Storms News
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By AFP
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Almost half a million people have died in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in the last 20 years, according to a new assessment of the direct threat posed to humanity by climate change.
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New environmental evidence suggests that hurricanes are becoming stronger. Longer-term environmental data signals variations are occurring, with more intense storms being recorded.
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By AFP
Frankfurt Am Main -
Fierce winds and heavy rains claimed at least three lives across northern Europe on Monday as Storm Ciara disrupted travel, grounded hundreds of flights, flooded roads and left vast areas without power.
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By AFP
Madrid -
The death toll from storms that have battered Spain, Portugal and France rose to nine on Sunday as the region braced for more violent winds and heavy rain.
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By AFP
Madrid -
The death toll from a storm that battered Spain, Portugal and France rose to seven on Saturday as the region braced for more violent winds.
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By AFP
Lisbon -
Violent winds and torrential rain battered Spain, Portugal and France overnight leaving at least five people dead, rescuers said Friday, as the region braced for another storm.
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By AFP
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A freak storm tore down houses and overturned cars and trucks as it swept across southern Nepal killing at least 27 people and leaving more than 600 injured, officials said Monday as a major rescue operation gathered pace.
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NASA has begun using nanosatellites to track global storms. The technology is housed in hardware no large than shoebox. However, the tiny instrumentation on-board is highly accurate.
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By AFP
Marseille -
An elderly German man, who was helping supervise children at a campsite in southeast France, was missing on Thursday after being swept away by floodwaters, police said.
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By AFP
Marseille -
A 70-year-old German man who was helping supervise children at a campsite in southeast France was missing on Thursday after he was swept away in his caravan by floodwaters, police said.
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By AFP
Paris -
Violent floods in central India have tripled since 1950, according to researchers who warned Tuesday of worse to come while offering hope for predicting them better in future.
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By AFP
Albany -
Powerful weekend storms roared through the southeastern United States, killing 18 people as violent weather left a trail of destruction, authorities said.
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Hurricane Sandy, which devastated New York and other coastal cities, could be the start of a new weather norm, with an increase in cyclonical wind events, according to a new study.
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By AFP
Miami -
More storms are expected during the coming Atlantic hurricane season which should be "near-normal," after three years of unusually low storm activity, US government scientists said Friday.
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Monterey -
Rainfall in Northern California is expected to continue most of the day Saturday leading to a major rainstorm late in the day into early Sunday.
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Dallas -
It was a bad end of the year in Texas for tornadoes. One family near Dallas had a secondary problem — they kept getting billed by the power company even though their house has been destroyed.
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By AFP
Paris -
Sea storm surges amplified by heavy rain are a greater flood threat to US coastal cities than previously understood, and are occurring more frequently according to a study published Monday.
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Google has developed an Ebola-proof tablet for use by health workers in Sierra Leone. It can resist the storms and high humidity of West Africa and can be dipped into antibacterial chlorine after use.
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By AFP
Rome -
The death toll from the latest wave of storms to batter northern Italy rose to five Thursday after floods and landslides wreaked havoc across the region.
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Speedwell -
Emergency officials in Tennessee are going door to door in Claiborne County, searching for possible victims after strong storms ripped through the area.
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By AFP
Paris -
Huge offshore wind farms can protect vulnerable coastal cities against devastating cyclones like Katrina and Sandy by tempering winds and ocean surges before they reach land, a study said Wednesday.Had such installations existed at the time, Hurricane ...
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New research by scientists in Chicago has determined that the bitterly cold and snowy weather in the US and Canada, and the intense storms and rain across the UK and Western Europe, is being driven by a meandering jet stream, that may be here for good.
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Large swathes of the UK are preparing for "Wild Wednesday" with 100 mph winds and a month's worth of heavy rain, including in the South, where thousands of homes are already waist deep in flood water.
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The West Country and south western counties of England and many parts of Wales are now into the third month of successive Atlantic storms. There are major floods and a serious risk to life.
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Early figures have suggested several parts of England and Wales have experienced its wettest January since records began over 100 years ago.
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As severe summer storms swept through France this weekend, over 100,000 people are left without electricity. Heavy winds blew down a pavilion in one town and 30 people were injured.
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Calgary -
On Sunday, approximately 65,000 Calgarians were allowed to go home after being evacuated due to the worst flood in Calgary’s history. But the evacuation still stands for 10,000 people. The clean up continues downtown and in affected Alberta communities.
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The Weather Network's Chris Scott is one of Canada's leading weather experts and he's calling for summer conditions that will more often be above average when it comes to that which we all crave - heat. The weather will be topsy-turvy in June, however.
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Cape Town -
Bitter cold conditions, heavy rains and hail have wreaked havoc in Cape Town, South Africa, with a new cold front set to arrive on Monday. The mountains close by have seen heavy snowfall.
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A combination of torrential rains and violent winds have inundated Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. At least five people have died. Later reports say up to 40 people dead.
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Many roads in California are closed due to flooding or damage from this latest round of storms. CalTran District 3
View of Earth from the ISS, of lightning storms dotting Turkey. Via Tim Peake Via Tim Peake's Twitter feed
Calif. Department of Water Resources
Fields are under more than five feet of water in Corey's Mill, close to the A1(M) Motorway
This shows the extent of the damage to the bridge. YouTube screen grab
Localised flooding. A spokesman for the Met Office said that an inch of rain fell in the south of England in just 24 hours.
The control tower at Gatwick Airport was hit by lightning strikes as travel chaos hit parts of the south-east UK in June 2011 Flickr
NOAA hurricane hunter WP-3D Orion and Gulfstream IV aircraft in flight. So far, wind measurements taken from airplanes flying through intense hurricane winds are the only sure fire way to accurately assess the strength of a hurricane NASA
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WEATHER: Rain clouds gather in the San Francisco Bay Area over the Golden Gate Bridge in a photo taken from Berkeley. Angelo DeSantis / Wikimedia Commons
This photo is a composite of three days' views (Aug. 23, 24 and 25, 1992) of Hurricane Andrew as it slowly moved across south Florida from east to wes NASA
The French Fishing vessel Alf (LS683637, MMSI 228378000) during a storm in the Irish Sea in March, 2013. Photo: Royal Navy/MOD
ON THE MOVE: A cable car keeps working in the rain on Powell Street in San Francisco in 2010. Mcsalo/Wikimedia Commons
The Met Office said conditions had been caused by a deep depression
This house destroyed by the tornado was unoccupied at the time it was hit. No injuries were reported. Video file folder
Many roads in California are closed due to flooding or damage from this latest round of storms. CalTran District 3
West Somerset and Mendip were the worst affected areas in the region, where 23mm of rain fell in six hours.
William Putman, NASA/Goddard
River in Bakewell was very high. A very deep depression passing just to the south of Britain will bring very strong winds for a time as it clears east into the North Sea. Gusts of 65 to 75 MPH are expected at their peak late afternoon before slowly easing into the evening.
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