Category Orange Alert

Record snowfall in Yushan, Taiwan #snowfall #yushan #taiwan

Yushan Weather Station Photo A punishing cold front has seen record snowfall on Taiwan’s highest peak of Yushan (玉山), and an “orange” cold alert issued for the counties of Hsinchu, Miaoli, and Taoyuan. This means that temperatures could well drop…

#Evacuations After Severe #Floods in South #Trinidad and #Tobago

Floods in Penal, South Trinidad, December 2019. Photo: PDRC Days of heavy rain has caused flooding in parts of Trinidad. Flooding was reported in Pernal, Debe, Barrackpore, Siparia an Princes Town. Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Rural Development and Local…

#Storm #Amelie hits regions in #France, #Spain and #Italy

#Aviation alert raised to #Orange as #smoke #eruption at #MetisShoalVolcano in #Tonga

Metis Shoal Volcano smoke eruption. Photo by Captain Samuela Folaumoetu’i, Real Tonga Airlines.15 October 2019 An intermittent smoke eruption towering to 15,000-17000ft above the summit of the Metis Shoal Volcano, Ha’apai, this morning, has an increased likelihood of an eruption,…

#MountMerapi #Volcano erupts in #Indonesia’s #Java island, triggering #Orange #Aviation warning

Mount Merapi, an active volcano in Indonesia’s Java island, erupted on Monday afternoon, spewing a column of ash up to 3 km high and forcing the authority to issue a warning for planes, national volcanology agency said. The volcano located…

Alert Level Raised To Orange At #Villarrica #Volcano In Central #Chile

Sernageomin has raised the alert level to Orange for the first time since 2015 due to escalating seismic tremor and a more turbulent lava lake (present in some form since late 2014). Although fairly unlikely, it is possible that a…