• The Watchers News Brief: September 25, 2018

    Fairly impressive Medicane cyclone is likely to develop in the Ionian sea on September 28A tropical-like cyclone (TLC) / medicane is increasingly likely to develop in the southern Ionian sea on Friday, September 28. High-resolution ICON-EU model is simulating a…

  • Worst floods since 1995 hit Himachal Pradesh, India

    At least 25 people have died in flash floods, landslides and other rain-related incidents in northwestern India over the past couple of days, officials said Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Meanwhile, more than 1 000 people have been stranded after landslides and fresh…

  • The Watchers News Brief: September 23 and 24, 2018

    Bengaluru breaks 30-year-old rainfall record, KarnatakaHeavy rains and strong winds hit Bengaluru, the capital of India's southern Karnataka state, on September 23, flooding roads and uprooting trees. Anjanapura Layout recorded the maximum of 206 mm (8.11…

  • The Watchers News Brief: September 22, 2018

    Catastrophic flash flooding in Nabeul, TunisiaRemnants of the first medicane of the season – Brian – dropped heavy rain on Tunisia on September 22, causing catastrophic flash flooding. Dallas-Fort Worth area sets a new September rainfall record, TexasHeavy rain…

  • The Watchers News Brief: September 21, 2018

    Dam breach at L.V. Sutton Power Station, at least one large toxic coal ash dump flooded, North CarolinaFloodwaters caused by days of heavy rain caused a breach in a dam holding back a large reservoir at L.V. Sutton Power Station outside Wilmington on September 21….