SE Iran sandstorm injures 145 A total of 145 people asked for medical attention in southeastern Iran's Sistan-Balustan Province on October 7 due to respiratory problems caused by a sandstorm. 27 of them were hospitalized. The winds in the province reached 104…
BOM: September 2018 Australia's driest September on record Last month was Australia's driest September on record, BOM reported October 1. Nights were much cooler than average for the time of year over much of Victoria, South Australia and southern NSW. Days,…
Powerful M7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, causing major tsunami in Palu and Donggala – more than 50 deadA powerful earthquake registered as M7.5 by the USGS and M7.7 by the BMKG hit Sulawesi, Indonesia at 10:02 UTC on September 28, causing a major tsunami in Palu and…
Medicane "Zorbas" forming in the Mediterranean Sea, major flooding reported in Libya"In response to the Arctic outbreak that pushed into the southern Balkan peninsula, a cold core upper low is deepening in the southern-central Mediterranean and…
Tropical Cyclone "Liua" forms in Southwest Pacific, first September TC to form in the basin since 1950Tropical Cyclone "Liua" has formed in the Southwest Pacific on September 26, 2018. This is the first named storm of the 2018/19 South Pacific…
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…
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…
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…
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….
Another super typhoon brewing in the Pacific, TD28 drenching GuamA new tropical depression formed near Guam on September 20 and is currently dropping heavy rain on the region. This system has the potential to become another super typhoon in the days ahead. Northern…
