World's deadliest weather disaster of 2010: Rio de Janeiro floods kill at least 183
The world's deadliest and most expensive weather disaster so far this year hit Brazil this week, where at least 183 people are dead due to flooding and mudslides in the Rio de Janeiro region. Damage from the flooding has been estimated at 23.76 billion reais (US$13.3bn, €9.9bn), about 8% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Rio de Janeiro State. Rio's heavy rains began near 5 pm local time (2000 UTC) on Monday April 5, and continued for 24 hours, with a total of 28.8 cm (11.5") of rain falling--more than the average rainfall for the entire month of April. It was the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Brazil's 2nd largest city. The rains triggered devastating mudslides that roared through slums built on steep, unstable hillsides. According to the Associated Press, crews have pulled 17 bodies from the debris so far at at a new mudslide that hit in Niteroi, next to Rio, on April 7. Authorities fear an additional 150 people may have died there.
Figure 1. Flooding from this week's record rains in Rio de Janeiro. Image credit: Carolina Goncalves / Agência Brasil.
Figure 2. A mudslide in Niteroi, next to Rio de Janeiro, is feared to have killed 200 people. Image credit: Vitor Abdala / Agência Brasil.
The previous deadliest weather disaster this year was the snow avalanche in Afghanistan that killed 172 people on February 8 and 9.
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Aww, dang.
It's baaaccckk (like Poltergeist 2).
Back to intermittent lurking when not too painful...
GFS depicts it as semi-warm core.
Highly unlikely it'll verify. The Gulf is rather cool.
heres another run of it
Hmmm.... there's a reason why FEMA begins with F....
I'm just sayin'....
"11:24 AM CST Friday 09 April 2010
Winter storm warning continued
Strong winds with poor visibilities in snow and blowing snow today.
An intense low pressure system continues to bring a variety of high impact weather across Southern Saskatchewan this morning. Damaging winds over 100 km/h..Snow and blizzard conditions are being reported from this powerful storm system.
The worst conditions are being felt on the southwest flank of the storm. In these areas heavy snow combined with winds gusting to 100 km/h are producing widespread blizzard conditions. Power outages are also likely due to the winds and heavy wet snow. These conditions are expected to continue into this afternoon before easing by evening.
Snow and poor visibilities will continue into this afternoon along with winds up to 100 km/h. These poor conditions will slowly spread north by midday or early this afternoon. 2 to 4 cm of snow is possible in these areas along with winds gusting to 90 km/h this afternoon. Travelling conditions will deteriorate as the snow moves in. Highways reports that highway 11 has been closed between Dundurn and Davidson.
Further south and east the main problem will be the strong winds with west winds of 60 gusting to 100 km/h at times today over southcentral and Southeast Saskatchewan especially along and north of the transcanada highway. Winds have gusted to 104 km/h at Regina this morning."
I think it's also time for me to come clean. My name is Mandy, and I'm a 7 year old Brownie who likes My Little Pony and wet leather saddles.
Was that TMI?
The Caribbean looks like it's pretty warm too.
and lots of not so good forcasts! YIKES
thinking same thing.. NO ONE that can talk that much could be here for 5 years without posting.
heck, I only made it a few weeks before I had to jump in back in summer of 2005!
Isn't this practically the first "real" winter weather u guys have had for the season? (I mean former season)lol
Which part of the province are u in, near Regina, or further west?
I don't think you are "you know who" and either is the other person that people think is "you know who" The other person on here now has used the semicolon correctly 3 times. I don't think "you know who" ever did. But when you use words like conceise (sic) (concise) instead of precise, it gives people reason to think you are "you know who". Anyway, I look forward to your entries and no disrespect intended.
LOL - sorry, couldn't resist - everything ELSE is starting early.... LOL
Hey gamma, Grothar here. It is possible. I lurked for 4 years before I ever made my first post and I talk a lot. LOL (How have you been?)
What can be done to improve wx instrument performance in cat 4/5 conditions? Data on wind speed / direction and pressure is often incomplete because of equipment failure.
then you are a rare exception! lol
Been doing great; busy with family and garden and the other blogs. I just "check in" here every now and then in "off season".
In a sick sort of way, after last year's "nothing" year, it is sort of exciting to be gearing up with what could be another 2004/2005/1995 LOL
But us weather geeks are sort of "sick" in that way. LOL
Alex, thanks for serving.. Go Navy, beat Army.. again!
A VLCC full of birthday candles eh.. cracked me up Oz
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