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Date: Thu Jun 03 2004 - 19:40:01 EDT
June 3, 2004 4:56 p.m.
Heavy rains in the northeastern Brazil state of Alagoas Monday
night into early Wednesday led to flooding and mudslides, which
killed 20 people. Over 2,000 others were left homeless as mudslides
destroyed their homes. The weather had improved late Wednesday and
Thursday as sunshine had returned.
Wednesday and Thursday, winds blowing offshore warmed South
Africa's southern and southwestern coasts to unusual levels,
especially for June. In Cape Town, the highs of 85 and 86 degrees,
respectively, were a full 20 degrees above June's daily mean high.
Nearby, Cape Point notched 83 degrees both days. Thursday, Cape
Agulhas was far warmer than its 63-degree average June high in
reaching 88, and Cape Saint Francis was about as warm (87 degrees).
Port Elizabeth spiked to 83 degrees on Wednesday and 86 on Thursday.
Other sites reaching the 80s and 15-20 degrees above average both days
were Mosselbaai (Mossel Bay) and George.
Stormy weather beset parts of southern Chile Thursday. The tiny
Evangelistas islands weathered sustained winds greater than 55 mph for
more than six hours as of midafternoon. The strong winds came with
rain and even thundery downpours containing hail.
Showers and thunderstorms soaked Vietnam's island of Con Son in
the southern South China Sea Wednesday to Thursday, local time.
Rainfall was 4.7 inches within 24 hours.
The season is never too late nor too early for snow over the
higher Alps of Europe. What is more, there are weather observatories
atop a few of the better-known peaks. Thursday, Germany's high spot,
Zugspitze, observed a snow depth of 120 inches. Sonnblick, Austria
which has received nearly 2 feet of new snow since Monday reported a
snow depth of 177 inches.
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