Tag: Storm

 Engaging short stories and thought-provoking poems are part of author Charles L. Chatmon’s new book Storm Over South Central. Storm Over South Central offers readers an interesting read of Chatmon’s points of view of the oft-mentioned community while at the same time, humanizes its characters in the short stories in facing life altering decisions that affects the people close to them. Other tales are humorous and can be described as fables revealing issues that are not exclusive to South Los Angeles. Readers will discover topics in Chatmon’s poems to be informative, eye-opening and hopefully will spark conversation. Subjects such as ... Read more

 Delivery operations across Aberdeenshire were halted on Friday afternoon as Storm Eunice swept through the North of Scotland. By midday, Pegasus Couriers asked their 25 drivers travelling across the Aberdeenshire area to return to the depot. The driver recall was issued after several main bypasses closed, leaving tractors, cars and trucks stranded on major routes. This comes after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for heavy snow in the north and north-east of Scotland. Pegasus Couriers Aberdeen on-site manager, Darren Henderson, said that recall was for the safety of their drivers. “This is blizzard conditions and very dangerous. ... Read more

Tropical Storm Lionrock situation report (5) ********************************************      The No. 8 Southeast Gale or Storm Signal issued by the Hong Kong Observatory this morning (October 9) remains in force.      The Home Affairs Department has so far opened 21 temporary shelters in various districts and 121 people have sought refuge.      As at 10pm, the 1823 Government Call Centre and Leisure and Cultural Services Department have respectively received 165 reports and one report of fallen trees. The Drainage Services Department has confirmed three flooding cases. The number of landslide reports received by the Civil Engineering and Development Department remained three. ... Read more

Tropical Storm Lionrock situation report (4) ********************************************      The No. 8 Southeast Gale or Storm Signal issued by the Hong Kong Observatory this morning (October 9) remains in force.      The Home Affairs Department has so far opened 20 temporary shelters in various districts and 94 people have sought refuge at the shelters.      As at 7pm, the 1823 Government Call Centre has received 149 reports of fallen trees. The Drainage Services Department has confirmed three flooding cases. The three reports of landslides received by the Civil Engineering and Development Department remain unchanged.      According to the Hospital Authority, as ... Read more

According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): (Time of issue: 2015 HOURS IST, Dated: 23-05-2021, INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT) Depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal – (Pre-Cyclone watch for Odisha – West Bengal coasts).  The Depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-north-westwards with a speed of 5 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centred at 1730 hrs IST of today, the 23rd May, 2021 near latitude 16.2°N and longitude 89.9°E, about 590 km north-northwest of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 570 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 670 km south-southeast of Balasore (Odisha) and 650 ... Read more