Category Severe Weather

Severe hailstorm, snow, rain and landslide hits Punjab, Haryana and Himachal in India

Temperatures on Sunday hovered below normal levels in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal as some parts of the three states continued to be lashed by rains and hailstorm.   The 300-km Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in J&K, which reopened yesterday after five…

Emergency Declared As Huge Storm Dumps Snow From Texas to New England, USA

A large winter storm has dumped deep snow across parts of the United States, prompting thousands of flight cancellations and the federal government to close its offices.   In New York City, a Delta flight skidded off the runway at…

State Emergency in place due to severe winter storm in Tennessee, USA

The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) remains at a Level III – State of Emergency and the Tennessee Emergency Management Plan remains activated due to the previous severe winter storm.   A major, late winter storm will spread across much…

Rain and snow kills four in Himachal Pradesh, India

Avalanche killed a couple in Pangi valley of Chamba district, while a landslide killed a woman and a boy of a family in Nirmand sub-division of Kullu district after boulders hit them. Hundreds of roads were blocked by heavy rain…

Mega Avalanche Kills At Least 100 With Dozens Still Missing in Afghanistan

“Worst avalanche the country has seen in 30 years” More than 100 people have been killed in avalanches triggered by two days of heavy snowfall in Afghanistan.   Rescuers have been battling treacherous conditions in their attempts to reach those…

SEVERE ARCTIC BLAST TO CONTINUE IN PARTS OF EASTERN USA

***EXTREME ALERT*** SEVERE ARCTIC BLAST TO CONTINUE IN PARTS OF EASTERN USA   THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER   DEATH RATE WILL START TO RISE ***BE ALERT & SAFE***

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…