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Typhoon Yagi Brings Flooding Rain In Northern Vietnam

Kansas City, September 9 (World Weather Inc.) – Typhoon Yagi moved across Hainan, China Friday producing 145 mph sustained wind speeds and torrential rain. The storm then moved to northern Vietnam where landfall occurred with 100mph wind speeds along the coast. Damage occurred in both areas as well as in southwestern Guangdong (in the Leizhou Peninsula). Flooding rain also occurred across each of these areas and in southwestern Guangxi, China. Rain totals in northern Vietnam were most significant outside of Hainan with rain totals of 4.45 to 9.29 inches. A small region in northern Laos also reported torrential rain from the storm. Flooding was widespread and some damage to crops and property occurred in much of the region described above.

U.S. Midwest Weather Will Favor Maturation, Early Harvesting

Kansas City, September 6 (World Weather Inc.) – Rainfall was limited across the U.S. Corn and Soybean Belt during the past week. The environment was favorable for the more advanced crops that are maturing and getting ready for harvest. Late-season development conditions remained generally favorable as well despite the lack of rain, although crops in the Ohio River Valley continued stressed due to dryness. Production potentials remain favorable across the region with a bumper soybean crop still expected. Rainfall will be limited across the Midwest through the end of next week with periods of warmer than normal weather expected in the western Corn Belt. The environment will remain favorable for aggressive maturation and early-season harvesting.

U.S. Barge Restrictions Back In Place; September To Stay Dry

Kansas City, September 6 (World Weather Inc.) – The Mississippi River gauge at Memphis fell below -5 feet on August 30 and that induced barge restrictions on the lower Mississippi River to nine feet down from 12 feet when the river is running well. Barge restrictions were just lifted in March after a long stretch of shipping restrictions that lasted through the winter and last autumn. World Weather, Inc. believes the restrictions are not going to be relaxed for quite a while given the expected rainfall pattern for the balance of September and the autumn outlook disfavors an abundance of rain as well.