Category Severe Weather

Northeast Ohio, USA hammered by first lake effect snow event of the season

“I love winter, but this amount of snow is crazy for November,” wrote one Instagram user on Friday morning Northeast Ohio is used to the snow. Situated firmly in the snow belt of Lake Erie, seasonal amounts can accumulate feet…

Early winter storm dumps several inches of snow on Minnesota, USA

An early blast of winter in the Upper Midwest unloaded several inches of snow across a wide swath of Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday, causing difficult driving conditions and leading to school cancellations across the region.   The heaviest band…

Three die as Cyclone Hudhud lashes India and typhoon hits Japan

At least three people were killed on Sunday as a powerful cyclone was lashing a large swath of India’s eastern seaboard with heavy rain and strong winds on Sunday   Cyclone Hudhud one of two storms pounding Asia slammed into…

Polar Invasion: Freezing Temperatures, Heavy Snow For Parts Of America

A massive storm packing arctic air moved eastward Sunday, promising a deep chill for two-thirds of the U.S. and heavy snow from Montana to Michigan, according to meteorologists.   The “season’s first significant snow” will begin Sunday in Montana and…

Apocalyptic flooding and landslides strikes St Lucia

Heavy rains caused widespread flooding in St Lucia on Saturday resulting in landslides and several f blocked roads.   Infrastructure Minister Phillip J Pierre said low-lying communities along the northern and eastern sections of the island were among the hardest…

Freak rain, hail, snow and dust storms hit Oman

Dust storms, hail and intermediate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning battered Muscat and Sohar throughout yesterday.    The rain submerged roads, saw wadis overflow, uprooted trees and reportedly left residents staring at tens of thousands of rials in damages.…

Severe Post-Tropical Cyclone the Size of Alaska to strike Alaska

The 27 hardy Americans that are permanent residents of Shemya Island are used to extreme weather. But they’ve never seen a storm like this before. Shemya—the “black pearl” of the Aleutian Islands—is a community that’s geographically much closer to Tokyo…

Rare cyclone suspends aircraft activity, power outages reported in Malta

Sicily’s civil protection department has issued a warning of a cyclone that could hit the island’s coasts, putting 10 regions from the southern Italian mainland on alert.   The Met Office told MaltaToday that the low-pressure area centred on Malta…