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As
I wake up attention goes to Fiji, as well as Samoa which is trying to
recover.
Meanwhile
there is extreme weather elsewhere. Snow in Arizona and the Ukraine.
Remember, snow is another form of precipitation.
Hurricane-force
winds in Fiji
18
December, 2012
Thousands
of people spent Monday night in evacuation centres as Fiji was
whipped by hurricane force winds that uprooted trees, lifted roofs,
and damaged buildings.
The
Red Cross said crews were sent home because it was too dangerous for
them to work while wind speeds were more than 200km per hour.
Fiji
MetService says the cyclone is now slowly moving away from the
islands.
Duty
forecaster Terry Ataiofo said Evan was west south west of Kadavu, an
island to the south of the Fiji group, early on Tuesday morning.
The
cyclone is expected to weaken as it moves further south.
East and West coast of U.S. hit by near simultaneous winter storms
NBC,
17
December, 2012
Up
to 12 inches of further snowfall is forecast for parts of northern
New England - and a second wintry storm is crossing the U.S. in its
wake, according to Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth. The
current snowfall in northern New York state and New England will
continue through Tuesday night and into Wednesday, with as much as 15
inches possible in some areas.
Meanwhile,
another cross-country storm – Winter Storm Draco – was expected
to bring heavy snow to the Northwest on Monday.
The
higher elevations of the Cascades will see as much as 2 to 3 feet of
snow above 7000 feet, Weather.com reported, with significant
accumulations below 3000 feet.
The
National Weather Service said the probability of “large amounts of
snow remains high across the majority of windward facing slopes of
the Pacific Northwest and portions of the Northern Rockies.”
King5.com
reported that the storm is expected to bring high winds to Western
Washington and whiteout conditions to the west slopes of the Cascades
and passes.
The
system is expected to move to the Southwest and Rockies Tuesday and
Wednesday before bringing snow to the eastern half of the country
later Wednesday through Friday.
Roth
added there would likely be lake-effect snow threat behind the storm
on Thursday and Friday.
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