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25 rescued from flash floods in Skudai, Malaysia

Some 25 people from four families in Kampung Laut in Skudai here were displaced following a flash flood. Skudai Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Faisal Ismail said that they received a call about the flood at about 4.59pm on…

Tornado tears through new Ballarat housing estate in Alfredton, Australia

Photo Illustration Wild winds have torn through a new housing estate in Ballarat. The wild weather whipped through Alfredton at about 5.30am. Peter, whose house was seriously damaged, said “it’s like a bit of a war zone” in his street…

Powerful storm leaves path of power outages and flooding across the Midwest and northeastern United States

Extreme high winds up to 76 mph across the Midwest and northeastern United States led to power outages, property damage, flooding and the delay of the Texans-Browns NFL game in Cleveland on Sunday. After a new storm formed over the…

Storm Vamco hits Vietnam

STORM Vamco barrelled into Vietnam, damaging buildings and injuring at least 19 people, as the death toll in the Philippines climbed to at least 67. The storm made landfall on Sunday morning with reported winds of up to 90 kph,…

Typhoon Vamco heads for Vietnam after 67 are killed in the Philippines

Typhoon Vamco has made landfall in Vietnam after leaving 67 dead in the Philippines, making it that country’s deadliest storm this year. Packing winds of up to 150 kph (93 mph), Vamco hit Vietnam’s coast roughly 100km (62 miles) northwest…

Strong typhoon leaves 42 dead, 20 missing in Philippines

Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital on Friday after a typhoon killed at least 42 people and caused extensive flooding that sent people fleeing to their roofs, officials said. Troops, police, coast guard and disaster-response…

Storm Eta: Up to 150 feared dead in Guatemala landslide as devastating weather wreaks havoc

Up to 150 people are feared to have been killed in a landslide in Guatemala after Storm Eta lashed central America with torrential downpours. Many of those who lost their lives in the remote mountain village of Queja in the…

Typhoon Goni devastates the Philippines

Typhoon Goni (“Rolly”), the most powerful storm in the world this year, tore through the heavilypopulated centre of the Philippines over the weekend. Government reports show that at least 20 have been killed, though this number is likely to rise…

Super Typhoon Goni Now The Strongest Cyclone To Make Landfall Since 2013’s Haiyan

Photo Credit: weather.com Super Typhoon Goni made landfall with sustained winds of 195 mph in the eastern Phillippines early Sunday. This makes Goni the strongest typhoon to make landfall anywhere on earth since 2013’s Super Typhoon Haiyan, which also made…

MAGNITUDE 7.0 DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

Subject to change Depth: 10 km Distances: 58 km SSW of Karabağlar, Turkey / pop: 458,000 / local time: 14:51:25.7 2020-10-30 18 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece / pop: 6,700 / local time: 13:51:25.7 2020-10-30