Category Power Outage Alert

Freak hailstorm causes mayhem in Melbourne, Australia

Freak September snowstorm causes havoc with major power outages in Calgary, Canada

More power outages expected as snow-laden trees continue to fall around the city Thousands of Calgary homes and businesses are still without power after a freak September snowstorm blanketed the city, and officials are expecting some Calgarians will have no…

Intense hurricane Norbert struck Mexico as a hurricane at about 03:00 GMT on 6th September 2014

Intense hurricane Norbert struck Mexico as a hurricane at about 03:00 GMT on 6 September. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall was near 24.2 N, 112.8 W.…

Severe hailstorms and damaging winds cause mayhem in Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA

Severe storms rumbled through northern Minnesota and into Wisconsin early Thursday, leaving reports of damage in their wake.   A cluster of strong storms that developed in North Dakota late Wednesday night/early Thursday pushed through a swath of counties in…

Landslides caused by heavy rain kills at least 8 in China

Landslides caused by torrential rains in the southwestern Chinese municipality of Chongqing has left eight people dead and dozens missing, state news agency Xinhua reports citing local rescuers.   Overall, 24 people remain unaccounted for, including 11 miners who were…

Severe Thunderstorms Bring Wind Damage and Large Hail to Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, USA

“This is the worst storm I’ve seen in 40 years here,” said Mayor Pro Tem Ron Hanson Greg Miller, the Emergency Management Coordinator for Crawford County, Iowa, said five campers were blown over in Yellow Smoke Park. Several roads were…

Severe storms causes mayhem with heavy hail, gale force winds and power outages in Lubbock, Texas, USA

Lubbock Power & Light reported several hundred of its customers were without power in multiple outages across the city. More than 300 customers were without power near the Texas Tech campus along 19th Street and University Avenue. The National Weather…

State of emergency declared due to earthquake in San Francisco Bay area, USA

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 has shaken northern California, causing injuries and damage to buildings. The USGS said it struck at 03:20 local time (10:20 GMT) four miles (6km) north-west of the town of American Canyon, at a…