Category Emergency Updates

Severe flash flooding traps drivers, cuts off power in Cambridgeshire, UK

Torrential rain in Cambridgeshire caused a riverbank to collapse, left 856 homes without power, trapped drivers and closed two supermarkets. The weather also hit Norfolk and Lincolnshire, where homes were evacuated and an air display cancelled. BBC Weather said 50mm of rain fell…

Severe snow storm brings chaos to parts of New Zealand

Widespread snow to low levels in the south, on top of copious rain, is making conditions miserable for farmers and stock, especially dairy farmers who have started calving.   Snow and southerly winds buffeted Otago and Southland through Thursday night…

Severe flash flooding devastates Douglas County, USA

Families in Douglas County are digging out again after a flash flood Wednesday night left a wake of damage and debris. “It sounded like a freight train was coming down the middle of the canyon,” explains Matt Beaty, who lives…

Super typhoon Halong is forecast to strike Japan at about 18:00 GMT on 9th August 2014

Super typhoon Halong is forecast to strike Japan as a typhoon at about 18:00 GMT on 9 August. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall will be near…

Severe winds causes mayhem and now a severe snow storm is on the way for parts of New Zealand

Southland Civil Defence is urging people not to travel in the region tonight because of an incoming snowstorm. Snow is expected to be heaviest across eastern Southland, and Emergency Management Southland manager Neil Cruickshank says unless travel is urgent people…

Severe storms causes havoc in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia

Heavy rain, hail and lightning on Tuesday hit some parts of central and northeastern Croatia, northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina and areas of Serbia which are still coping with the consequences of severe flooding in late May.   In Croatia, torrential…