• Severe weather kills 20, rare ‘high risk’ outlook issued, US

    At least 15 people have died in south Georgia on Sunday, January 22, 2017, after powerful storms swept through the region. After 4 deaths in Mississippi on Saturday and 1 in Florida on Sunday, this makes the death toll from severe weather outbreak across the South…

  • Floods, major debris flows as heavy rain hits Southern California

    The second of three big storms hit Southern California on Friday, January 20, 2017, flooding roads and causing major debris flows. The rain was falling at a rate of more than 25.4 mm (1 inch) per hour. The third storm is expected on Sunday and Monday. The Sherpa…

  • Severe weather hits New Zealand, numerous landslides in West Coast

    A rapidly deepening low-pressure system (bomb low) produced powerful winds and dumped heavy rain on New Zealand on January 18 and 19, 2017, especially on South Island's West Coast where numerous landslides blocked traffic and isolated local communities. The bad…

  • Severe flooding hits Philippines, at least 7 dead

    A low pressure area has dumped heavy rain on Mindanao over the past couple of days and caused severe flooding in which at least 7 people lost their lives on January 17, 2017. One person is still missing as of 22:01 local time today. Misamis Oriental governor said…

  • Long duration ice storm continues in central US, death toll rising

    Widespread freezing rain produced by Winter Storm "Jupiter" persists for much of western Oklahoma, Kansas, northern Missouri, and western Iowa. Continuing snow is forecast to the north of the freezing rain, and to the south, heavy rain and the potential…

  • Major ice storm hits the central US

    A major winter storm is in progress across much of the central US, extending from northern New Mexico all the way to the Ohio Valley this weekend, January 14 and 15, 2017. Significant freezing rain may cause downed trees, prolonged power outages, and travel…

  • Violent storm hits Europe, 330 000 homes without power in France

    A powerful cyclone hit Great Britain on Thursday, January 12, 2017 and rapidly strengthened over the English Channel and northern France, bringing hurricane-force winds to the region. Its center then moved over Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany and Poland….

  • Major storm hits California and Nevada, significant flooding expected

    A massive storm is affecting the western United States, dropping heavy rain and causing floods, mudslides, and evacuations. Significant flooding is expected in parts of drought-stricken California and western Nevada. At least three people have lost their lives by…

  • Military deployed, hundreds of thousands stranded in Thailand

    Hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded in major flooding in Thailand's south since January 1, 2017. Authorities reported Sunday, January 8, that at least 19 people have died and that military forces have been deployed to cope with massive flooding….

  • Powerful storm aims California and Pacific Northwest

    A very strong Pacific frontal system is expected to rapidly spread moisture back into the West Coast by late Friday night, January 6 and into Saturday morning, January 7. The storm could bring 36 straight hours of heavy rain from Mammoth Mountain to Susanville,…