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New Zealand Cleans-up After Record Floods

Hurricane Bill expected to bring thunderstorms Saturday night through Sunday

Thunderstorms are threatening to put a damper on Father’s Day on Staten Island.   Remnants of Hurricane Bill will produce heavy rainfall and thunderstorms starting around 9 p.m. Saturday and continuing throughout the day and into the night Sunday.  …

Damaging snow storm knocks out power to hundreds of homes in Canterbury New Zealand

About 1400 Canterbury homes are facing a third night without power after a particularly nasty snow dump.   Contractors have spent the day trying to get the power back on, and while they have repaired dozens of lines, they haven’t…

Severe storms and rain kill eight in South China

Severe storms accompanied by heavy rains in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China have wreaked havoc during the last few days. According to media reports, eight people have died in the incident, while three are missing. Out of the…

Severe snow storms cuts power, closes roads and schools in New Zealand

Severe weather has closed roads and schools, cut power, disrupted flights and caused flooding in Otago, Southland and the West Coast. Methven out in the heavy snowfall. Photo: Twitter / @demileesinclair Temperatures plummeted as a deepening low moved across the…

Severe flooding and landslides causes complete mayhem in Meghalaya and Assam, India

The landslides were triggered by heavy rain (Photo courtesy: Alva Sangma) 12 people have died in Meghlaya in landslides triggered by heavy rains in the last four days.   Five people died in two separate landslides in Meghalaya this morning.…

Severe flooding kills at least 12; zoo animals escape in the Georgian capital

Rescuers work among debris at a flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 14, 2015 (Reuters / Irakli Gedenidze) The city of Tbilisi has suffered an incessant and torrential downpour that resulted in flooding of the low-land areas of the Georgian…

Strong storms down power lines, tree limbs across Boone County, USA

Authorities responded to several incidents as severe thunderstorms  swept through Boone County on Saturday evening.    The city’s real-time Fire and Rescue dispatch log showed more than 10 electrical hazards that were reported to 911 in the span of three…