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Severe flash floods and hail batters Geelong, Australia

Cars lie underwater at Fenwick St, near Geelong train station. Picture: Newtown Press/Torin Peel A FREAK thunderstorm has wreaked havoc on Geelong, leaving cars submerged in floodwaters and houses inundated.   More than double the month’s average rainfall of 31mm…

Tornado flips vehicles, minor injuries, massive power outages reported in Northern Broward County, USA

A tornado that touched down in northern Broward County Wednesday morning overturned trucks, crashed cars and was blamed for the loss of electric power for thousands of utility customers. Injuries to two people were minor, authorities said.   “It was…

Severe rainfall causes flooding and landslides in parts of Ecuador

Heavy rain between 19 and 20 January 2016 caused flooding in the Manabí and Guayas provinces. The cities of Chone and Portoviejo were some of the worst affected in Manabí. Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, damaged several houses and caused chaos…

Severe Blizzard Has Begun To Hit The US East Coast

A huge blizzard has begun to hit the US east coast and is expected to dump near-record levels of snow from Washington to New York.   More than 50 million people have been warned a “potentially paralysing storm” will drop…

Cat 3 Cyclone Ula maintains strength as it hits Fiji after battering Tonga’s northern island

PHOTO: Homes have been destroyed by Cyclone Ula. (Facebook: Tusi Finikaso)   The first tropical cyclone for 2016 is lashing Fiji’s outlying islands, after causing destruction in parts of Tonga.   Category three Cyclone Ula is bringing 150-kilometre-an-hour winds, strong…

Severe Flooding Forces Evacuations, Damages Homes In Midwestern USA

Severe Flooding ‘worst in 50 years’, as 150,000 flee in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay BBC News