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Life-threatening Floods Possible in the Plains and Mississippi Valley: NWS
“A tremendous setup for heavy rainfall is unfolding in the central/southern Mississippi River Valley and Plains. The weather pattern is very slow-moving, so thunderstorms with heavy rain will repeatedly move over the same area resulting in some locations receiving a foot of rain through midweek.”
US Natural Hazards Map. Source: NWS. Map enhanced by FIRE-EARTH
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- Mid-Americanweather expected to include rain, flash floods, wild fire danger, severe storms: NWS
- Mississippi River Valley. Severe weather, torrential rains and flash flooding could occur across the southern Plains and lower to middle Mississippi River Valley, NWS reported.
- “An increased risk for wildfires is expected over much of the high plains.”
- “To the north and west of the rain and flash flood area, Red Flag Warnings have been posted across the northern High Plains, where little precipitation is expected.”
- “Critical fire danger has been forecast today for parts of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas.”
- Rain and thunderstorms expected from the eastern Great Lakes to the Eastern Seaboard and from southern New England to northern South Carolina.
- “Heavy snow is possible over several areas of western Washington, central Montana, northwest Wyoming and southwest Colorado.”
- Oklahoma, USA. Power outages reported as flood warning is issued for Oklahoma City area, flash flooding in Norman
- Idaho. Flood warnings or advisories have been issued for most of south-central and southeastern Idaho: NWS.
- Torrential rains over the weekend intensifies the flooding in Fremont County
- Illinois. Flood warnings have been issued for the Illinois River Basin: NWS
- Risk of severe weather extends over a large area from southwest to northeast Texas, southeastern Oklahoma and part of southwest Arkansas.
- “The Storm Prediction Center received 14 reports of tornadoes Sunday – 13 in Nebraska and 1 in South Dakota. Twelve of the Nebraska tornadoes were reported in and around North Platte in Lincoln County with the other reported near Valentine in Cherry County. The South Dakota tornado was reported 21 miles south of Mission in Todd County. Hail at 4.25-inch diameter was reported 19 miles south-southeast of Mission, which joined Quinn in Pennington County, SD, reported a peak wind of 80 mph.”
- Texas. At least 3 tornadoes touched down in Texas. The largest hit near the town of Natalia injuring two people and damaging 6 homes, according to SPC.
- However, the Medina County Sheriff’s Office “received over 300 calls indicating there is damage or injuries” due to the storm, said a woman from the sheriff’s office, local media reported.
- “It struck us pretty hard,” she said from the county, which is about 30 miles west of San Antonio. “At this point, we have unknown (amount) of injuries, but we have a lot of damage.”
Other Global Disasters
- Queensland, Australia. Townsville in the Australian state of Queensland has been declared a disaster zone after a “freak storm” described as “mini tornado” left a 500m path of destruction, leaving at least 60 homes and businesses with major structural damage, a report said.
- The tornado reportedly packed wind of higher than 111km/h [an EF2 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale.]
- The worst affected areas were suburbs of Vincent, Gulliver, Currajong and Pimlico, which remain in blackout.
- North Island, New Zealand. A severe storm with high winds pounded New Zealand’s North Island felling trees, knocking out power lines and causing extensive flooding.
- The storm dumped more than two months’ worth of rain on parts of the region, a report said.
- Severe weather closed schools and forced dozens of flight cancellations in and out of Auckland Airport.
- More wild weather, torrential rains and flooding are forecast for the region.
- Germany. The number of farms reporting Schmallenberg virus have jumped up by more than 10 percent in seven days. [up from 847 farms on March 5, and 908 farms on March 12]
- Sheep, cattle and goat from 1,000 farms [up from 847 farms on March 5, and 908 farms on March 12] have been tested positive for Schmallenberg virus (SBV) as of March 19, 2012.
- “The cases occurred in 160 cattle holdings, 799 sheep holdings and 41 goat holdings.” FLI reported.
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- France. A total of 824 farms have reported SBV infection in France as of March 16, 2012. That is a rise of 23% in reported SBV cases in a week. (Source: Centre de ressources épidémiosurveillance).
Map of farms in France with reported SBV cases. Source: survepi.org; enhanced by FIRE-EARTH
- United Kingdom. Schmallenberg virus (SBV) infection has been identified on 190 farms [up from 158 farms on March 12 and 92 farm on March 2] located in 22 counties. The rise represents a jump of more than 20 percent since March 12, 2012. “Fourteen of the positive cases have been diagnosed in cattle, 176 in sheep,” DEFRA reported.
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