Category Lightning Alert

‘Mini-tornado’ lifts roofs and smashes windows in central New Plymouth, New Zealand

Firefighters were kept busy securing homes and businesses after a mini-tornado hit central New Plymouth early this morning.   The fire brigade received the first call about 1.45am to a roof lifting on Fulford St, and this was followed during…

Horrific Storm Causes Total Mayhem In Parts Of Australia

BUILDINGS collapsed as a freak storm hit the NSW town of Parkes and the rest of the state was battered by storms with rain, hail and high winds.   Some have described the storm as a “mini tornado” with “a…

Severe thunderstorms causes mayhem to trees, power lines and buildings in Collingwood, Canada

A band of thunderstorms caused significant damage to trees, power lines and even buildings.   Environment Canada says winds peaked at 115 km/h at the Lake Simcoe Airport. The storm also brought down hail that ranged between two and four…

Major Storm in Pacific-State of Emergency Declared-2nd Storm Wave hits Tonight!

Mother Nature unleashes her wrath on the Twin Harbors with record rainfall in USA

The Twin Harbors mostly ducked the first of a one-two weather punch combination headed at the coast, but is bracing for what could be a real haymaker scheduled to hit Saturday evening.   A powerful hail storm fueled by high…

One killed, thousands without power as storms hit Australia

Wind gusts and storms lashed the Australian state of Victoria on Sunday, killing one woman and disrupting power supplies to more than 100,000 people.   Roughly 120,000 homes were without power across the country’s second-most populous state and Melbourne’s International…

Powerful Lightning Storms Knock Out Power To Entire Australian State

The government had planned to cut funding to its renewable energy agency by a A$1.3 billion, in an effort to plug a major budget shortfall, but was forced to reduce the cut to A$500 million in September to gain parliamentary…