Major storms in Japan, China, Vietnam and Romania

"The Day After Tomorrow" says it so pefectly!

Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico acting as "The Day After Tomorrow!" Another massive quake hits Mexico! Massive mag 7.1 hits again...

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Another massive quake has hit Mexico for the second time in 3 weeks, a mag 7.1 - 5km ENE of Raboso, Mexico just 11 days after a massive mag 8.2 struck the west coast which was the biggest Mexican earthquake in 100 years.

According to La Times, today's quake is on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage to the capital.

While we are focusing on the Caribbean this is truly global weather!

500,000 people evacuated from Japan and China with heaviest rain in 40 years from Tropical Storm Talim

NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite saw Extra-Tropical Storm Talim on Sept. 18 at 0254 UTC over southwestern Japan. Credits: NOAA/NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team

the Big Wobble,

19 September, 2017

Hundreds of thousands were evacuated Sunday after Tropical Storm Talim made landfall in Japan, packing strong winds and heavy rainfall.
Nearly a foot of rain has already fallen in parts of eastern Kyushu, according to weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce.

The torrential downpours could result in flooding and landslides.
In Kagoshima Prefecture, 230,000 people were evacuated, EuroNews.com reports.

Nearly 60,000 were issued evacuation orders in parts of Oita and Miyazaki prefectures, the Japan Times reports.

"The mountains seem about to collapse," a resident of Asakura told EuroNews.
"I think it will be okay but I am still scared."

A 71-year-old man is reportedly missing in Oita prefecture, where more than 500 people have become stranded, Xinhuanet reports.

Operators of bullet trains reported stoppages due to power outages and the heavy rain, Bloomberg reports.

The storm caused flight cancellations Saturday after bringing high winds and significant rainfall to the country's southern islands.

China Airlines, Tigerair Taiwan and EVA Airways have all cancelled flights, Focus Taiwan reports. The storm will continue to affect Japan with heavy rain and gusty winds as it accelerates northeastward according to Dolce.

Before hitting mainland Japan, Talim caused more than 18,000 homes in the city of Miyako, located about 1,000 miles southwest of Tokyo and home to 54,000 people, to lose power.

The highest 24-hour rainfall total in more than 40 years was recorded there Wednesday.

Trees were uprooted and power lines knocked down on Miyako Island and its neighbouring islands, the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper reported to SBS.com.

The Miyako-Jima Island airport clocked a wind gust of 108 mph late Wednesday, local time, and picked up a 24-hour record rainfall of 18.86 inches, notes weather.com meteorologist Jon Erdman. Over a two-day period, Miyako-Jima picked up 20.30 inches, also a record, there, dating to 1977. Talim pushed high surf toward the coast of China, where more than 200,000 people had been evacuated from the Chinese provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang of Wednesday.

According to UNTV, the storm had already raised the tide more than 30 feet in Yuhuan, in the Zhejiang province. "We've evacuated all the people here, providing them with daily supplies," said Yongxing Community Committee of Sansha City deputy director Zhao Heng.

Typhoon Doksuri tore through Vietnam this weekend killing 4 with almost 100,000 evacuated and 123,000 homes destroyed

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the Big Wobble,

19 September, 2017

Shaken residents in central Vietnam were piecing their homes and businesses back together yesterday after a powerful typhoon hammered large swathes of the country's coast, leaving at least four people dead.

Typhoon Doksuri tore through Vietnam on Friday afternoon, reducing structures to piles of debris and knocking out electricity and telecommunications in several provinces, in one of the worst storms to hit the country in years.

Residents woke up yesterday to find widespread destruction in normally idyllic coastal communities popular among beachgoers.

"I sat inside my house, covering my ears, I didn't dare leave as I was so scared," said Ms Mai Thi Tinh, whose restaurant in Ha Tinh province was completely destroyed.

"The power is still off so we can't do anything.

I don't know how long it will take to recover."

At least four people were killed and eight injured, according to Vietnam's Disaster Management Authority.

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Some 123,000 homes were damaged, and trees and power lines were torn down in five hard-hit provinces, the disaster agency said.

"The wind was so bad that I hid under the bed.

I'm old but I'm afraid of death," said 70-year-old retired teacher Tran Ngoc Khang.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Ha Tinh province yesterday to survey the damage.

"We have to quickly mobilise forces to repair houses and damaged schools...

We have to ensure people can get back to normal life," he said on state-run Vietnam Television. Nearly 80,000 people were evacuated as the storm bore down, while the government deployed a quarter of a million troops and a fleet of vehicles and shpis.

Forecasters warned of a risk of flooding and landslides as the storm swept through the central and northern parts of the country.

Vietnam's central coast is routinely lashed by storms, especially during the tropical storm season from May to October.

Vietnam has already been hit by severe weather this year, with 140 people dead or missing in natural disasters since January, according to official figures.

After an unseasonal heatwave with temps well above 30deg C powerful storms kill 8 and injure 70 in Western Romania as winds reach 100km/h

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the Big Wobble,

19 September, 2017

Eight people lost their lives and almost 70 were injured as powerful storms hit Western Romania on Sunday evening.

The wind reached speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour bringing down hundreds of trees, electricity poles, and tearing household roofs.

The most affected areas were Timis and Arad counties, in Western Romania, where six people were killed in the storm.

In Timisoara, a woman died after being hit by the branches of a tree at the city zoo.

Another man lost his life after a billboard fell on his car, according to local Mediafax. Some 27 more people were injured in Timisoara, where the wind was so powerful that it even overturned trucks on the road.

Two people were also killed in Bistrita-Nasaud county, in Northern Romania.
One of them was hit by a tree in the city's park.

In Alba county, over 15,000 households were left without electricity as the powerful wind broke the electricity lines.

Six people were also injured in Alba.

Romania has experienced unusually hot weather for this time of year in the last few days, with temperatures reaching 34 degrees Celsius in the Southern regions on Sunday.

The weather is expected to turn bad in the next few days and rain may take over the country.