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Violent super-typhoon Meranti wreaks havoc in China

Flash flooding batters parts of UK as rest of nation boils on hottest day of the year

While another added said: “Heatwave Manchester style. Three feet of water and flooded roads.”    Lightning strikes have also been reported with West Midlands Fire Service called out to a number of houses hit by lightning this afternoon.    Thunderstorms…

Super typhoon Meranti targets Taiwan, mainland China

It only took 24 hours for Super Typhoon Meranti, which is threatening Taiwan and mainland China, to roar from the equivalent of a Category 1 storm to a top-scale Category 5.   Meranti is forecast to make landfall along the…

Tornadoes And Rainstorms Causes Mayhem In Greece

Tornadoes destroyed homes and farms in the Ilia prefecture while rainstorms caused damages in western Greece and the Ionian islands late Thursday night.   In Ilia, tornadoes tore down houses and destroyed farms, while in some places they were so…

Severe Flooding Strikes Greece

People stand next to piled up vehicles after a storm in Kalamata, Greece September 7, 2016. Eurokinissi/Dimitris Plemmenos via REUTERS “I have never seen anything like it” At least four people died in widespread flash floods caused by heavy rains…

Hurricane Newton Smashes Into Mexico’s Luxury Resort Area of Los Cabos

Hurricane Newton smashed into Mexico’s western coast early Tuesday, battering the upscale resorts of Los Cabos with 90-mph winds and driving rain. The Category-2 storm was generating hurricane-force winds 40 miles from its center as it rolled over the Baja…

Dozens of houses have been buried in a landslide in Taplejung, Nepal

Dozens of houses have been buried in a landslide triggered by torrential rainfall in Taplejung district on Friday.   Houses belonging to Bhawani Shankar Nepal, Agni Prasad Bhandari, Teknath Dahal, Dilliram Adhikari, Raj Kumar Magar, Jagat Bahadur Magar, Guru Prasad…

15 missing as typhoon floods N Korea

At least 15 persons were missing after typhoon Lionrock caused floods in North Korea and led to evacuation of thousands, according to state media on Saturday.   The typhoon caused torrential rains of up to 320 mm per hour and…