Category Storm Surge Alert

280,000 told to evacuate as typhoon hits Japan

The Japanese authorities advised 280,000 people to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Goni lashed southern Kyushu island and western Japan, bringing torrential rains and winds gusting at more than 180kmh.   The risk of landslides prompted officials in Yamaguchi prefecture…

Severe Heavy flooding, landslide after torrential rains pound north-eastern Turkey

Flash Flood, Mudslide Close Northern Arizona Highway, USA; Rare Tornado Struck Too

Arizona Highway 89A north of Flagstaff closed by mudslide Aug. 9, 2015; PHOTO: AZ Department of Transportation A storm system brought a tornado and hail to northern Arizona on Sunday, with flash flooding closing a portion of the U.S. 89A…

Cyclone Komen ravages Myanmar district

Photo: Eleven Media Group/ANN In Maungdaw District, Rakhine State, Cyclone Komen has destroyed more than 1,700 houses, 130 schools and 29 monasteries. More than 280,000 sowed acres of farmland have been swamped, according to the land records department. Komen hit…

Super Typhoon Soudelor bears down on northeast Asia

An infrared image of Soudelor showing relative cloud temperatures Super Typhoon Soudelor is barrelling towards Taiwan, Japan and China after leaving a trail of destruction in the Northern Marianas islands. The cyclone has developed into the world’s most powerful storm…

Typhoon Chan-hom could be the strongest to strike Zhejiang province, China since 1949

PHOTO: Typhoon Chan-hom (centre left) lashes Japan’s Okinawa island chain as it pushed towards Taiwan and onto China. (AFP: Japan Meteorological Agency) Typhoon Chan-hom has crossed China’s heavily populated eastern coast, forcing the evacuation of almost 1 million people, shutting…

Warning: Three major storms are hitting south east Asia at the same time

Any time you think the British weather is bad, be thankful you don’t live in Asia.   South of Taiwan on the left of the graphic is tropical storm Linfa, with Typhoon Chan-hom east of China in the middle. And…

Tropical storm moving northwest will become SEVERE, impact on UAE to be indirect

Expected trajectory of Ashobaa in 36 hours according to the Tropical Storm Risk Centre (Supplied)   The UAE’s National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has said that latest satellite imagery and observations in addition to the weather reports from…