Category Flash Flooding Alert

State Of Emergency Declared Due To Devastation Caused By Typhoon Nona In The Philippines

President Benigno Aquino III on Friday declared a state of national calamity following the devastation caused by Typhoon Nona.   Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said President Aquino issued Proclamation No. 1186 “declaring a state of national calamity to hasten…

Typhoon Melor Slams into Philippines

Severe thunderstorm brings hail to South Island, New Zealand

Photo By RUSSELL SIMES A cold snap had seen temperatures plunge in the south, with Christchurch dropping by more than 10 degrees to sit at 6.5C – “feels like” 4C – by 2pm.   A dark, black cloud has rolled…

Cyclone Tuni batters Samoa

Samoa is waking up from its overnight battering as Tropical Cyclone Tuni hit the Pacific nation.   The high-powered weather system dumped about 100 millimetres of rain and has brought strong winds to the popular tourist hotspot.   Local forecasters…

Severe Storms and Tornadoes cause damage throughout Texas, Oklahoma & Kansas, USA

Much of North Texas was under a tornado watch as severe weather moved throughout the region. The storm left a wake of damage caused by its heavy rain, lightning and high winds. Oklahoma and Kansas were also hit by the…

Major landslide buries homes killing many; Dozens missing in East China

The death toll from a landslide that buried homes in eastern China has risen to 21 people with 16 others still missing, a local government said Sunday.   A torrent of mud and rocks unleashed by heavy rains buried nearly…

Severe flooding causes hundreds to evacuate and 200 alerts with a month’s worth of rain arriving in one weekend in parts of the UK

Hundreds of properties in Britain are today under threat from life-threatening flooding as the country is hit by up to eight inches of rain.   Emergency evacuation plans are in place in a Cumbrian town after river levels rose yesterday…