Tag: thunderstorm
Franklin: Tropical storm Franklin lashes Dominican Republic
Tropical Storm Franklin was lashing the Dominican Republic on Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rain and potentially life-threatening flash flooding to the island of Hispaniola.As the…
Haiti: At least 42 dead in Haiti floods, landslides
PORT-AU-PRINCE: At least 42 people were dead and 11 missing in Haiti after heavy rains at the weekend triggered flooding and landslides, civil protection officials…
Myanmar: Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54, but full extent of damage still unknown
BANGKOK: At least 54 people were killed and more than 185,000 buildings damaged in Myanmar by a powerful cyclone last weekend, state television MRTV reported…
Gulf Coast: One dead as tornado hits south Texas town near the Gulf coast
PORT ISABEL: At least one person was killed when a tornado struck a town on the Gulf coast near the southernmost tip of Texas, damaging…
‘Sad to say’: Music legend Belafonte bids farewell at 96
Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went…
Landslide kills 3, buries vehicles in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Three persons, including two Afghan nationals, were buried alive while several others were injured after a huge landslide followed rains and lightning storms in…
Violent US storms kill at least 32 people
The death toll from a violent storm that whipped up tornadoes in the southern and midwestern regions of the United States rose to at least…
Torn apart homes, overturned cars, toppled power lines, ripped off trees: US storms, tornadoes leave paths of devastation, kill at least 24
WASHINGTON: The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the south-central and eastern United States with devastating winds and powerful tornadoes rose…
Tornadoes strike Arkansas, Illinois; 7 dead, dozens injured
LITTLE ROCK: A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centres in Arkansas,…
Supercells To Hit South More: Study says warming-fueled supercells to hit South more often
America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms…