Before Hurricane Irene hits, New York planning to shut down transportation...
nydailynews Astronaut Ron Garan tweeted this picture of Hurricane Irene from the International Space Station (NASA)The city is planning to shut down the entire transportation system on Saturday in...
View ArticleMore than a million evacuated in Japan as Typhoon Roke nears
telegraph Typhoon Roke Photo: NASA/REUTERS Typhoon Roke – the 15th Pacific storm of the season – was expected to make landfall in central Japan today, before moving in a northeasterly direction across...
View ArticleFourth person hit by lightning
thewest Ross Cox © Enlarge photo Update, 4.45pm: A fourth person has been struck by lightning, after a severe thunderstorm swept over the city this morning. The storm ripped through the south metro...
View ArticleFloods create ‘inland sea’ in Australia
rawstory.com SYDNEY — Major flooding hit parts of Australia’s east on Friday, stranding thousands of residents, prompting a military airlift and leaving some communities only accessible by helicopter....
View ArticleMajor storms set to increase
tgdaily.com by Kate Taylor So-called ‘storms of the century’ like last August’s Hurricane Irene could become almost commonplace, thanks to climate change. A team from MIT and Princeton University says...
View Article‘Very unusual’ start to tornado season
msnbc 18 Wheelers thrown into the air in Dallas Tornado season is only just beginning, but already this year has seen dozens of destructive twisters from Illinois to Texas, where up to 18 might have...
View ArticleSaturday Tornado Recap: 100+ Tornadoes, 6 Dead
kokomoperspective.com AccuWeather.com reports tornadic thunderstorms ravaged parts of the Plains Saturday and Saturday night, killing six people and leaving behind incredible destruction. According to...
View ArticleAtlantic Hurricane Forecast: Storms Close to the Coast
accuweather.com Astronaut, Ron Garan, snapped this photo of Hurricane Irene from aboard the International Space Station on August 22, 2011. NOAA averages are based on data from 1981-2010. AccuWeather’s...
View ArticleResearcher to speak on increased likelihood of Texas hurricanes
statesman Galveston, Texas in the Gulf of Mexico has the highest rate of hurricane activity than anywhere else in the USA. The Gulf area reports more hurricane activity than any other part of the US....
View ArticleSuper typhoon Haiyan just broke all scientific intensity scales
gizmodo.com Writing for Quartz, meteorologist Eric Holthaus says that the super typhoon Haiyan about to hit the Philippines is the worst storm he has ever seen. With sustained winds of 190mph (305km/h)...
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