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Tornado confirmed in central Pennsylvania, USA

Forecasters have confirmed that a tornado touched down in central Pennsylvania.   The National Weather Service office in State College says the EF-1 tornado touched down near Lancaster at about 12:35 a.m. Wednesday.   Such a tornado carries peak winds…

Super typhoon causes heavy damage in China

Super typhoon Dujuan has caused heavy losses in China’s coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian, the media reported on Thursday.   Dujuan, the 21st typhoon of the year, made landfall in Fujian on Tuesday morning. It killed two people and…

Major snowstorm causes widespread power outages in Alaska

Thousands of Alaska residents are without power after a major snowstorm socked the Fairbanks area and forced a grocery to store frozen food outside.   The National Weather Service says 11.2 inches of snow fell in Fairbanks through early Wednesday.…

Aftermath of Deadly Taiwan Typhoon

Tornado heavily damages 10 homes in South Carolina, USA

A tornado quickly blew through a neighborhood on the South Carolina coast early Friday and blew out windows, knocked down trees and heavily damaged ten homes.   The tornado touched down around 1 a.m. with maximum winds of 130 mph.…

Three killed in violent storms in France

THREE people have been killed in the violent storms that battered a trail across France and have today seen 11 departments on orange alert.    Flood risks from heavy rains have seen Ain (01), Ardèche (07), Côte-d’Or (21), Doubs (25),…

USGS HAS UPGRADED QUAKE MAGNITUDE 8.3 – OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE

Subject To Change Depth: 12 km Distances: 54km (34mi) W of Illapel, Chile 76km (47mi) WNW of Salamanca, Chile 109km (68mi) NNW of La Ligua, Chile 118km (73mi) SSW of Ovalle, Chile 233km (145mi) NNW of Santiago, Chile

MAGNITUDE 7.9 OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE

Subject To Change Depth: 10 km Distances: 228 km NW of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,837,295 / local time: 19:54:31.0 2015-09-16 163 km N of Valparaíso, Chile / pop: 282,448 / local time: 19:54:31.0 2015-09-16 42 km W of…

Britain on severe flood alert: Week of heavy rain to unleash extreme weather chaos

BRITAIN faces a week of blistering storms and floods as the Met Office has refused to rule out SEVERE weather warnings over the coming days Remnants of tropical Storm Henri are set to sweep across the country and unleash devastating…