Category Rain Alert

Tropical Storm Erika Wreaks Havoc On Cuba, Haiti, Dominica

Huge baseball-sized hail storm causes mayhem in southern Manitoba town, Canada

Altona got hit with baseball-sized hail, leaving behind damaged roofs and smashed car windows. (Photo courtesy Glenda MacPhail) A section of southern Manitoba was hit hard with hail on Friday morning.   The town of Altona, about 115 km southwest…

Tropical Storm Erika Pummels Dominica

Tropical Storm Erika causes mayhem in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica

Tropical Storm Erika pounded the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica on Thursday, unleashing flooding and mudslides that killed at least four people and knocked out power and water supplies.   The storm, which was forecast to reach Florida as a…

Flood Alert As Warragamba Dam Spills Over In Sydney, Australia

Sydney’s giant Warragamba Dam is overflowing for the first time in two years after a period of heavy rainfall. The dam lies about 70km (43 miles) west of the city and is the largest urban water storage facility in the…

Landslide kills at least 8 in Indonesia

Eight people are missing and feared dead after a major landslide hit a road in remote eastern Indonesia, an official said Tuesday (Aug 25).   Heavy downpours in an isolated mountainous region of Papua province triggered the landslide Sunday, burying…

280,000 told to evacuate as typhoon hits Japan

The Japanese authorities advised 280,000 people to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Goni lashed southern Kyushu island and western Japan, bringing torrential rains and winds gusting at more than 180kmh.   The risk of landslides prompted officials in Yamaguchi prefecture…

Tornado Tears Through Australian Town

Severe Heavy flooding, landslide after torrential rains pound north-eastern Turkey

Travel chaos as Typhoon Goni cancels 140 flights in Hong Kong and Shanghai

More than 140 flights were cancelled in Shanghai and Hong Kong as Typhoon Goni continued to pummel the northern Philippines while churning across the Pacific Ocean towards Japan and Korea on Monday.   As it moved northwards at 22km/h, with…