Extreme weather News

As parts of the US remain gripped in a big freeze, one of the worst on record, news reports of strange events continue. The latest is a Wisconsin video which shows boiling water turning to snow in seconds.

Tacloban - The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan which struck the Philippines, Nov. 7, is likely to escalate to five figures as officials in the Philippine island of Leyte, hardest hit by the monster storm, began assessing the damage.

Columbia - A researcher at the University of Missouri (MU) has found a link between Pacific Ocean temperatures and the locations where tornadoes occur in the United States.

Bhubaneswar - Residents along India’s Eastern Seaboard battened down Saturday, as Cyclone Phailin, the most powerful cyclone in more than a decade, bore down on the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

Boston - Scientists meeting at this week’s annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston have warned that extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy and the Texas drought are here to stay.

Burleigh Heads - After extreme weather and floods in Australia, the Sunshine and Gold Coast has now been blanketed with several feet of "sea foam," astonishing local residents and tourists.

According to a new study published at the weekend in the journal, Nature, large cities, most of which lie in the northern hemisphere, could be affecting weather systems more than 1000 miles away.

Edmonton - Cold winters should be no surprise to Canadians. Winter, for those living north of the 49th parallel should be second nature and relatively easy to cope with. It seems that the cold snap has most Canadians running for cover and somewhat unprepared.

In one of the worst ever tragedies in the Scottish mountains, four mountaineers died and one was seriously injured when a party of six climbers fell victim to an avalanche at Bidean Nam Bian in Glencoe in Scotland.

New Jersey residents battered by Hurricane Sandy find help from neighbors, government, and local non-profit groups such as a new non-profit start up "Restore The Shore."