Weather for the Sailor

AFP - A violent storm that walloped Central America over the weekend killed more than 100 people and left a swath of destruction, officials said Monday.

Villagers used hoes and pick axes on Tuesday to hunt for victims of landslides that have killed at least 180 people in Central America while ...

AFP - A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit off India's Andaman Islands early Tuesday, seismologists said, but no widespread tsunami was expected.

AP - Flooding and landslides from the season's first tropical storm have killed at least 142 people and left thousands homeless in Central America, officials said Monday.

Partly cloudy 31°C

Humidity:

74%

Wind Speed:

19 KMH

Wind Direction:

E (080°)

Barometer:

1012 mb

Dewpoint:

26°C

Heat Index:

38°C

Wind Chill:

31°C

Visibility:

11 km

AFP - A strong earthquake off India's Andaman Islands has a potential to create a local tsunami near the epicenter, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Monday.

Reuters - A magnitude 6.4 quake struck east of India's Andaman Islands and triggered a local tsunami warning, the U.S. Geological Survey and Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported on Monday.

Reuters - Stunned victims of Tropical Storm Agatha wept by destroyed homes and rescue crews dug bodies out of mud in Guatemala on Monday after torrential rain killed at least 113 people across Central America.

Reuters - President Barack Obama's Memorial Day observance was stopped in its tracks on Monday by a torrential downpour accompanied by bolts of lightning and booming thunder.

AP - A hurricane season predicted to be one of the wettest on record opens Tuesday in the Caribbean, where hundreds of thousands of Haitian earthquake victims have only tarps or fraying tents to protect them in a major storm.