Category Weather Warnings

Red alert for Japan’s Kyushu island as landslides & flash floods loom, evacuation recommended to 20,000

Japan’s Meteorological Agency has issued a red-level weather alert for the Kagoshima, Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures of the island of Kyushu and recommended the evacuation of about 20,000 from southern Kyushu amid a looming threat of landslides and flashfloods as…

Hurricane Arthur to make landfall in Nova Scotia, prompts warnings throughout Maritimes

Forecasters say hurricane Arthur will make landfall in southwestern Nova Scotia on Saturday morning packing near-hurricane strength gusts and bringing torrential rainfall as it moves across the Maritimes. “We want people to pay attention,” said Chris Fogarty, the manager of…

Hurricane Arthur cuts power to about 22,000 in North Carolina, USA

Hurricane Arthur was moving offshore and away from North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Friday morning, one day after making landfall, leaving about 22,000 without electricity and threatening holiday weekend plans along the eastern seaboard. Arthur, which strengthened into a Category…

Severe hailstorm hammers Surin Province and heavy rains cause flooding in Bangkok, Thailand

More than 100 houses, schools, and temples in Si Khoraphum District, Surin Province, have been affected by a hailstorm that struck the area last night.    Heavy rains and a whirlwind destroyed several buildings in Surin Province. In Taen Subdistrict,…

Monster Snow Storm & Flooding Rips Across NSW And Victoria, Hitting Melbourne, Australia

A MONSTER snow storm continued to cause havoc across much of southern NSW and Victoria on Tuesday night. Icy winds packing cyclonic strength had begun to ease but blizzard warnings remained in place for the NSW Snowy Mountains, South West…