Category Tidal Surge Alert

Severe storms lashing parts of Eastern Australia

THE southeast of Queensland has been battered by torrential rain for a second day in a row, with the latest downpours causing the suspension of train services and the Brisbane Roar game to be abandoned. Translink had earlier suspended trains…

Cyclone Pam reaches New Zealand

New Zealand is braced for a stormy night at its northern and eastern extremities as Cyclone Pam passes by with reduced fury.   Powerco, New Zealand’s second-largest power company, has fixed some outages on the Coromandel peninsula and schools are…

Dust storm to continue for 3 days, rain likely in Muscat, Oman

MUSCAT Dust storm is likely to continue for the next three days across the Sultanate and there are chances of isolated rain along Muscat coast in the next two days, according to the Met office.   The dust storm combined…

Destruction as massive cyclones hit Australia

(Infrared image courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency/Blue Marble surface image courtesy of NASA/Bureau of Meteorology/Australian Government) Two powerful cyclones pounded Australia Friday, leaving a trail of destruction with houses ripped apart, trees uprooted and electricity cut to thousands of…

Cars submerged under water as high spring tides bring flooding to South-West London, UK

Submerged cars: Flooding at Richmond on Friday (Picture: Robert Jackson) High tides on the River Thames left cars submerged under several feet of water in west London today.   Flood alerts have been issued by the Environment Agency for riverside…

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…

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…

**RED ALERT**Met Éireann have issued a STATUS RED ALERT

Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick   Mean speeds in excess of 80 km/h with gusts of 130 to 150km/h possible.    The strongest winds will be along exposed coasts and mountainous areas.…