Category Lightning Alert

Mystery Lightning Bolt Strikes Mutare, Zimbabwe, Africa

An international journal has published a photograph of a rare lightning strike over Zimbabwe taken by a Mutare resident last month. Dr Peter Lowenstein took the photo of the bolt, which is absolutely straight – unlike most lightning strikes which…

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…

Lightning strikes primary school injuring 16 students in Bajaria village, India

Sixteen students were injured when lightning struck a primary government school at Bajaria village, 35 km from Nainital, on Friday afternoon.    It is learnt that around 1.30 pm, when the school session was still in session, lightning struck the…

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…

‘Monster’ hail, wild winds lash parts of Darling Downs, Australia

Photo by Melanie Doheny LARGE hailstones and damaging winds have smashed into parts of the Darling Downs after severe thunderstorms swept over the region.   “Monster” hailstones and heavy rainfall was reported at Leyburn, Clifton and Allora about 4pm yesterday.…

Severe storm unleashes giant hailstones and uproots trees in parts of South Africa

Gale-force winds of 74km/h pummelled large parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Friday evening, toppling trees, ripping homes and damaging cars The storm – which was accompanied by heavy rain and, in parts of the Midlands, golf-ball-size hailstones – started in central…

Tornado causes structural damage in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Residents in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire say they’ve experienced a ‘mini tornado’ this evening, after a violent hail storm reportedly hit the county.   Crews working to make houses safe after suspected ‘mini tornado’ Credit: @ PembMAWW   One resident filmed this…

Hurricane-force winds of 113mph batters Scotland, UK

Up to 85,000 homes in Scotland are left without power as heavy winds from an Atlantic jet stream batter parts of Britain. Hurricane-force winds have brought gusts of around 110mph to Scotland as extreme weather from across the Atlantic reached…