Extreme Vietnam Floods Footage Compilation 2016 (Oct 14, 2016)

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Vietnam floods: deaths reported, tens of thousands of homes destroyed. Authorities mobilise army and police to rescue trapped residents in central Vietnam following torrential rain. Officials warned the region could be hammered again if typhoon Sarika in the South China Sea reaches Vietnam. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/vietnam-floods-deaths-reported-tens-of-thousands-of-homes-destroyed A low pressure system made landfall in the central province of…

Hurricane Nicole Bermuda Footage Compilation (Oct 13, 2016)

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Category 3 Hurricane Nicole is pounding Bermuda after putting on an impressive round of rapid intensification that saw the hurricane top out as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds early Thursday morning. Category 3 Hurricane Nicole Pounding Bermuda https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/category-3-hurricane-nicole-pounding-bermuda NASA Sees Large Dangerous Hurricane Nicole Closing in on Bermuda http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nicole-atlantic-ocean

Katrina-like floods in North Carolina #Aerial Footage (Oct 10, 2016)

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President Obama declared a federal emergency in North Carolina, where Hurricane Matthew has killed over a dozens of people. Rescuers are still pulling people on board to safety, but flooding have left thousands stranded without living areas. Hurricane Matthew Floodwaters Slowly Recede https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3476 Music by Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic/featured Teaser image via FEMA

NASA Takes You Inside The Science Of Hurricane Matthew

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We’re talking about the science behind Hurricane Matthew using NASA satellite observations from space. NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement Mission or GPM core satellite saw tremendous amounts of rainfall throughout Haiti. GPM has now captured Matthew near the Florida coast undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle, a process that may re-intensify the storm. NASA scientists Dr. Owen…

Aerial Footage: Haiti Town Destroyed By Hurricane Matthew

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The pilot who took this video, which was provided by the non-profit organization Haitian Health Foundation, said Jeremie is “wiped out. Barely 1 percent of houses are standing. The people are alive … they survived. But soon, they may starve. They’re cut-off.” http://abcnews.go.com/International/aerial-video-captures-devastating-impact-hurricane-matthew-haiti/story?id=42606165

Hurricane Matthew Hispaniola U.S. Landfall Growing Threat

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October 3, 2016: Colossal amounts of rain are soaking Haiti and the Dominican Republic as Category 4 Hurricane Matthew heads for an encounter with the western end of Hispaniola. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ As of the National Hurricane Center’s update at 8:00 pm EDT Monday, Matthew was located about 200 miles south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, moving just east…