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HURRICANE MATTHEW CURRENT ADVISORIES

Hurricane Matthew threatened several Caribbean countries with storm surge and flooding on October 3, 2016 Courtesy of ABCNEWS

Powerful Lightning Storms Knock Out Power To Entire Australian State

The government had planned to cut funding to its renewable energy agency by a A$1.3 billion, in an effort to plug a major budget shortfall, but was forced to reduce the cut to A$500 million in September to gain parliamentary…

Severe Thunderstorm Lashes Central Otago, New Zealand

What was described as “a colossal electrical storm” hit the Millers Flat, Ettrick and Roxburgh  areas  last night, causing flooding and closing the state highway.   The Central Otago storm was accompanied by torrential rain and multiple lightning strikes, sparking…

Major Flood Warnings For South Australia

Flooding in the Barossa town of Tanunda today. Photo: AAP/David Mariuz   The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a major flood warning for the Gawler River Catchment, and a moderate warning for the Torrens River.   There are also concerns…

Typhoon Megi slams into Taiwan

Typhoon Megi poses ‘severe threat’ to Taiwan

Typhoon Megi, the third storm of the month, is packing strong winds that are likely to intensify and pose a severe threat to Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said Saturday.   Chances are high that a sea warning will…

Typhoon Malakas Strikes Japan as a Category-3 Storm

Less than a week after Super Typhoon Meranti barreled down on East Asia, another storm spun into the region. At 1:35 p.m. local time (04:35 Universal Time) on September 19, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua…