The Tornadoes, Cyclones, Hurricanes & Typhoons Thread.

Not catastrophic this time, but pretty serious consequences:
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Hurricane Ida: One million people in Louisiana without power

Louisiana is assessing the damage after the storm knocked out power for nearly one million people.
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One person was killed when a tree fell on their home in Ascension Parish, in the Baton Rouge area.
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Over one million homes in Louisiana are without power, and Mr Biden said it could take weeks to restore supplies.

The president has declared a major disaster in the state, releasing extra funds for rescue and recovery efforts.
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Ida came ashore on the 16th anniversary of Katrina, a category three storm.

Since then, billions of dollars have been spent on flood defences, known as levees. So far, the levees have held, though a flash flood warning is in place for New Orleans.
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High winds tore part of the roof off a hospital in the town of Cut Off, Louisiana, just inland from the Gulf of Mexico. The hospital said it had suffered "significant damage" but that its patients were safe.
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This was before it hit, look like a big one.
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The 2021_22 southern Indian ocean season kicks off officially on the 15th of November 21.
So far there have been two false starts in the last 14 days. Just don't consolidate enough to form a tropical depression.
 
After quite a few false starts, the first tropical disturbance has formed in the south western Indian Ocean. Moving fast towards Mauritius.
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The TD did not sustain itself and has disappeared.
 
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Looks like Kentucky and Missouri got hit by nukes.

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More than 80 feared dead after tornadoes hit central and southern US | CNN

Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes late Friday and early Saturday across parts of the central and southern United States, collapsing buildings into twisted debris and claiming lives, with officials fearing the death toll could exceed 80.
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Really frightening in the night:

 
Moosedrool said:
More than 30 tornadoes confirmed being spotted in one night Dec 2010 - 2011.

www.theguardian.com

At least 70 dead as tornadoes sweep US midwest, leaving many without power – as it happened

More than 30 tornadoes pummel a 200-mile-plus area across midwest and central states – follow all the latest
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Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021 - Wikipedia

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Discussed in this thread in the News forum:

(US) Deadly tornado outbreak underway in nation's heartland

https://www.foxweather.com/live-news/severe-weather-outbreak-in-the-mid-south 50-100 trapped in Illinois Amazon warehouse collapse: WHAT WE KNOW An automated Mesonet weather station in Grave County, Kentucky registered a gust of 107 mph as severe weather moved through the region. At...
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Flood damage over Madagascar and parts of central Southern Africa from TS Ana:
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Storm Ana kills dozens in Malawi, Madagascar and Mozambique

Some 100,000 people have lost their homes in Madagascar, while parts of Malawi are disaster zones.
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Madagascar has seen at least 41 deaths and 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes to makeshift shelters.

In Malawi, at least 19 people have died. The country has suffered a nationwide power cut and some areas have been declared disaster zones.

Mozambique, meanwhile, reports more than a dozen deaths.
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TC Batsirai is making landfall over southern Madagascar today. The satellite image shows a significant eye feature, so both wind and flood damage are likely:
 

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