Nice For One Day Here; Disasters In Sicily And Brazil

Some pastel colors in the sky at dawn Sunday in St. Albans,
Vermont. Calm weather today ahead of storminess tomorrow,'
but at least things won't be extreme like they
are in some parts of the world. 

Today will be strangely nice for late November here in Vermont.  There will be a fair amount of sun during our short daylight hours, and temperatures will warm well into the 40s, and maybe touch 50 degrees in a few spots.  

That's a nice departure from the chill and dark gloom that is normally a near constant aspect of life in Vermont as we near the first of December.

We're still expecting that storm Monday and Monday night with wind and rain. But it will be a warm storm, as temperatures in many areas top 50 degrees both Monday and Tuesday. Highs should be in the 30s this time of year. 

This storm, while bringing inclement weather, will fall far short of any kind of disaster. At worst, there might be some scattered power failures. And no flooding. We'll get a decent slug of rain, but not nearly enough to send creeks, streams and rivers rising to bothersome levels. 

Of course, while we here in Vermont escape weather violence once again, there's always unfortunately some new weather disaster somewhere in the world.

In interior Brazil, inland from Sao Paulo, intense rains caused extreme flash floods in the city of Sao Carlos, sending cars racing through whitewater in city streets.  The city was hit by a whopping 5.4 inches of rain in just one hour.

In all the videos, click on the YouTube logo at the bottom of the videos to get a better, bigger view. Video of the Brazil flood here:

In Sardinia, an island off the west coast of Italy in the Mediterranean Sea, the problem was also flooding. As in Brazil, whitewater rapids raced through city streets on Sardinia. At least three people have been killed by this flooding. 

This next video shows how powerful the Sardinia flooding was.

Finally, in the city of Catania, in Sicily, a tornado swept through, causing damage in much of the city, especially near the airport: