At least 40 people have been killed by tornadoes that have swept across the American Midwest and South. The worst of the storms have hit Missouri, where 12 people have died so far, the BBC reports. Strong winds in Texas and Kansas…
Storm Rafael made landfall in the Cayman Islands in the western Caribbean on the evening of November 5, packing strong winds and heavy rain. The Category 1 hurricane is expected to continue strengthening before hitting Cuba on Wednesday, November 6, CNN reports. Rafael…
Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary are suffering from unprecedented flooding caused by storm Boris (called Annette in Germany) that swept over the mainland. Many towns and villages are completely flooded, tens of thousands of residents are left without electricity. Emergency evacuations are underway in many regions. Areas…
Hurricane Francine made landfall on the Louisiana coast on September 11. Winds of up to 155 mph (XNUMX km/h) caused dangerous storms that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. Heavy rainfall led to flooding, according to Fox Weather. Photo: Mariusz Burcz | Dreamstime.comThe eye of the hurricane…
On August 19, rescuers carried out a search operation: six people, including British technology tycoon Mike Lynch, went missing after a luxury yacht was caught in a tornado and sank off the coast of Sicily. One person out of 22 who were on…
The large-scale storm brought heavy rain and caused coastal flooding in parts of southern Texas and eastern Mexico, killing at least three people, Accuweather reported. Alberto, the first named system of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, entered...
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic Basin this year. La Niña and above-average ocean temperatures are major factors in hurricane activity. NOAA is forecasting 17 to 25 named storms (wind speed...
Deadly storms hit the Gulf Coast. One person died in Mississippi as a tornado ripped through Louisiana and heavy rains caused flooding throughout New Orleans, Yahoo reports. On April 10, more than 30 million people in the central Gulf Coast states...
On February 5, a storm of historic proportions dumped record amounts of rain on parts of Los Angeles, California. Landslides carried mud and boulders down hillsides, destroying residents' homes, AP reports. The storm was caused by an atmospheric river - a relatively narrow plume of moisture that forms over...
On February 4, an intense and long-lasting atmospheric river began moving into California. And on February 5, a winter storm hit the state, causing widespread flooding and depriving nearly a million people of power supply, Yahoo reports. An atmospheric river is a layer of moisture in the atmosphere that...