Category Gale Force Wind Alert

Emergency Declared As Huge Storm Dumps Snow From Texas to New England, USA

A large winter storm has dumped deep snow across parts of the United States, prompting thousands of flight cancellations and the federal government to close its offices.   In New York City, a Delta flight skidded off the runway at…

Rain and snow kills four in Himachal Pradesh, India

Avalanche killed a couple in Pangi valley of Chamba district, while a landslide killed a woman and a boy of a family in Nirmand sub-division of Kullu district after boulders hit them. Hundreds of roads were blocked by heavy rain…

Dust storm to continue for 3 days, rain likely in Muscat, Oman

MUSCAT Dust storm is likely to continue for the next three days across the Sultanate and there are chances of isolated rain along Muscat coast in the next two days, according to the Met office.   The dust storm combined…

Destruction as massive cyclones hit Australia

(Infrared image courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency/Blue Marble surface image courtesy of NASA/Bureau of Meteorology/Australian Government) Two powerful cyclones pounded Australia Friday, leaving a trail of destruction with houses ripped apart, trees uprooted and electricity cut to thousands of…

Major Snow Storm ‘Yohan’ Batters Lebanon

Tuesday night into Wednesday, with rain, snow and gale-force winds causing massive disruption to the country’s roads and services.   The Meteorological Department at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport said that the temperature would continue to drop Wednesday, with wind…

Historic snow smashes record after record in Boston, USA

When the governor of Massachusetts and the mayor of Boston both refer to the recent snowfall as “historic,” they are not kidding, writes Storm Team 5 meteorologist Mike Wankum.   We are smashing records nearly every hour.   The 23.1…

Mega Snow Storm Strikes Athens, Istanbul, Turkey

An unusually cold storm will continue to impact the nations surrounding the eastern Mediterranean Sea, unloading rain, snow and strong winds.   The storm is responsible for unusual snowflakes in Athens, Greece, and causing snow to whiten Istanbul, Turkey.  …

Winter storm causing havoc in Southern Europe

A winter storm centred over Mallorca has brought snow, wind and rain, causing widespread disruption across southern Europe.   Thirty three of Spain’s 50 provinces were hit by the fresh wave of bitterly cold weather on Thursday.   Police and…