No. 0930

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No. 0930 · Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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  1. 1Thai government deputy spokesperson and the Royal Irrigation Department via Khaosod English, Sep 30 2026 (reported) — Chao Phraya Dam discharge raised to 2,500 m3/s from noon Sep 30; inflow of 3,600-3,700 m3/s expected in coming days; flow at the C.2 station, Nakhon Sawan, peaking near 3,000 m3/s on Oct 2; 11 provinces warned: Uthai Thani, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Suphan Buri, Lop Buri, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Bangkok.
  2. 2Thai Public Health Ministry figures via the Bangkok Post, 'Floods across four regions, 40 fatalities', Sep 30 2026 (reported) — 40 flood deaths nationwide; about 2,700 km2 flooded across four regions, the Central Plains worst at 2,208 km2. The disaster-prevention department's own count stood at 23 on Sep 29; tolls are relayed, not re-counted.
  3. 3Thailand Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation via Nation Thailand, Sep 29 2026 (reported) — 2,602,309 people and 940,300 households affected in 167 districts of 29 provinces plus Bangkok; in Ayutthaya, 8 districts, 28,176 households and 88,473 people affected as rising dam releases push river levels higher; in Bangkok about 700,000 people affected. Bangkok governor via press desks, Sep 30 (reported) — full drainage could take about a week.
  4. 4Météo-France vigilance and communiqué, Wed Sep 30 2026 — Vigilance Rouge pluie-inondation for Gard and eastern Hérault, 'épisode méditerranéen exceptionnel', valid from 08:00 to midnight; 200-300 mm widely, locally up to 400 mm on the Gard plain and littoral; hourly rates 50-80 mm; orange for Lozère, southern Ardèche and Bouches-du-Rhône; the orange tail runs into Thu Oct 1.
  5. 5Gard and Hérault prefectures via franceinfo, Sep 30 2026 (reported) — all schools in the Gard and part of those in the Hérault closed Wednesday; public transport interrupted.
  6. 6AEMET recaps, Sep 30 2026 — Spain's red and orange rain warnings have ended; a single yellow in northern Navarra; Sep 28-29 recorded more than 90 mm in 3 hours in the Baix Empordà.
  7. 7NHC Hurricane Rachel Public Advisory 13, 200 AM MST Wed Sep 30 2026 (0900Z), read directly from nhc.noaa.gov — 17.6 N 107.2 W, about 330 mi W of Lazaro Cardenas; maximum sustained 85 mph (140 km/h); 979 mb; NW at 10 mph, slowing over the next day or two; rapid strengthening expected today, Rachel could become a major hurricane within the next day or so; Tropical Storm Warning Punta San Telmo to Playa Perula; Tropical Storm Watch north of Playa Perula to Cabo Corrientes; rainfall 4-8 in, isolated 12 in, across coastal Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco, life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
  8. 8NHC Tropical Weather Outlook, eastern North Pacific, Sep 30 2026 — Tropical Depression Nineteen-E (Advisory 4, 30 mph, 1006 mb, 13.6 N 129.4 W) far from land; a low south of southern Mexico, 30 percent chance of formation in 7 days.
  9. 9CPHC Tropical Storm Nolo Public Advisory 39 (issued by NHC), 1100 PM HST Tue Sep 29 2026 (0900Z Sep 30), read directly from nhc.noaa.gov — 22.4 N 164.6 W, about 150 mi (240 km) SE of French Frigate Shoals and 335 mi W of Lihue; maximum sustained 70 mph (110 km/h); 987 mb; WNW at 6 mph, turning west overnight or early Wednesday, then generally west through late week; further weakening in the short term, re-intensification later in the week; Tropical Storm Warning Nihoa to French Frigate Shoals; Tropical Storm Watch French Frigate Shoals to Maro Reef; 3-6 in of rain over Kauai and Niihau through Thursday; life-threatening surf and rip currents on the main Hawaiian Islands.
  10. 10WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook, issued 0056Z Wed Sep 30 2026, Days 1-3 — Day 1 Moderate risk over south-east Arizona including Tucson, much of New Mexico and west Texas; Day 2 Moderate in three zones: the Front Range and southern Colorado into northern New Mexico, the southern Plains from Oklahoma into Texas including the Hill Country and the Red River, and the central Plains into the Corn Belt; Day 3 Moderate from south-central Texas through Dallas-Fort Worth to eastern Oklahoma.
  11. 11Doña Ana County and state officials via NPR/AP, KRWG and the Albuquerque Journal, Sep 29-30 2026 (reported) — floodwater over the top of the 20-foot McLeod Dam near Garfield; evacuation orders for Rincon, Salem, Garfield, Hatch and Placitas along the Rio Grande; a flash-flood emergency declared; shelters at the Radium Springs and Doña Ana community resource centres; water rescues in Arizona.
  12. 12NHC Remnants of Polo Advisory 38, 800 PM MST Tue Sep 29 2026 — 30.5 N 108.0 W, dissipating over north-western Mexico; maximum sustained 35 mph; 996 mb; moisture spreading across the US Southwest.
  13. 13SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook (06Z Sep 30 2026) and Day 2 Outlook — Day 1 Slight risk from south-west Oklahoma and north-west Texas into the Edwards Plateau, mainly severe gusts, a brief tornado possible; Day 2 Marginal. SPC Fire Weather Outlook Day 1 — no critical area.
  14. 14NWS active-alerts API (api.weather.gov), read about 09:00Z Sep 30 2026 — 212 active alerts (113 land, 99 marine), clustered in TX, AZ, KS and NM; no Red Flag Warnings; no winter alerts.
  15. 15JMA typhoon information for Tropical Storm Surigae (Typhoon No. 26, TC2632), analysis 15:00 JST Wed Sep 30 2026, issued 15:45 JST (0645Z), read directly from the JMA bosai typhoon feed — 31.1 N 138.4 E, about 260 km SSW of Hachijojima; maximum sustained 18 m/s (35 kt, 10-minute), gusts 25 m/s (50 kt); 1000 hPa; NE at 20 km/h; forecast 32.4 N 139.3 E, about 90 km SSW of Hachijojima, at 03:00 JST Oct 1, then 150 km SE of Choshi at 15:00 JST Oct 1; extratropical far east of Japan by 15:00 JST Oct 2.
  16. 16Weathernews and Japanese desks, Sep 29-30 2026 (reported) — Tokyo and the Izu Islands on alert; PAGASA had named the system Queenie inside the Philippine area of responsibility.
  17. 17Saudi National Center for Meteorology early-warning coverage, Sep 28-Oct 2 2026 — a heavy-rain and flash-flood episode across Jazan, Asir, Al-Baha and the Makkah highlands (Taif, Adham, Al-Ardiyat), intensifying midweek, with hail, strong downdrafts and near-zero visibility. The exact count of red alerts for Sep 30 was not read.
  18. 18Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency national flood advisory via The Whistler, Sep 28 2026 (reported) — high flood risk in 17 states from Sep 28 to Oct 4, driven by the Cross River and Imo River basins; more than 6,800 communities and 5,800 schools exposed.
  19. 19INAMHI (Ecuador) and IDEAM (Colombia) via El Comercio and Primicias, Sep 29-30 2026 (reported) — seven rivers over their banks in Esmeraldas, Manabí and Guayas, with an intense rain period overnight Sep 30 to Oct 1; in Colombia, landslide alerts across about 371 municipalities and red river-rise alerts in the Bajo Magdalena-Cauca-San Jorge and Pacific basins.
  20. 20Bloomberg and Reuters, Sep 24-28 2026 (reported) — the Rhine at Kaub fell to the lowest level in records going back to 1880 and below the threshold barge operators use to set loads; freight costs rising and chemical and steel shipments restricted. Readings for Sep 30 differ across aggregators, so no gauge value is printed.
  21. 21SENAPRED and the Dirección Meteorológica de Chile via La Tercera, Sep 30 2026 (reported) — 12,303 people isolated and 643 homeless or badly affected in south-central Chile, La Araucanía worst; a weaker front arrives Sep 30 and a very active system Fri Oct 2, with 100-150 mm and gusts near 80 km/h possible in the centre-south; warnings from Atacama to Biobío.
  22. 22NHC Tropical Storm Hanna Public Advisory 8, 900 AM GMT Wed Sep 30 2026 — 33.5 N 43.9 W, far out over the central Atlantic; maximum sustained 40 mph; 1006 mb; expected to become a remnant low by tonight. NHC Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook, 2 AM EDT Sep 30 — formation not expected over the next 7 days; no system in the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico.
  23. 23Fox Weather, AccuWeather and the Boston Globe, Sep 29-30 2026 (reported) — the 2026 Atlantic season has no hurricane yet, the first to reach this date without one since 1914.
  24. 24INMET heat-alert notice via O Tempo and Agência Brasil, Sep 30 2026 (reported) — the red extreme-heat alert runs until 18:00 Sep 30 and is not extended; nine states topped 40 °C; a cold front arrives today, with near- or below-average temperatures by Thursday.
  25. 25South African Weather Service warnings via The Citizen, Sep 30 2026 (reported) — yellow level-2 severe thunderstorms over Gauteng, central-eastern North West and central-western Limpopo; yellow level-2 damaging winds for Nelson Mandela Bay and Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape; extremely high fire danger in Matzikama, Cederberg and Bergrivier (Western Cape) and Kamiesberg (Northern Cape).
  26. 26IMD RSMC New Delhi press release and heavy-rain warnings, Sep 29-30 2026 — the Bay of Bengal depression weakened into a low over south-east Bangladesh and adjoining Myanmar, Mizoram and Tripura by 05:30 IST Sep 30; south-west monsoon withdrawal from north-west India expected about Oct 1; heavy to very heavy rain over Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand for the next 2-3 days; heavy rain over north-east India, interior Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Char Dham Yatra suspended (state officials via The Week, reported).
  27. 27NBRO and the Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka via Ada Derana, Sep 30 2026 (reported) — red (Level-3) landslide warnings stood down; seven districts remain under Level-2 (amber) or Level-1 warnings as the rain eases.
  28. 28Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Argentina) via La Nación, Sep 30 2026 (reported) — warnings lowered to yellow: storms over Misiones, Formosa and Salta; 15-30 cm of snow on the Mendoza cordillera; greater Buenos Aires clearing.
  29. 29Libyan National Meteorological Center via Libya Observer, Sep 29-30 2026 (reported) — the Sep 18-26 thunderstorm episode, with 3 deaths, is winding down.
  30. 30BoM state warning pages, Sep 30 2026 — severe thunderstorm warnings for the Eucla and South Interior (WA) and North West Pastoral (SA); a Flood Watch for parts of Gippsland and north-east and central Victoria; marine wind warnings off NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD and WA; a cold front reaching south-eastern Australia Thu Oct 1-Fri Oct 2, about 20 mm for Melbourne.
  31. 31Met Office UK weather warnings page, Sep 30 2026 — no warnings in force. DWD, Sep 30 — no severe-weather warnings in Germany, isolated thunderstorms in the west into Thu Oct 1. DPC Italy — no orange or red.
  32. 32Off-season status for the South-West Indian Ocean, the Australian region and the South Pacific via cyclocane, Sep 30 2026 (reported) — no active tropical cyclone. GDACS's red listing for Cyclone Gezani was dated February 2026 and excluded as stale.