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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 [...]

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 [...]

Beginning on May 31, southern China experienced three days of excessive rainfall which ended up destroying 11,000 homes and forcing 200,000 people to evacuate. Initially, there were 53 people reported missing and not until just recently have they been recovered. The Guangxi region flood control office has said that the flooding and landslides affected 42 [...]

Torrential rain over southern China has caused massive floods that have killed 115 people with 21 still missing. 685,000 people have been evacuated across southern China due to the flooding and emergency rescue teams have been dispatched across the area to help those in need. According to a statement on the Ministry of Civil Affairs [...]

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 [...]

A strong low pressure system and associated cold front brought torrential rains to the Rio de Janeiro area on Tuesday that caused floods and landslides. Over 100 people so far have been killed and the death toll keeps rising. Most victims died in more than 180 mudslides, authorities said. This slow moving frontal system caused [...]

Before too many more days get away from me, I wanted to remind you that this week is National Flood Safety Awareness Week, brought to you by NOAA and the National Weather Service. Flood Safety Awareness week is intended to highlight some of the many ways floods can occur, the hazards associated with floods and [...]

This isn’t the first post on YourWeatherBlog discussing the unusual weather across Australia. From high heat to flooding to tropical cyclones, Australia is no stranger to severe or unusual weather. This time, severe thunderstorms over Melbourne delivered flooding downpours and large hail Saturday — hail the size of lemons, it was reported. You likely don’t [...]

  Remember this past summer when we saw a 747 jumbo jet dropping fire retardant over the forests of southern California? The evening news was dominated by such images, along with the widespread devastation brought about by the nearly uncontrollable forest fires. A Boeing 747 bomber from Evergreen International. Image: Goleta Air & Space It [...]