• Intense thunderstorms and flash floods expected over central US

    A severe storm system, responsible for heavy rain and snowfall across the Intermountain West during October 3, 2016, is expected to pass over the central US by the middle of the week. Intense thunderstorms and flash flooding are forecast across the affected areas….

  • Hurricane “Matthew” makes direct hit on Haiti causing over 1 000 deaths

    Category 4 Hurricane "Matthew" has made landfall near Les Anglais in western Haiti at 11:00 UTC on October 4, 2016. As of early October 10, the number of people it killed as it crossed the island was over 1 000. At the time of the landfall, Matthew had…

  • Iya volcano awakens after 47 years of rest, Indonesia

    After a sharp increase in seismic activity detected on September 29, 2016, Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level of Iya volcano on the island of Flores from 1 (normal) to 2 (watch). A 2 km (1.2 miles) exclusion zone around the crater was established….

  • Perfect storm creates weather events never seen before in South Australia

    A deep low pressure system hit parts of the southeast Australia on Wednesday, September 28, unleashing widespread heavy rainfall and unprecedented winds to South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. A line of severe storms first marched into South…

  • Summer 2016 sets new temperature records in New Orleans, Louisiana

    Summer 2016 was one of the hottest recorded in the state of Louisiana. In New Orleans, the temperatures hadn't dropped below 26.7 °C (80 °F) for 43 nights, smashing the previous records set in 2010, when such a situation was reported for only 10 nights. …

  • Entire state of South Australia without power as powerful storm rolls in

    The entire Australian state of South Australia has lost power after a powerful storm rolled in during the early morning UTC hours of September 28, 2016. This complex weather system will be affecting South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania over the…

  • Iowa braces for major flooding, more than 10 000 evacuated from Cedar Rapids

    More than 10 000 people have been forced to evacuate from Cedar Rapids, Iowa's second-largest city, after days of heavy rain flooded parts of the US Midwest. As it watched the Cedar River rise to historic levels, the city has constructed 16 km (10 miles) of…