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Hurricane Harvey Slams Texas: Biblical Floods Feared
Hurricane Harvey smacked Texas near Corpus Christi, but now Texans 200 miles inland are worried about Biblical floods as the storm taking over Texas dumps water for days.
It was a little over two years ago when heavy storms ravaged flood-prone plains of Houston and Austin, drowning numerous people when water rushed into underground parking garages, apartments and shopping malls.
Those floods were...
Australian Storm Kills 3, Leaves 200,000 Homes Without Power
A powerful storm hitting Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coast has killed at least three people so far and left thousands without power.
The gusts of wind averaged 100km/h and some 30cm of rain fell in some areas, many times more than usual. The average yearly amount of precipitation in the region is 5.5cm.
People on the ground have taken to social media to post some of the damage from the storms,...
Jupiter's 'one-eyed giant Cyclops' captured by Hubble
A stunning event captured by NASA’s Hubble Telescope shows a big black eye staring back from Jupiter’s Great Red Spot storm. In reality, it is shadow play on a planetary scale.
The image was captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope as it tracked changes in Jupiter’s immense Great Red Spot storm, a storm that has been raging for over 300 years. The black eye is caused by the shadow of...
India evacuates thousands of civilians over "very severe" Cyclone
Thousands of people have been evacuated in India as a strong cyclone sweeping through the Bay of Bengal bears down on the country’s east coast.
Authorities evacuated about 150,000 people by late afternoon on Saturday, while around 400,000 more are expected to be relocated by the end of the day.
Officials have been preparing emergency supplies, with rescue teams on standby along the coastlines of...
Floods kill at least five in southern France
At least five people have died after storms turned a peaceful river into a raging torrent that swept through a campground in southern France.
The campsite located at Lamalou-les-Bains was devastated by floods while thick mud and fallen trees covered the roads in the area, rescue workers said on Thursday.
Cars and other vehicles were found bottom-up as firemen and local residents pumped water out of...
Typhoon Halong claims 10 lives in Japan
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others injured as a powerful typhoon slammed into western and northern Japan.
Typhoon Halong hurtled across the Japanese archipelago over the weekend, with heavy rain still lashing the country’s north.
The public broadcaster, NHK, reported that a total of 96 people have suffered injuries as a result of the heavy storm.
Among the victims, the...
Philippines prepares for season’s first major storm
Typhoon Haiyan is pictured in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite handout image taken on November 6, 2013.
Thousands of people living in coastal areas of the Philippines are getting ready to evacuate as the first major storm of the rainy season is approaching the country.
According to civil defense authorities, tropical Storm Rammasun is expected to strike eastern Philippines...
3 killed as Typhoon Neoguri hits Japan
A wooden house collapses due to strong winds caused by Typhoon Neoguri in Naha on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa.
A powerful typhoon has stuck Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu after battering the Okinawa island chain, where it left three people dead.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency said typhoon Neoguri landed near Akune City, on the western coast of Kyushu Island at 7 a.m. local time...
Storm kills 6 Germans in North Rhine Westphalia
At least six people have been killed and 30 others seriously wounded during storms that ravaged Germany’s most populous state of North Rhine Westphalia.
According to German media reports, three people died when a tree landed on a garden shed in which they were seeking shelter in the state capital of Dusseldorf on Monday.
Firefighters were able to rescue three more injured people, two severely...
Cyclone Ita hits Australia 16000 homes without power
Thousands of homes in Australia’s Barrier Reef coastal region remain without power and face clean water shortages as Cyclone Ita continues to batter the northern coastline.
Emergency authorities announce on Saturday that nearly 16,000 homes were without electricity and a number of roadways were shut down due to flooding while residents of worst-hit Cooktown were warned that clean water was about...
Vietnam evacuates 600,000 in fear of Haiyan devastation
As super-typhoon Haiyan has left some 10,000 dead in the Philippines, over 600,000 people have been evacuated as it approaches Vietnam. “Those who do not move voluntarily will be forced” to move, Vietnam’s flood and storm control department said.
Vietnam is preparing its defenses after the storm annihilated the Philippines over the weekend, leaving thousands dead and a trail of devastation through...
Super Typhoon Haiyan hits Philippines with all-time record winds
One of the most powerful-ever tropical cyclones based on wind speed has hit the Filipino island of Samar, forcing millions to flee the area. At least three people have been killed and seven injured, with the death toll expected to rise, authorities said.
“The super typhoon likely made landfall with winds near 195 mph (313 kph). This makes Haiyan the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make...
Horrific Superstorm Targets US After Gulf Stream Collapse
An ominous report prepared by the Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia (HCR) on the “Frankenstorm” (aka Hurricane Sandy) barreling towards the Northeastern United States warns that this superstorms origins lie in the near complete collapse of the Deep Southerly Return Flow (DSRF) of the Gulf Stream this past week due to the unprecedented melting of the Greenland Icecap.
The Gulf Stream, together...
Hot Rain: High Radiation Levels Recorded In Michigan
Radiation readings from the EnviroReporter have revealed high levels of HOT particles in Michigan, possibly from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Radiation levels after a storm in the area read 561% over normal background levels. Then, after a second storm, the levels were even higher, 6.5 times higher than normal accepted levels to be exact.
Michael Collins, the founder of EnviroReporter recently...
Brazil storms kill 7, displace 1000s
A destroyed car is seen in the main street of Teresopolis' Campo Grande neighborhood, some 100 km from Rio de Janiero, in the southwestern state of Rio on January 16, 2011 following a landslide of mud and rocks caused by heavy rains.
Storms in the southwestern Brazil state of Minas Gerais have claimed the lives of seven people and left some 13,000 others homeless.
At least five of the victims are...