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Tropical Cyclone 13S aiming Madagascar

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The Watchers - 1/28/13, By Chillymanjaro

New tropical system is forming near La Reunion Islands. According to latest JTWC report, Tropical cyclone  13S was located approximately 590 nm northeast of La Reunion, and is moving west-southwestward at 11 knots. Animated multispectral satellite imagery reveals a partially exposed low-level circulation center with flaring deep convection sheared to the north. Tc 13S remains in a marginal environment with moderate vertical wind shear  which is being offset by good poleward outflow into an upper-level low.   TC 13s is forecast to track westward under the steering influence of the deep subtropical ridge through the next three days, but will then turn poleward along the western periphery of...

New tropical system is forming near La Reunion Islands. According to latest JTWC report, Tropical cyclone  13S was located approximately 590 nm northeast of La Reunion, and is moving west-southwestward at 11 knots. Animated multispectral satellite imagery reveals a partially exposed low-level circulation center with flaring deep convection sheared to the north. Tc 13S remains in a marginal environment with moderate vertical wind shear  which is being offset by good poleward outflow into an upper-level low.

Queensland's flood crisis deepens as death toll rises to three

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The Australian - 1/28/13, Sarah Elks

QUEENSLAND was today in the grip of another extraordinary flood crisis, with three people dead, helicopters rescuing residents from roofs, and cities and towns facing inundation.

Dramatic rescues were underway in Bundaberg, where the city's worst flood on record left dozens of people trapped on rooftops.

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Indonesia tries to control flooding in capital Jakarta

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Herald Sun - 1/26/13, AAP

Indonesia Floods

Local residents ride on a bamboo raft in a flooded street in northern Jakarta, Indonesia. Source: AP

INDONESIAN authorities will use generators and cloud-seeding measures to defuse and push away rain-laden clouds to avoid more flooding that has paralysed Jakarta, an official says.

Heavy rain over the mega-city last week caused 32 deaths and at its peak forced nearly 46,000 people to flee their inundated homes, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, told AFP.

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Indonesia landslides leave several dead

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BBC News - 1/27/13

At least 11 people have died and several others have been injured in two separate landslides in western Indonesia, officials have said.

In Agam district, in West Sumatra province, 15 houses were buried beneath mud and rocks, killing seven.

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~Space Weather Update~ Still Quiet ~ Entering Solar Wind Stream

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THE QUIET CONTINUES: For the 7th day in a row, solar activity is very low. None of the sunspots on the Earthside of the sun is actively flaring. NOAA forecasters put the odds of an M-class solar flare today at no more than 5%. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

NORTHERN LIGHTS: A solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field on Jan. 26th, sparking auroras around the Arctic Circle. The moon was full at the same time, shining like a floodlight, but the auroras were bright enough to be seen anyway:

Matt Melnyk took the picture from a spot just outside Edmonton, Alberta. "The Moon was bright but it did not stop the aurora from showing!" he says. "The display started off dim then exploded into a vast array of green and purple."

NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on Jan. 27th. However, Earth is exiting the solar wind stream, and this will reduce the chances of more bright Northern Lights tonight. Aurora alerts: text, voice.

Live: Brisbane to flood, wild weather alerts remain

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Radio Australia - 1/27/13

Brisbane and Ipswich will flood this week, with floodwaters predicted to inundate 3,600 homes and 1,250 businesses in Brisbane, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has revealed. Torrential rainfall continues to fall across central and southern Queensland but Mr Newman emphasises the flooding will not be as severe as in 2011.

The Army has deployed three Black Hawk helicopters to help with flood evacuations in Bundaberg, where the Burnett River has broken its banks and hundreds of homes and businesses will flood. An elderly man's body has been recovered from waters at Burnett Heads, while a woman and a man are missing in floodwaters in Maryborough and Gympie. Follow our live coverage for updates as they happen.

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UK Weather Chaos: Floods Predicted Across Country

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International Business Times - 1/27/13, Tom Porter

A family of swans swims calmly through a flooded field of ruined runner beans (Reuters)

A family of swans swims calmly through a flooded field of ruined runner beans (Reuters)
 

Flooding is expected across the United Kingdom on Sunday 27 January as ice thaws and heavy rainfall is forecast.

Over Saturday night flooding hit Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire in Wales as well as parts of Dorset.

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Cyclone Garry’s Strength Peaking In South Pacific

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Eurasia Review - 1/27/13

NASA’s Aqua satellite identified powerful thunderstorms around the center of Cyclone Garry as the storm continued to intensify over warm waters of the South Pacific Ocean. Garry has prompted warnings for the southern group of the Cook Islands.

When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Cyclone Garry the AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of Garry’s clouds, providing temperature data to forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (whom forecast tropical cyclones in that region). AIRS, the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument, showed that there was a large area of powerful thunderstorms where cloud tops were so high that they were as cold as -63 degrees Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius). Those thunderstorms were producing heavy rainfall over the open waters of the Southern Pacific Ocean.

NASA sees troublesome remnants of Cyclone Oswald still causing problems

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Phys.org - 1/26/13

NASA sees troublesome remnants of Cyclone Oswald still causing problems

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Oswald's remnants on Jan. 25 at 1458 UTC (9:58 a.m. ES/U.S.) as it hugged the southeastern coast of Queensland, dumping heavy rainfall. Credit: NRL/NASA

Ex-tropical cyclone Oswald doesn't know when to stop causing problems for Queensland, Australia, and now teamed up with a low pressure area, it continues to bring heavy rainfall. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the remnants and saw Oswald hugging the southeastern Queensland coast.

Oswald has dropped a lot of rainfall throughout Queensland. An earlier rainfall analysis using NASA's TRMM satellite data showed Oswald and its remnants had dropped over 600 mm (~23.6 inches) of rain in areas of the Cape York Peninsula near the Gulf of Carpentaria. Higher rainfall totals have been recorded over the southern Capricornia district.

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