A storm with speeds up to 120 kilometres per hour blanketed the Netherlands curbing flights at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Reports were also made of trucks being blown away over the motorways and massive traffic jams. Railway services gradually came to…
Storms bring mudslides, evacuations to California
The latest Pacific storm unleashed torrential downpours and damaging winds in California, knocking out power and turning city streets into rivers as mudslides cut off highways and entire communities faced evacuation orders. More than 33 million Californians were threatened by…
Thailand warship capsizes leaving 31 sailors missing
The Thai navy says 31 sailors are missing after a warship carrying over 100 crew capsized and sank during a storm in the Gulf of Thailand. The HTMS Sukhothai sank after water flooded its power controls on Sunday night. On…
Death toll in Italy storms rises to nine (Guardian)
The death toll from fierce storms battering Italy has risen to nine, civil protection authorities said Tuesday, as wild weather caused schools to close and trapped dozens of tourists in the north of the country. With ferocious storms lashing the…