Category Storm Surge Alert

Military Sent In To Battle Christmas Severe Floods In Cumbria, UK

Armed Forces are on stand-by for a Christmas flooding crisis as the North braces for more severe weather.   Seven hundred Environment Agency staff and military personnel are being deployed as flood warnings have been issued in the North and…

Typhoon Melor Slams into Philippines

‘Tsunami’ Flood Hits Devastated Glenridding Village, UK

The flood-devastated village of Glenridding is underwater for the second time in four days, with residents urged to stay indoors for their safety.   There was yet more torrential rain overnight in Cumbria, with up to 67mm falling on already…

Floods Surge Across Northern England, UK

Storm Desmond floods: violent mudslide plunge down mountain as thousands evacuated from homes, UK

**RED ALERT ISSUED**Severe Storm Desmond Prompts Major Evacuations In Cumbria Towns, UK

A major incident has been declared in Cumbria after some residents were forced to evacuate their homes in towns effectively cut off by flooding.   Cumbria Police officers and mountain rescue teams are helping to take people from their homes…

Super cyclonic storm Chapala strikes Yemen at about 18:00 GMT on 1st November 2015

Super cyclonic storm Chapala struck Yemen as a severe cyclonic storm at about 18:00 GMT on 1 November. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall was near 13.3…

Major Cyclone ravages Yemeni island, heads for LNG plant, Qaeda-run city

A rare tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds killed three people and injured scores on the exotic Yemeni island of Socotra on Monday and then headed towards a gas terminal and an Al Qaeda-controlled town on the mainland.   The World…