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Daily Archive: August 23, 2012

Aug
23
2012

PDC Global Flood Survey

Flooding, flooding, and more flooding! Flooding, flooding, and more flooding again this week! Heavy and persistent rains continued to fall in parts of Africa and Asia. In Africa, flooding was observed in Sudan, South Sudan, Niger, and Nigeria. The threat of flooding will continue to loom over these countries, as well as eastern Chad, Ethiopia, …

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Aug
23
2012

Tropical Cyclone Activity Report – Pacific / Indian Oceans

PDC Global Hazards Atlas displaying 3 hour precipitation accumulation, the NHC tropical cyclone positions, segments, and TAOS estimated wind impacts for typhoons Tembin and Bolaven

Tropical cyclone Tembin (15W) is located approximately 150 NM south-southeast of Taipei, Taiwan (Typhoon…sustained winds of 105 knots, with gusts to 130 knots) Tropical cyclone Bolaven (16W) is located approximately 500 NM southeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan (Strengthening typhoon…sustained winds of 105 knots…gusts to 125 knots) Typhoon Tembin (15W) is active in the far …

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Aug
23
2012

Tropical Cyclone Activity Report – Atlantic / Caribbean / Gulf of Mexico

PDC Global Hazards Atlas displaying 3 hour precipitation accumulation, the NHC tropical cyclone positions, segments, and TAOS estimated wind impacts for tropical storms Isaac and Joyce

Tropical cyclone Isaac (9L) is active in the Caribbean Sea…located approximately 360 miles east-southeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Strengthening tropical storm…sustained winds of 40 mph) Tropical cyclone Joyce (10L) is active in the Atlantic Ocean…located approximately 1305 miles east of the Leeward Islands (Strengthening tropical depression…sustained winds of 40 mph) Tropical storm Isaac 9L …

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