KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa was strengthening rapidly late Saturday, threatening to become a major hurricane and cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica. Melissa became a hurricane on Saturday, prompting forecasters to issue a hurricane warning for Jamaica, saying it could reach the island as a major storm early next…
Power outages and travel disruption are widely expected today (Picture: George Cracknell Wright) Storm Benjamin crashed into the UK last night, unleashing fierce winds and heavy rain that have already caused misery for commuters. With four weather warnings in place today, wet and windy conditions will likely cause travel disruption, flooding, power cuts building damage….
Exeter and the South West is bracing for heavy rain and strong winds as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning ahead of Storm Benjamin’s arrival. The storm is expected to hit the region tonight, bringing potentially disruptive conditions to roads, transport, and communities across Devon and beyond. The deep low-pressure system, named by…
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COURTESY NWS Heavy rain was falling over Central Oahu late this afternoon. Oahu is under a flood advisory until 7:45 p.m. today as heavy rain falls on the central part of the island. “At 4:46 p.m., radar indicated heavy rain over Oahu. Rain was falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour,”…
NEW YORK – A powerful Nor’easter spinning off the East Coast is now taking aim at the New York region, bringing a dangerous mix of heavy rain, powerful winds and coastal flooding. The storm, which battered the Carolinas earlier Saturday, will intensify overnight as it tracks north along the Atlantic Seaboard. According to FOX Weather,…
BEIJING — Rescue workers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said late Sunday. About 350 hikers had reached a meeting point in Tingri country and rescuers were in contact with another 200, state broadcaster CCTV said. There was…
SHANGHAI: Typhoon Matmo hit southern China on Sunday (Oct 5), the state broadcaster said, after flights and many events had been cancelled in the island province of Hainan, causing disruption in a peak holiday season. Matmo, which caused flooding in the Philippines earlier this week, made landfall on the east coast of Xuwen in Guangdong…
BANGKOK (AP) — Typhoon Matmo strengthened ahead of making landfall Sunday in China, prompting the government to evacuate 150,000 people from southern Guangdong province. The storm had maximum sustained wind speeds of 151 kph (94 mph) on Sunday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Center. It is expected to make landfall around midday. The weather…
The National Hurricane Center on Saturday dropped to 0% chances a pair of systems on either side of Florida could develop while keeping track of a tropical wave in the Atlantic that could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm. As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, a weak low-pressure area near…