Category Rain Alert

Severe floods kill scores in desert as army scrambles to evacuate dozens from danger zones in Morocco

Floods triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 32 people, swept away buildings, vehicles and roads and forced the evacuation of more than 200 people in southern Morocco, authorities say.   Flooding, which is quite common in the mostly…

Apocalyptic Hailstorm Demolishes Hundreds Of Homes in Zimbabwe, Africa

Over 300 families had their homes ravaged by a hailstorm which hit Bikita and Chiredzi over the weekend, following heavy rains that have pounded most parts of Masvingo over the past few days.The hailstorm also swept away roofs at several…

Apocalyptic storm halts trains, floods streets; Complete chaos in Brisbane, Australia

A severe storm caused chaos in Brisbane on Wednesday evening, with flash flooding in the city centre trapping commuters and submerging cars, and widespread power outages reported. Major train stations in Brisbane’s inner city were closed, forcing delays across the…

Apocalyptic heartbreaking storms lash Italy, Switzerland, France

At least 4 people are killed as landslides triggered by torrential rain slam into buildings on either side of the Swiss-Italian border Sunday, November 16, a day after floods in southern France killed 5 people. At least 4 people were…

Three die as Cyclone Hudhud lashes India and typhoon hits Japan

At least three people were killed on Sunday as a powerful cyclone was lashing a large swath of India’s eastern seaboard with heavy rain and strong winds on Sunday   Cyclone Hudhud one of two storms pounding Asia slammed into…

Apocalyptic flooding and landslides strikes St Lucia

Heavy rains caused widespread flooding in St Lucia on Saturday resulting in landslides and several f blocked roads.   Infrastructure Minister Phillip J Pierre said low-lying communities along the northern and eastern sections of the island were among the hardest…

Freak rain, hail, snow and dust storms hit Oman

Dust storms, hail and intermediate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning battered Muscat and Sohar throughout yesterday.    The rain submerged roads, saw wadis overflow, uprooted trees and reportedly left residents staring at tens of thousands of rials in damages.…

Rare cyclone suspends aircraft activity, power outages reported in Malta

Sicily’s civil protection department has issued a warning of a cyclone that could hit the island’s coasts, putting 10 regions from the southern Italian mainland on alert.   The Met Office told MaltaToday that the low-pressure area centred on Malta…

Severe hailstorm the size of golf balls strikes parts of Australia

HAILSTONES as big as golf balls bucketed down on Hunter rooftops on Wednesday afternoon as a powerful thunderstorm ripped through the region, cutting power to homes and forcing the cancellation of train services.    The wild weather rolled in from…