Category Storm Alert

Apocalyptic flooding as wettest day ever recorded in Phoenix, USA

It’s been an interesting few days in Phoenix, Arizona. A huge dust storm — known as a “haboob” — blanketed the area on Saturday, blowing thick sand on wind gusts between 25 to 40 miles per hour. And Monday was…

Severe hailstorms and damaging winds cause mayhem in Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA

Severe storms rumbled through northern Minnesota and into Wisconsin early Thursday, leaving reports of damage in their wake.   A cluster of strong storms that developed in North Dakota late Wednesday night/early Thursday pushed through a swath of counties in…

Severe Thunderstorms Bring Wind Damage and Large Hail to Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, USA

“This is the worst storm I’ve seen in 40 years here,” said Mayor Pro Tem Ron Hanson Greg Miller, the Emergency Management Coordinator for Crawford County, Iowa, said five campers were blown over in Yellow Smoke Park. Several roads were…

Severe storms causes havoc to many parts of Copenhagen, Denmark

Violent thunderstorms overnight in Copenhagen caused damage, flooding, train delays and nearly cost two motorists their lives when they were stuck in their cars and nearly submerged in flood waters. Rescue workers got to one man stuck in his car in…

Severe storms causes mayhem with heavy hail, gale force winds and power outages in Lubbock, Texas, USA

Lubbock Power & Light reported several hundred of its customers were without power in multiple outages across the city. More than 300 customers were without power near the Texas Tech campus along 19th Street and University Avenue. The National Weather…

Storm system off Mexico’s Pacific coast slams beaches with high surf causing flooding and closures in Southern California, USA

Southern California’s shores were slammed by high surf again Wednesday, the result of a storm system churning off Mexico’s Pacific coast. Several beaches were closed off to the public in Malibu and Rancho Palos Verdes after waves dislodged portions of…