Category Flash Flooding Alert

Powerful Typhoon Mindulle Lashes Tokyo Area, Japan

A powerful typhoon has battered the Greater Tokyo area in Japan, leaving at least one person dead and dozens injured, according to media reports.   Typhoon Mindulle made landfall at noon (local time) on Monday, moving upwards from the Japanese…

Tornadoes reported in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, USA

The National Weather Service confirmed that at least one of the several tornadoes that were reported in Michigan on Saturday was tagged in an EF-1 category. The group of tornadoes spawned from a line of strong thunderstorms that caused some…

Mexico Issues Alert As Tropical Storm Kay Churns Off Pacific Coast

Mexican officials have warned northwestern communities to be on alert today as Tropical Storm Kay churns off the Pacific coast.   At 0900 GMT the center of Kay was located some 495 kilometres southwest of the southern tip of the…

Severe Storm Causes Mayhem In Jamestown, North Dakota, USA

Powerful thunderstorms that produced 70-plus mph winds moved through the Jamestown area Thursday morning, damaging trees and knocking out power to more than 1,000 people. Janine Vining, a National Weather Service forecaster in Bismarck, said the weather service had tracked…

Huge hail hammers Great Falls, Montana, USA

Thousands of people were awakened by the sound of huge hailstones coming down early Thursday morning.   Golf ball to ping pong ball-size hail was reported throughout the city, causing damage to cars and trucks.   MTN News meteorologist Mike…

Catastrophic flooding destroys hundreds of homes in South Darfur, Sudan

Heavy rainfall and floods destroyed hundreds of houses in Katila in South Darfur on Friday. Kalma camp for the displaced near the state capital Nyala has turned into a mud bath.   Abakar El Tom, Deputy Speaker of the South…