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Up to seven inches of rain fell in just three hours overnight, “transforming the glitzy streets of Cannes, Nice and Antibes into debris-strewn rivers,” AFP reports. “In Cannes —home of the glitzy film festival—the torrent carried some cars out to sea, city hall said.”
More @CBCNews on flash floods on #FrenchRiviera kill 16 people: http://t.co/NvQWiUib7d pic.twitter.com/GoN9V0AO3I
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) October 4, 2015
The storm is being referred to as a “medicane,” a portmanteau of the words Mediterranean and hurricane. Due to the dry nature of the Mediterranean, these tropical-like cyclones are rare meteorological phenomena.
A severe #medicane lashes the French Riviera, with widespread #flooding and at least 4 dead http://t.co/ByRdRHECwu pic.twitter.com/aUkiTsDHGE
— The Age (@theage) October 4, 2015
3. China Typhoon Kills Six, Spawns “Several Strong Tornadoes”
#ClimateChange
7 dead, 223 injured as tornadoes brought by Typhoon Mujigae ravage China’s…http://t.co/efovaX6PqG pic.twitter.com/5qwaxn0uE7— Healing Inspirations (@RisingSign) October 5, 2015
“A typhoon bringing heavy rain churned inland through southern China on Monday, a day after making landfall, killing at least six people, injuring hundreds, knocking out power and overturning cars,” reports Reuters. “The storm made landfall in the southern province of Guangdong on Sunday, triggering widespread blackouts, state media said. Winds knocked out power grids along the coast, leaving large areas without electricity, water or telecommunications.”
Four people have died and another 16 are missing, reports BBC. Though, AP has put the death toll at nine. Nearly 200,000 people were evacuated before the storm made landfall. The storm spawned “several strong tornadoes” and authorities warned flooding and mudslides were possible in the southwestern province of Yunnan.
https://twitter.com/ShanghaiUpdate/status/651016591765737474
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