Severe weather

Severe weather associated with tropical depression near Tonga

TD09F is moving at a speed of 15knots (30km/hr) and is expected to lie at about 380km West Northwest of Nuku'alofa at 4pm today.

According to Tonga Met, associated strong to gale force winds, cloudy conditions and periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms will continue to affect the group by today and tomorrow.

Heavy rain could cause flooding in low lying areas.  

Residents in coastal areas can expect very rough seas and damaging swells up to five metres.

 

Photo source Tonga Met Services 

     

Severe weather hits US Southeast

In South Carolina, Jason Matthews, 66, died Monday when strong winds flipped his mobile home several times, Union County Sheriff David Taylor said.

"He was barely alive when (his) brother found him. By the time EMS and law enforcement could get to him he had died from his injuries," Taylor said.

Earlier, in Florence, Mississippi, 52-year-old Jacqueline Williams was on the phone Monday morning with 911, trying to direct rescuers after her vehicle went off the road into a creek, Rankin County Coroner David Ruth said. She was unable to get out and died.