Wild Weather Over Christmas Holiday Leaves At Least 10 Dead In Eastern Australia – Top Speed News
Australian officials say at least 10 people have died after severe storms on Christmas and Boxing Day. Source link
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Hurricane Otis Becomes Category 5 Monster Off Mexico’s Coast – Top Speed News
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s once glamorous port of Acapulco and surrounding coastal towns braced for the arrival of the “potentially catastrophic” Hurricane Otis, a rapidly intensifying Category 5 hurricane that stirred memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people. “A nightmare scenario is unfolding for southern Mexico this evening with…
Hurricane Norma Makes Landfall Near Mexico’s Los Cabos, Tammy Hits Barbuda In The Caribbean – Top Speed News
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Norma came ashore near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon, and hours later Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda. Both storms were Category 1 hurricanes when they hit. The U.S. National Hurricane Center…
Libya Investigates Dams’ Collapse After Devastating Flood Kills More Than 11,000 – Top Speed News
DERNA, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city as rescue teams searched for bodies on Saturday, nearly a week after the deluge killed more than 11,000 people. Heavy rains caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding across…
Millions Under Storm Watches As Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee Bears Down On New England, Canada – Top Speed News
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Hurricane Lee to a post-tropical cyclone, but millions of people in coastal New England and eastern Canada remained under storm watches and warnings Saturday amid the threat of hurricane-force winds and torrential rain. Severe conditions were predicted as a possibility across portions of Massachusetts and…
Searchers Look For More Than 10,000 Missing In Flooded Libyan City As Death Toll Climbs – Top Speed News
DERNA, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities limited access to the flooded city of Derna on Friday to make it easier for searchers to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 people still missing and presumed dead following a disaster that has already claimed more than 11,000 lives. The staggering death…
Hurricane Lee Barrels Through Atlantic Waters As Season’s First Category 5 Storm – Top Speed News
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee on Friday charged through warm Atlantic waters as the season’s first Category 5 storm, threatening to unleash heavy swells across the northeast Caribbean. The hurricane is not expected to make landfall, but meteorologists warned it would generate dangerous waves of up to 15 feet (5 meters) across…
2 Dead In Hong Kong Amid Extreme Rain And Flash Floods – Top Speed News
HONG KONG (AP) — Heavy rain in Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, with hundreds evacuated and two deaths reported in Hong Kong. Hong Kong authorities said during a joint news conference Friday that the extreme weather was expected to last until at least midnight, with widespread flooding…
Storm Franklin Nears Haiti And Dominican Republic Bringing Fears Of Floods, Landslides – Top Speed News
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin roared toward the island of Hispaniola shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti early Wednesday, bringing fears it would trigger deadly landslides and heavy flooding in both countries. Franklin was expected to swirl above the island for most of Wednesday, with forecasters warning the storm could…