Category Severe Weather

Major Hurricane Set To Strike The Eastern Pacific This Week

Tropical Storm Blanca is forecast to rapidly strengthen and become a major hurricane this week over the eastern Pacific.   The storm’s maximum sustained winds Tuesday were near 70 mph (110 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm…

Red Alert Issued As Severe Storm Grounds Hundreds Of Flights At Airports In Shanghai, China

Shanghai Airport Authority issued the top level red alert for severe flight delays around 2:45pm that means the takeoff and landing capacity was cut by 70 percent at Hongqiao and Pudong airports.   More than 250 flights were canceled and…

Huge tornado wreaks havoc in North East China

Huge tornado wreaks havoc in North East China According to local reports the full damage remains unclear but the weather has destroyed several buildings

Severe flooding causes mayhem in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa

Parts of Mombasa have been rendered inaccessible in the aftermath of unusually heavy rains witnessed in the coastal belt over the weekend.   Although the Mombasa County government and the provincial and administration officials are yet to carry out a…

Severe Heat Wave Claims 41 More Lives in Andhra Pradesh, Nationwide Toll in India Rises to 2,248

Torrid weather conditions continued to prevail in several parts of the country today, claiming 41 more lives in worst-hit Andhra Pradesh since yesterday as the nationwide death toll mounted to 2,248.   According to Andhra Pradesh’s disaster management department, 41…

Severe storm unleashes it’s might in London, Canada

Weather experts will be in the London region to investigate Saturday’s fast and furious storm.    As a result of a wicked Saturday afternoon storm, tree branches were down, some trees uprooted and a roof was blown off a three-storey…

Tornado and storms strikes Indianapolis, USA

The National Weather Service (NWS) says an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 90 miles per hour touched down on the city’s southeast side Saturday night, causing damage to homes and knocking out power to thousands.   The tornado and…

Strong winds causes power outage, halts high-speed rail in NE China

Strong wind in northeast China’s Liaoning Province caused a power outage on the region’s rail networks lasting nearly three hours on Sunday afternoon, forcing dozens of high-speed trains to suspend operations.   High-voltage transmission lines fell on the rail network’s…

Mega dust storm causes mayhem and forces a plane to make an emergency landing in Multan city, Pakistan

A Multan-bound PIA flight (PK-681) departing from Islamabad narrowly escaped a tragedy as it made an emergency landing at Multan International Airport because of a massive dust-storm and bursting of its front tyre, Civil Aviation sources revealed.   The dust…