Category Flood Alert

Severe storms knock down trees, cut power in Spokane, Washington, USA

Severe thunderstorms walloped the Spokane area Wednesday afternoon, knocking trees into houses and cars and cutting power to thousands. The Spokesman-Review reports that sustained winds of 50 to 70 mph were reported just after 4 p.m. before the system moved into…

Severe storm with golf size hail devastates Virginia, USA

The sky turned black and cellphones pinged with emergency messages. Moments later, a fierce storm tore through a sprawling, carnival-like campground Thursday, snapping dozens of trees and flipping over RVs.   Two people were killed and more than two dozen…

Extreme Typhoon kills 27 in Vietnam, Philippines on second storm alert

Extreme weather caused by Typhoon Rammasun has killed 27 people in Vietnam, with the storm unleashing flash floods, landslides and lightning strikes, authorities say. Heavy rain flooded more than 7,000 houses and thousands of hectares of cropland, with the north…

Super Typhoon Rammasun causes at least 46 deaths in China and here comes Typhoon Matmo

The death toll from the strongest storm to hit China for decades has reached 46 with another 25 missing, authorities said Tuesday, as another typhoon approaches the country’s eastern coastline. Typhoon Rammasun has left 19 people dead in south China’s…

Landslide Kills 5 Civilians in Kachin Camp, Burma

A makeshift camp for internally displaced persons, in the grounds of a church in Muse, northern Shan State, was flooded by rains in May Five people were killed in a camp for displaced Kachin civilians near the rebel-held town of…

Over 5.5 million people affected by largest typhoon to hit China in 40 years

The Red Cross Society of China deployed emergency teams and mobilised relief supplies to help communities battered by Super Typhoon Rammasun, described as the severest storm to hit the country in more than 40 years. “We have to start supporting…

Severe storm hits Sittingbourne, Gravesend and Teynham very badly; A2 between Newington and Rainham under a lot of water, UK

Some parts of Kent have been affected by flooding as yet another powerful storm hit the county.   Forecasters at the Met Office have issued a yellow alert for thundery, heavy downpours until midnight on Sunday as temperatures remain high. …

Severe storms & tornado causes devastation & leaves two dead on French campsites

Violent storms wreaked havoc across France on Sunday leaving two people dead, including one person who was killed when a mini-tornado ripped through a campsite in the Ardeche department of south-central France The tornado hit a campsite in the town…