Category Gale Force Wind Alert

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…

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…

China super typhoon toll reaches 17, storm expected to worsen

The death toll from the strongest storm to hit China in decades has reached 17, state media said today, as forecasters issued warnings of more extreme weather.Typhoon Rammasun has left eight people dead in the island province of Hainan and…

Tropical storm Matmo is forecast to strike Taiwan as a typhoon at about 00:00 GMT on 23th July 2014

Tropical storm Matmo is forecast to strike Taiwan as a typhoon at about 00:00 GMT on 23 July. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall will be near…

Super Typhoon Rammasun Strikes China with 155 MPH Winds

Super Typhoon Rammasun made landfall in southeastern China earlier on Friday with winds of 155 MPH, making the storm equivalent to that of a borderline category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic. Satellite and radar imagery coming from the storm are…

At least 20 dead in Philippines after Typhoon Rammasun passes through

At least 20 people have been killed and seven others injured in a typhoon that ripped through the Philippines, government officials said Wednesday.   Typhoon Rammasun, which made landfall early Tuesday, blasted the island nation with 105-mph winds and heavy…

“Worst Hail Damage I Have Ever Seen” says Station Superintendent Matt Stasiak in Wisconsin, USA

Reports are coming in of extensive hail and lightning damage from a small but intense storm that cut through the town of Sevastopol late last night.   Reports of at least three to four inches of hail in an area…

Flooding, damaging winds bring down trees, wires in Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire USA

A tornado warning was issued for northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire Tuesday afternoon after severe weather moved through the area and brought down trees and wires.   Trained weather spotters reported “pockets of trees and wires down” in Lowell,…