While immediate intensification is not expected the system is expected to be closely monitored as it moves WNW towards the southern Gulf of Mexico over the next five days. The Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on November 30. In a live internet broadcast Saturday, President Bill Clinton unveiled a new government report that suggests temperatures could rise in the United States from 5 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit in the next century. The report, which was mandated by Congress was conducted by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. At least 11 children walking home from school yesterday in the northern Philippines were buried in a fast moving landslide.
Search teams continue to look for the missing children although they are now feared dead.
In recent weeks heavy rain from the passage of two typhoons have left many mountainous areas unstable and susceptible to sudden slides in the Philippines. Britain Braces For Rain Forecasters warned millions of people across southern England to prepare for another round of heavy rain this weekend as a strong low pressure system works its way inland. More than 2 inches is expected by Sunday. 16 severe flood warnings remain in effect across the country which has experienced record rainfall in the past two months. England is on its way to having its wettest autumn since records began 273 years ago.