High-impact
weather and climate events
in December 2006
The
information summarized has been culled from international press reports and is
indicative only. For official information, including final statistics, readers
are advised to contact the National Meteorological Service of the country in
question.
Heavy
rain/gales/floods
Kenya, Malaysia, United Kingdom
Kenya
Heavy rains trapped hundreds of tourists in the Masai Mara game reserve.
Malaysia
Flooding caused by the heaviest rains in 100 years forced more than 20 000
people to flee their homes in the southern state of Johor.
United
Kingdom
Perthshire and other parts of Scotland were badly hit by high winds and heavy
rain, disrupting the supply of power to over 1 600 homes.
Drought
Kenya, USA
Kenya
Several scores of livestock were lost to drought, especially along the Darwa
River on the Kenya/Ethiopia border.
USA
Texas suffered the worst single-year losses in livestock.
Snow
storm/ice/avalanche
India, USA
India
Six people were killed in avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall in Indian
Kashmir.
USA
A major snowstorm blew
across Colorado leaving more than 30 cm of snow in several places. Several
deaths were recorded in Illinois and Missouri as a result of bitter cold.
Severe
storm
Argentina, Uruguay
Argentina
Six people died in a severe storm that hit Buenos Aires.
Uruguay
Two people were killed in the south of the country.
Tornado
United Kingdom
At least six people were injured and several homes severely damaged when a
tornado struck a residential area of north-west London.
Tropical
cyclones
Philippines, Seychelles, Viet Nam
Viet Nam
At least 47 people were killed with more than 300 injured and thousands of
houses destroyed, when Durian struck
the southern coast.
Philippines
At least six people were killed and thousands injured when Utor,
a category 2 typhoon with gusts of up to 150 km/h struck the archipelago.
Seychelles
Thirty-five people
were evacuated from a remote atoll ahead of tropical cyclone Bondo, with expected winds of 190 km/h.
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