Category Severe Flood Alert

Spectacular Hailstorm Triggers Flash Flood in Spain

A hailstorm sent torrents of water cascading through a city in eastern Spain on Tuesday, flooding houses and washing away cars.   The downpour in Teruel lasted less than 20 minutes but left chaos in its wake. Hundreds of people…

Apocalyptic Floods Kill Over 440 in Pakistan, India

Raging monsoon floods sweeping across India and Pakistan have killed more than 440 people, authorities said Tuesday, warning hundreds of thousands more to be prepared to flee their homes as helicopters and boats raced to save marooned victims.   Authorities…

Apocalyptic Flooding Causes Mayhem; 2 Killed in Tucson Area, Near Las Vegas, USA

STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED Record rain produced dangerous flash floods that swamped freeways and residential areas in the Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas on Monday. At least two people are dead in southern Arizona after being trapped in…

Severe hailstorms, wild winds, flash flooding, thunderstorms in parts of Australia

Wild winds have given way to flash flooding across Melbourne on Tuesday after damaging winds, hail and rain bucketed down on the city.   Major shopping precincts were evacuated due to building damage while several arterial roads were  submerged in…

Apocalyptic flooding as wettest day ever recorded in Phoenix, USA

It’s been an interesting few days in Phoenix, Arizona. A huge dust storm — known as a “haboob” — blanketed the area on Saturday, blowing thick sand on wind gusts between 25 to 40 miles per hour. And Monday was…

Apocalyptic flooding hits Narowal, Sialkot and Wazirabad cities in Pakistan

The floodwater of the River Chenab and seasonal nullahs have inundated urban and rural localities in Sialkot, Chiniot, Narowal and Gujranwala displacing tens of thousands of people, say media reports Chiniot Up to 19 villages of Chiniot were under the…

Intense hurricane Norbert struck Mexico as a hurricane at about 03:00 GMT on 6th September 2014

Intense hurricane Norbert struck Mexico as a hurricane at about 03:00 GMT on 6 September. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall was near 24.2 N, 112.8 W.…