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Typhoon Nakri pounds South Korea with heavy downpours and strong winds

A typhoon bringing heavy downpours and strong winds pounded South Korea’s southern regions on Saturday, grounding flights and causing property damage, weather officials said. Typhoon Nakri, positioned about 190 kilometers west-southwest of Seogwipo on the country’s southern resort island of…

Nine killed in flash floods in China

Nine people have been killed in flash floods in southwest China’s Yunnan province, the ministry of civil affairs said Tuesday.    More than 1,600 people have been affected and 100 hectares of crops destroyed in the cities of Baoshan, Lincang…

Severe storm with golf size hail devastates Virginia, USA

The sky turned black and cellphones pinged with emergency messages. Moments later, a fierce storm tore through a sprawling, carnival-like campground Thursday, snapping dozens of trees and flipping over RVs.   Two people were killed and more than two dozen…

Super Typhoon Rammasun causes at least 46 deaths in China and here comes Typhoon Matmo

The death toll from the strongest storm to hit China for decades has reached 46 with another 25 missing, authorities said Tuesday, as another typhoon approaches the country’s eastern coastline. Typhoon Rammasun has left 19 people dead in south China’s…

Over 5.5 million people affected by largest typhoon to hit China in 40 years

The Red Cross Society of China deployed emergency teams and mobilised relief supplies to help communities battered by Super Typhoon Rammasun, described as the severest storm to hit the country in more than 40 years. “We have to start supporting…

Severe storm hits Sittingbourne, Gravesend and Teynham very badly; A2 between Newington and Rainham under a lot of water, UK

Some parts of Kent have been affected by flooding as yet another powerful storm hit the county.   Forecasters at the Met Office have issued a yellow alert for thundery, heavy downpours until midnight on Sunday as temperatures remain high. …

China super typhoon toll reaches 17, storm expected to worsen

The death toll from the strongest storm to hit China in decades has reached 17, state media said today, as forecasters issued warnings of more extreme weather.Typhoon Rammasun has left eight people dead in the island province of Hainan and…

Tropical storm Matmo is forecast to strike Taiwan as a typhoon at about 00:00 GMT on 23th July 2014

Tropical storm Matmo is forecast to strike Taiwan as a typhoon at about 00:00 GMT on 23 July. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall will be near…