Posted by Lauren Whisenhunt on January 17, 2011
In YourWeatherBlog last week we talked about the devastating floods that hit Australia and today the government is saying it could be the country’s most expensive natural disaster to date. However, it’s not just Australia that’s dealing with disastrous floods. Heavy rain has also fallen in Brazil causing devastating floods and landslides. So far more [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on January 12, 2011
It’s cloudy and unusually cold in Houston at this writing. Not exactly the stuff of La Niña, yet eastern Pacific waters are cooler than normal allowing western Pacific waters to be warmer than normal which, in turn, allows abundant precipitation across Equatorial waters of the western Pacific. Translation? Classic La Niña.
Posted by Lauren Whisenhunt on January 12, 2011
Yesterday, Dave brought you the latest information on the Australian floods and today I’d like to show you an image captured from the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. Notice the muddy brown flood waters inundating the city. Heavy rain will continue across southeastern Australia and Tasmania over the next few [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on January 11, 2011
it’s been weeks of flooding that has befallen eastern Australia. Low pressure troughs seem to just park themselves over the area with widespread rainfall totals of up to three inches per day — day after day. Yesterday’s news reported six inches in 30 minutes in Toowoomba, a city that typically receives 37 inches of rainfall annually. It was this heavy rainfall that lead to the flooding which earned the nickname, “the inland tsunami.”
Posted by Dave Gorham on January 5, 2011
Wet and soggy conditions continue over eastern Australia. Actually, “soggy” is not the appropriate word as many areas are indeed flooded, while Queensland’s coal mines are shut down and more than 200,000 people have been affected. Experts are already estimating flood-related costs above $5 billion, when considering infrastructure rebuilding (transportation has been particularly hard hit) and economic losses.
Posted by Dave Gorham on November 1, 2010
Though it seems like it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the volcanoes in Iceland, don’t judge a book by its “quiet” cover. Iceland remains a geological hot spot and vulcanologists are still expecting an eruption of likely global climate-changing proportions in the not-too-distant future. While we wait, lesser volcanoes will continue to keep residents and scientists on alert.
Posted by Lauren Whisenhunt on August 13, 2010
A strong low pressure system and associated cold front will track across the Central Plains and Midwest today bringing the threat of severe thunderstorms. Clusters of strong to severe storms are expected to develop, especially from Iowa through southern Minnesota today. A moderate risk of severe storms will exist across this region with the main [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on May 18, 2010
Heavy rains which fell across portions central Europe the past few days triggered flash floods which are responsible for killing at least nine people, forcing mass evacuations and cutting off power for thousands. In Poland alone, five people have now been killed in the floods over the last three days and more rain is in [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on May 11, 2010
According to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, 23 people were killed in the severe storms and massive flooding that hit Tennessee the weekend of May 1-2. The federal government has declared 42 counties disaster areas. City officials have said that flooding has caused more than $1.5 billion in property damage in the Nashville area alone. [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on April 27, 2010
Heavy rain over the past few days has caused widespread flooding across the Southland region of New Zealand. According to the MetService, as of last night more than 27.5 inches (700mm) of rain has fallen in Fiordland the past three days and more rainfall is expected today. Roads and phone lines to Te Anau were [...]
