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Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding in New Jersey yesterday. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to continue through the region today. The Excessive Rainfall Outlook, available in [...]

A severe hailstorm was reported in El Paso County, Colorado on August 6, 2018. Maximum Expected Size of Hail (MESH) reports clearly show the hail bands across Colorado, from New Mexico in the [...]

A M 6.9 earthquake rocked Indonesia’s resort islands of Lombok and Bali on Sunday, following the M 6.4 earthquake that shook the region on July 29. Strong aftershocks followed the main [...]

A M 6.4 earthquake struck near Lelongken, Indonesia at 6:45 p.m. Saturday ET, on the popular tourist island of Lombok. The strong quake damaged more than 1,000 homes and killed at least 14 [...]

The Carr wildfire is expanding rapidly in northern California, fuelled by the continuing hot, dry weather. The fire crossed the Sacramento River Thursday night and moved into Redding, the largest [...]

Japan has experienced a record breaking flood event, due to an estimated 70 inches of typhoon rainfall as the impacts of Typhoon Prapiroon and Super Typhoon Maria combined with a lingering rainy [...]

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Tropical storm Prapiroon is moving towards the Korean Peninsula, with landfall expected in South Korea on Monday. Monsoon rains over the weekend will combine with heavy rainfall from Prapiroon to [...]

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a M 5.5 earthquake near Osaka just before 08:00 local time this morning. Due to the differences between seismic measurement scales, the Japan Meteorological [...]

While the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season doesn’t officially start until June 1, subtropical storm Alberto has formed in the western Caribbean and is expected to bring heavy rain to the [...]

A M 6.9 earthquake struck the Big Island of Hawaii on May 4, and is associated with volcanic activity at the Kilauea volcano. The USGS reports at least 7 earthquakes of M 4.5 or larger over the [...]

A large weather system is bringing the potential for high winds, large hail and tornadoes from Texas through to Kansas today and into the weekend; snow accumulations are also forecast for much of [...]

Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail, and possible tornadoes threaten Florida and the southeast coast today, after causing significant damage in parts of northern Alabama and [...]

Yet another nor’easter, Winter Storm Skylar, is impacting the north east coast of the United States today, and is expected to bring heavy snow accumulations to the region. Winter Storm [...]

Another strong earthquake (M 6.8) struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea today, following yesterday’s M 6.7 quake in the southern region of the country. These two quakes are the latest in [...]

The second nor-easter (Winter Storm Quinn) within a week is expected to reach the northeast coast of the United States on Wednesday. While not as intense as Winter Storm Riley, Winter Storm Quinn [...]

Winter Storm Riley intensified into a powerful nor’easter on March 2, bringing high winds combined with heavy snow to the northeast region. Coastal flooding caused significant damage and at [...]

Monday’s strong M 7.5 earthquake in Papua New Guinea occurred at a relatively shallow depth of 35 kilometers. The epicenter was about 96 kilometers south-west of Mendi, the capital of [...]

A strong M 7.2 earthquake  in Oaxaca, Mexico struck late on Friday February 16, 2018. This region was impacted in September 2017, by the M 8.2 earthquake offshore Chiapas, and the M 7.1 event [...]

A M 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien, Taiwan at 23:50 local time and has caused extensive damage in the city, severely impacting roads and buildings, according to early media [...]