Category Severe Weather

State Of Emergency Declared by Tennessee and Kentucky (USA)

Tennessee declared a state of emergency Monday night as more than 55,000 residents were without power across the state, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.   A number of counties are also requesting state assistance with their responses. Roane…

Severe winter storm blasts with two feet of snow in New England, USA

A powerful winter storm is blasting New England with heavy snow and strong winds, all before the temperature takes a nose dive on Sunday night into Tuesday.   Coastal New England from Massachusetts to Maine has been the hardest hit…

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…

Major winter storm strikes Newfoundland, Canada

School closures and flight cancellations are piling up in eastern Newfoundland as a major winter storm has moved in from the Grand Banks.   Environment Canada says up to 40 centimetres of snow will be whipped up by winds gusting…

Fierce sandstorm lashes Egypt, Israel and Lebanon, halting Suez traffic

A fierce sandstorm lashed Egypt, Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Suez Canal and grounding domestic flights in Israel, officials said.   The skyline of Cairo was barely visible as dust blown in from the surrounding…

Historic snow smashes record after record in Boston, USA

When the governor of Massachusetts and the mayor of Boston both refer to the recent snowfall as “historic,” they are not kidding, writes Storm Team 5 meteorologist Mike Wankum.   We are smashing records nearly every hour.   The 23.1…

Mega Snow Storm Strikes Athens, Istanbul, Turkey

An unusually cold storm will continue to impact the nations surrounding the eastern Mediterranean Sea, unloading rain, snow and strong winds.   The storm is responsible for unusual snowflakes in Athens, Greece, and causing snow to whiten Istanbul, Turkey.  …

Mega snowstorm lasting days bears down on New England, USA

As more flakes fell on winter-weary New England and forecasters predicted several days of heavy snowfall, all Michelle Currie could do was post on her Facebook page a photo of a weather map showing up to 18 inches of fresh…