With annual rainfall forecast to reach up to 5 000 mm (196.9 inches) from November 2024 through 2025, Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has urged local authorities to ramp up disaster preparedness efforts for the approaching peak of the rainy season.
Two powerful Pacific storm systems and an atmospheric river event will continue impacting the Pacific Northwest and northern California through the end of this week with heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher-elevation mountain snow.
A powerful, rapidly intensifying cyclone wreaked havoc across the northwestern United States and parts of Canada on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, causing at least 2 deaths and leaving more than 600 000 customers (approximately 1.5 million people) in the U.S. without power. Another 140 000 customers (approximately 335 000 people) were left without power in B.C., Canada.
Snowfall sweeping across the UK caused the closure of over 120 schools and suspended transport services on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Temperatures plunged to as low as -11.2 °C (11.8 °F) in Aberdeenshire on Monday, November 18 making it the coldest early winter night recorded in Scotland since 1998.
A powerful AR4 atmospheric river made landfall in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California on November 19, 2024, bringing prolonged rainfall, heavy snowfall, and significant flooding risks that are expected to worsen through November 22. Meteorologists warn that the storm could bring up to 380 mm (15 inches) of rain to the Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada, with some areas potentially receiving more.
Europe is bracing for widespread winter weather disruptions as an Arctic air mass pushes southward, triggering heavy snowfall, rain, and blizzards in November 2024. This shift, marked by a deep trough, will bring near-blizzard conditions to Sweden and Finland, while northern Italy and the Balkans face the risk of flash floods and heavy snow. Coastal regions of the UK and Ireland are also on alert for a powerful storm system with 150 km/h winds by the weekend.
Southern Brazil is bracing for heavy torrential rainfall between Tuesday and Wednesday, November 19 – 20, 2024, with regions like Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina expected to experience precipitation exceeding 100 mm (3.94 inches), according to MetSul Meteorologia.
Four typhoons have struck the Philippines in the last 10 days, with the latest Man-Yi having claimed 8 lives as of Monday, November 18, 2024. At least 160 people have died due to storms in the Philippines in the last 3 weeks, with the last three typhoons having caused combined damages worth roughly ₱469.8 million ($ 8 million).
Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, and snowfall are forecast across the central United States as a deep low-pressure system strengthens on Monday, November 18, 2024, posing significant risks to parts of the Plains and Upper Midwest.
A powerful Pacific low pressure system will impact the Northwest United States and Canada with strong winds, heavy rains and heavy mountain snow, starting Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The storm is expected to rapidly intensify as it approaches the coast.
