Category Rain Alert

***ALERT*** UK – Squall line wind heavy rain and strong winds

***ALERT***   Squall line wind heavy rain and strong winds from the NW direction due approx 30 mins in London.   This will cause havoc for only a very short period.

Hurricane-force winds of 113mph batters Scotland, UK

Up to 85,000 homes in Scotland are left without power as heavy winds from an Atlantic jet stream batter parts of Britain. Hurricane-force winds have brought gusts of around 110mph to Scotland as extreme weather from across the Atlantic reached…

Severe rainfall causes flooding and landslides in Surigao del Sur, Philippines

FLOODED AIRPORT. Continuous rain floods the Tandag airport grounds. Photo by Jofel Perez Patrimonio/Tandag City LGU Classes and work were suspended in several towns in Surigao del Sur on Friday, January 9, after continuous rain caused flooding and landslides in…

100mph storm to strike Scotland tomorrow

SCOTLAND’S first storm of 2015 will be fiercer and come sooner than previously forecast, with winds of 100mph or more blasting the north from tomorrow night, the Met Office warned today. It came as an additional alert for heavy rain…

Evacuation notices have been issued to downtown Snoqualmie, Washington, USA

The City of Snoqualmie is issuing evacuation notices for residents of a downtown neighborhood as water levels from the Snoqulamie River continue to rise.   Residents and businesses in the Southeast Park Street neighborhood of downtown Snoqualmie should evacuate the…

Apocalyptic flooding displaces 1000’s with 8 killed in Zimbabwe, Africa

The Zimbabwean Red Cross says about 800 families have been evacuated from northern parts of the country, after they were marooned by heavy flooding over the weekend.     Zimbabwe has witnessed incessant rains during the past week, resulting in…

Emergency Declaration initiated as a severe snow storm is due to strike Jordan

The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and put its crews on maximum alert as a severe snow storm will hit the Kingdom tonight and continue throughout the weekend, according to forecast.   Municipal officials…

Severe flooding, mudslides widespread across Western Washington, America

Heavy rains doused Western Washington Sunday night and Monday, bringing widespread flooding and mudslides around the region.   Forecasters said as much as four inches of rain could fall over the Western Washington lowlands through Monday.   The National Weather…