Category Severe Weather

Major snow alert for Canada

Prepare your shovelling back as there is a lot more snow to come, according to an Environment Canada special weather statement issued early Saturday morning.   About 10 to 15 centimetres of snow is forecast to fall in the Ottawa…

Extreme Winter Storm Continues To Batter Atlantic Canada

A harsh winter storm continued to batter Atlantic Canada on Friday, wreaking havoc on the roads and shuttering schools.   Western Newfoundland was under a winter storm warning and most schools in the region were closed.   Weather conditions caused…

Severe heatwave strikes Australia

A heatwave is due to sweep Australia, experts warn, as emergency crews battle raging bushfires in the west.   Western Australia, the Northern Territory and parts of New South Wales and Victoria will see temperatures near or above 40C (104F).…

State Of Emergency After Historic Extreme Flooding Strikes Albania

At least four rivers have overflowed and the largest bridge in the Balkans has been destroyed due to extreme flooding in southern Albania and Greece, flooding that the Albanian prime minister has called some of the worst the country has…

Winter storm causing havoc in Southern Europe

A winter storm centred over Mallorca has brought snow, wind and rain, causing widespread disruption across southern Europe.   Thirty three of Spain’s 50 provinces were hit by the fresh wave of bitterly cold weather on Thursday.   Police and…

‘Monster’ hail, wild winds lash parts of Darling Downs, Australia

Photo by Melanie Doheny LARGE hailstones and damaging winds have smashed into parts of the Darling Downs after severe thunderstorms swept over the region.   “Monster” hailstones and heavy rainfall was reported at Leyburn, Clifton and Allora about 4pm yesterday.…

‘Historic’ ‘Record Breaking’ Snow Blizzard to Bomb Northeast, USA

“This is going to be a big one, historic,” Moore said. “There could be paralyzing, crippling blizzard conditions.” New York City area was placed under a 35-hour blizzard warning beginning Monday afternoon, with as much as 3 feet of snow…