Category Severe Weather

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…

Massive hailstorm leaves destruction across many parts of Nagpur, India

The Second Capital City of Maharashtra, Nagpur on Sunday evening was bruised and battered by the brief spell of heavy unseasonal rains accompanied by hailstorm that caught citizens unaware and left a trail of destruction. The strong winds and grape-sized…

Record Breaking Snow Strikes Italian Village

“It was a spectacle that took our breath away. In some parts of the village the snow was like a long white wall,” village mayor Antonio Monaco told the Italian news agency ANSA, as translated to English by the Telegraph.…

Tropical Cyclone Olwyn has intensified into a category 2 off Western Australia’s North West coast

The storm is approaching the west Pilbara coast with landfall expected between Exmouth and Mardie early Friday morning.   The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said there were sustained winds of 95 kilometres per hour near the centre of the cyclone…

Massive hailstorm causes mayhem in Thailand

A hailstorm that ravaged Chaiyaphum’s Kaeng Khro district from Friday evening until yesterday morning killed one resident in her 40s and damaged 100 homes, four schools and state offices, an informed source reported.   Tambon Kaeng Khro Municipality officials were…