall triggered the largest floods since 1998 in the upper and lower reaches of the Lishui River after its water levels breached the safety mark by more than two metres on Thursday. In the hilly metropolis of southwestern Chongqing, apartment blocks were submerged in muddy waters and some vehicles were swept away in flood waters gushing down streets, according to state broadcaster CCTV's footage and images from Thursday. An image showed flood waters almost reaching the top of power cable lines. Water and power supply were also disrupted in some areas, CCTV said. Nearly 300 people were evacuated from towns and villages in Pengshui county, where cumulative daily rainfall had reached 304mm, and floods were made worse by precipitation from the mountains converging into the Ditang River which had swollen by 19m, according to CCTV. The water in several other rivers in Chongqing had also exceeded alert levels due to the extreme rainfall, Xinhua said. On Wednesday, power supply was disrupted in the city of Zhaoqing in southern Guangdong Province as flood waters rose more than five metres above warning levels, breaking historical records, local media reported.
