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State Of Emergency Declared by Tennessee and Kentucky (USA)

Tennessee declared a state of emergency Monday night as more than 55,000 residents were without power across the state, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.   A number of counties are also requesting state assistance with their responses. Roane…

Major Snow Storm ‘Yohan’ Batters Lebanon

Tuesday night into Wednesday, with rain, snow and gale-force winds causing massive disruption to the country’s roads and services.   The Meteorological Department at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport said that the temperature would continue to drop Wednesday, with wind…

Major winter storm strikes Newfoundland, Canada

School closures and flight cancellations are piling up in eastern Newfoundland as a major winter storm has moved in from the Grand Banks.   Environment Canada says up to 40 centimetres of snow will be whipped up by winds gusting…

Fierce sandstorm lashes Egypt, Israel and Lebanon, halting Suez traffic

A fierce sandstorm lashed Egypt, Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Suez Canal and grounding domestic flights in Israel, officials said.   The skyline of Cairo was barely visible as dust blown in from the surrounding…

Mega snowstorm lasting days bears down on New England, USA

As more flakes fell on winter-weary New England and forecasters predicted several days of heavy snowfall, all Michelle Currie could do was post on her Facebook page a photo of a weather map showing up to 18 inches of fresh…

Extreme Winter Storm Continues To Batter Atlantic Canada

A harsh winter storm continued to batter Atlantic Canada on Friday, wreaking havoc on the roads and shuttering schools.   Western Newfoundland was under a winter storm warning and most schools in the region were closed.   Weather conditions caused…

State Of Emergency After Historic Extreme Flooding Strikes Albania

At least four rivers have overflowed and the largest bridge in the Balkans has been destroyed due to extreme flooding in southern Albania and Greece, flooding that the Albanian prime minister has called some of the worst the country has…

Winter storm causing havoc in Southern Europe

A winter storm centred over Mallorca has brought snow, wind and rain, causing widespread disruption across southern Europe.   Thirty three of Spain’s 50 provinces were hit by the fresh wave of bitterly cold weather on Thursday.   Police and…

Torrential downpour causes flash flooding on northern Gold Coast, Australia

Courtesy of ABC News Heavy rain has caused localised flash flooding on the Gold Coast overnight and forced the suspension of tram services for several hours.   The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said some northern Gold Coast suburbs received more…

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…