Category Flood Alert

Hong Kong Issues Highest Storm Warning for Second Time in 2014

Rain dowsed Hong Kong yesterday causing street flooding and prompting the city’s weather service to raise a black storm warning, the second time the highest alert has been triggered this year. The Hong Kong Observatory also issued warnings for winds…

Severe storms, flooding rain hit North Texas, USA

A strong storm system has deluged North Texas with up to 4 inches of rain, triggered flash-flood warnings and prompted a high-water rescue of a group of children.   Dallas police say emergency personnel rescued five children trapped Thursday morning…

Major storm damage in central Kansas, train blown off tracks, USA

Train derailment photo from the Kansas Highway Patro A fast moving thunderstorm brought wind damage to portions of central Kansas Wednesday evening. Wind gusts were estimated at 60 to 80 miles-per-hour. The most severe damage was in Galva in McPherson County. Wind…

Major Thunderstorm uproots trees in Chandigarh, Punjab

A thunderstorm accompanied by hail hit Chandigarh and parts of Punjab Sunday evening. High speed winds accompanied the thunderstorm, uprooting trees. In Chandigarh, the hailstorm came with a deafening sound. Electricity supply was affected in most parts of Chandigarh and…

Florida flood emergency: 1.5 feet of rain in 24 hours, USA

“We’ve seen flooding before, but never flooding that washes the back of a house away,”  From building-crushing hurricanes to killer sinkholes, Gulf Coast residents have seen a lot. But even these battle-tested veterans of the weather wars are marveling at…