That storm will produce very heavy rainfall...mudslides...wind damage...

Gonna be bad...very bad.

[link to www.wunderground.com]


Rivers running from these mountains that are normally dry or feature very low flow would see rapid rises with rainfall of this magnitude. Destructive and deadly mudslides, debris flows, and flash flooding is likely immediately before, and sometime after landfall of Chapala in central and eastern Yemen.

In short, Chapala may be one of Yemen's costliest natural disasters on record.

We may never know, however, exactly how much rain falls or how strong the winds blow as Chapala makes landfall. Yemen has been beset by violent conflict in recent years, disrupting the electrical grid and communication networks across the country. As a result, weather observations most of us take for granted are nearly non-existent.