Category Rain Alert

NASA sees powerful storms within Tropical Cyclone Ashobaa

On June 10 at 09:00 UTC (5 a.m. EDT), the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Cyclone Ashobaa off the coast of Oman. Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Two NASA satellites provided…

Tropical storm moving northwest will become SEVERE, impact on UAE to be indirect

Expected trajectory of Ashobaa in 36 hours according to the Tropical Storm Risk Centre (Supplied)   The UAE’s National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has said that latest satellite imagery and observations in addition to the weather reports from…

Severe storm hits Ghana very hard

The Ghana Meteorological Service said it served notice of a possible storm at about 5.38pm June 3, but city authorities and disaster management agencies in the country failed to acknowledge it.   A heavy downpour in Accra claimed over 190…

Severe dust-storm causes blackout in parts of Karachi, Pakistan

A severe dust-storm paralyzed the Karachi Airport temporarily on Wednesday and also caused 50 feeders of KElectric (KE) to trip, causing a blackout in parts of the metropolis.   According to KElectric spokesman Usama Qureshi the dust-storm caused 50 out…

Massive thunderstorm complex, tornado capsized Chinese ship

The violent windstorm that tipped over a Chinese ferry boat carrying 458 people Monday evening originated from a towering group of thunderstorms that likely spawned a tornado.   The thunderstorms soared 40 to 50 thousand feet high in the atmosphere…

Red Alert Issued As Severe Storm Grounds Hundreds Of Flights At Airports In Shanghai, China

Shanghai Airport Authority issued the top level red alert for severe flight delays around 2:45pm that means the takeoff and landing capacity was cut by 70 percent at Hongqiao and Pudong airports.   More than 250 flights were canceled and…

Severe flooding causes mayhem in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa

Parts of Mombasa have been rendered inaccessible in the aftermath of unusually heavy rains witnessed in the coastal belt over the weekend.   Although the Mombasa County government and the provincial and administration officials are yet to carry out a…

Severe storm unleashes it’s might in London, Canada

Weather experts will be in the London region to investigate Saturday’s fast and furious storm.    As a result of a wicked Saturday afternoon storm, tree branches were down, some trees uprooted and a roof was blown off a three-storey…