Category Severe Weather

Tropical storm alert warning in Taiwan

Taiwan’s meteorology authority issued land and sea warnings on Friday as Tropical Storm Fung-Wong approaches the island.   Its weather bureau forecast that the storm center is likely to land in the south on Friday night, before moving northwards up…

Apocalyptic floods affect 2.3 million in Pakistan

Sher Muhammad, 85, looked on with a sense of bewilderment: “I have not seen such a flood, not since around the time of partition [1947].” As the flood emergency deepens in Pakistan, now affecting nearly 2.3 million people, humanitarian teams…

Severe floods leave thousands without power; sheriff’s deputy missing in Austin, Texas, USA

Heavy rainfall in Austin early Thursday morning left parts of the city underwater, thousands without power and a Central Texas sheriff’s deputy missing.   The Travis County Sheriff’s Office said the deputy was patrolling low water crossings before radioing in…

Tropical storm Fung-wong is forecast to strike the Philippines as a typhoon at about 12:00 GMT on 19th September 2014

  Tropical storm Fung-wong is forecast to strike the Philippines as a typhoon at about 12:00 GMT on 19 September. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall will…

Emergency disaster declared due to severe flooding and landslides in parts of the Philippines

Following the heavy downpour last Wednesday night until yesterday, floods and landslides were reported in Cebu City and different areas of the province.   PDRRMO reported rock falls along the Transcentral Highway in the boundary between Balamban town and Cebu…

Severe storm wreaks havoc in central San Diego, USA

A surprise storm wreaked havoc on central San Diego, its coastline and downtown on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a Sig alert, leading thousands to lose power and causing extensive damage.   More than 6,000 customers were without power Tuesday afternoon, and…

Ex hurricane Odile leaves trail of destruction along Baja, heavy rain poised to inundate parts of Southwest

Even though the Atlantic hurricane season is certainly not very busy, the impacts from tropical cyclones on people and places within the United States cannot be ignored. We are about to see once again how tropical moisture from an east…

Typhoon Kalmaegi Targets Vietnam After Striking Philippines

Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi is currently churning west-northwest in the South China Sea, generating waves up to 22 feet, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) forecast. JTWC expects Kalmaegi to graze northern Hainan Island, traveling through the Gulf of…

3rd-highest storm signal as Typhoon Kalmaegi targets Hong Kong

Hong Kong will delay morning trading sessions after the city issued its third-highest storm signal for the first time this year as Typhoon Kalmaegi sweeps by the financial center.   At 7 a.m., Kalmaegi was centered about 390 kilometers (242…