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The 2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods (informally known in Tagalog as Hagupít ng Habagat, "wrath of the monsoon" and Bagsík ng Habagat, "fierceness of the monsoon", from habagat, the Filipino term for the southwest monsoon), was an eight-day period of torrential rain and thunderstorms in Luzon in the Philippines from August 1 to August 8, 2012.
The weather of 2012 marked the fewest fatalities from natural disasters in a decade, although there were several damaging and deadly floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes, and other weather events. These include blizzards , cold waves , droughts, heat waves , and wildfires .
Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, [2] access to the operations center is available via State Route 601 (also called Blueridge Mountain Road) in Bluemont, Virginia. [7] The facility is located near Purcellville, Virginia, 51 miles (82 km) west of Washington, D.C. [8] The site was originally opened as a weather station in the late 1800s. [9]
Of the major monsoon systems, only the North American monsoon is expected to have substantial decreases in total precipitation, with the most likely outcome being a 1%-6% reduction in summer rainfall.
In late October, a rainy nor'easter caused several flash floods in Southeast Virginia (U.S.) and injured over 100 people. 25 November 2009: 122 heavy rain More than 122 people died in flash floods that swept away highways and neighborhoods in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which was caused by heavy rains. [14] 20 February 2010: 42 heavy rain
2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods; R. 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods; S. Floods in Singapore This page was last edited on 27 April 2023, at 16:23 (UTC). Text is ...
As an annual weather pattern known as the North American monsoon continues to bring much-needed rain to the southwestern United States, moisture is forecast to expand over the West and bring the ...
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