2011年8月2日星期二

Time: Worst winter storms in Perth

Flooding in Manila elementary schoolFilipino students return to school after a break in the middle of the floods in the city of Malabon, West of Manila, Philippines this week. Photography: Rolex of Pe?a/EPA

Southwest Australia, including Perth, was hit by one of its worst storm so far this winter on Wednesday last week. A strong cold front swept through the area about 7.30 am, strong winds and heavy rains. A gust of 57 km/h took place at Swanbourne, located on the coast, with 45 mph recorded at Perth Airport. However, damage to more than 30 houses in the vicinity of Waroona, bursts were calculated that they have reached 78 mph.

After more than 30 deaths, flooding and destruction across Luzon in the Northern Philippines early last week, tropical storm Nock-Ten continued towards the Northwest and South hit China on Friday afternoon. Nock-Ten made landfall on the city of Wenchang, in the province of southern China Hainan. In the West of Hainan Dongfang recorded 141 mm of rain on Friday, accompanied by winds of up to 63 kilometers per hour. Eastern made Nock-Ten most powerful storm to hit China this year.

With a system of high pressure near by, much of Eastern Europe had a spell hot last week. This instigated heat development thunder-storm on Thursday, with 51 mm of rain fall in Aluksne, Latvia, 12 hours until 9 pm. Also on Thursday, the temperature in Moscow reached 33.8 (c), almost 10 degrees above the average for this time of year. However, there was an end to this dominant high pressure on Friday as a cold front sweeping, put in a little more fresh air.


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