It is normal to record a higher spring tide during the north-east monsoon and the difference is mainly due to meteorological factors largely due to strong or prolonged winds,' a spokesman said. A spring tide occurs when the moon is full or new ...

In Japan, residents rocked by the March quake and tsunami reflect on their recovery. Thunderstorms dampen the revelry in New Zealand's capital, but Samoans enjoy being first to welcome the new year after their hop across the international date line.Fir...

Campers around the country are waking to a damp 2012 after days of heavy rain closed roads and forced the evacuation of holiday spots.Up to 120mm of rain was predicted to have fallen in the Bay of Plenty region over the 24 hours...

During this time of the year there are few more important questions for sun-starved Northwesteners.  How can one get to sun, either in the car, or in the shortest plane ride possible?  This blog will provide some guidance.We start with the pr...

Typhoon Sendong victims, their families, and friends, in the Philippines are using social media to look for missing victims, coordinate and document relief efforts, and record images and accounts of the destruction.

At least 42 people including a French national killed when a cyclone hits southern India, reports say as engineers rush to restore power supplies knocked out by the gale.

(AGI) Bangkok - The death toll from months of floods, made worse by the monsoon season, reached 823 in Thailand. The waters seem to be receding now, but this has been the worst natural disaster the country has suffered in the last five years. Many peop...

Heavy rain has continued to pound the country, causing several families to evacuate a Tasman camping ground.The owner of the Quinney's Bush camping ground decided to self-evacuate the area after heavy rain caused the Motupiko River...

A remarkable blitz of extreme weather events during 2011 caused a total of 32 weather disasters costing at least $1 billion worldwide. Five nations experienced their most expensive weather-related natural disasters on record during 2011--Thailand, Aust...

Winds in Rockies Gust to 134 MPH Dec 30, 2011; 1:11 PM ET High wind reports were widespread in the Rocky Mountains yesterday, as predicted. Mount Coffin, Wyoming gusted to 134 mph, as the graph below shows. As you can see by the map below, high wind ...

The victims of Tropical Storm “Sendong” in Cagayan de Oro City—and I suppose, those in Iligan City, as well—have been inundated with relief goods and medical attention they don’t need them anymore. What they need is the second phase of rehabi...

Lashing winds and heavy rain pummeled India's southeastern coastline Friday as Cyclone Thane roared onshore killing at least 19 people.

We usually know the monsoon period, the times of flash floods and the dramatic changes in the weather. However, we do not take preventive measures to alleviate the flood situation in many parts of the country. Only when floods occur do the authorities ...

When monsoon flooding struck Sindh Province earlier this year, Tariq was one of the 2.4 million children affected. Now, as families begin to return to their devastated homes, Tariq faces even greater challenges than most. Tariq is disabled; he was stru...

The tropical low had been tipped to reform as a cyclone and hit parts of Cape York, but the weather bureau says it will remain a monsoonal low. The low reached the western coast of Cape York Peninsula, 45 kilometres north-northwest of Pormpuraaw, late ...

Tropical Cyclone Thane Rain, Radar, Satellite Images Dec 29, 2011; 10:45 AM ET Here's something we haven't seen in a while... a "hurricane" in December. Technically, it's known only by the name "Tropical Cyclone Thane" will make landfall in southeast ...

Let it snow: words that skiers and employees of resorts around the country are fervently repeating as flakes resist falling on slopes from California to New England.

My Biggest Story of the Year is the on-going refusal to connect the dots and describe climate change events for what they are. Not "Mother Nature" on a rampage; not some "wacky and wild curve ball." ...

By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist Dec 29, 2011; 3:45 PM ET The Leishman Trophy was displayed during a media event for the Rose Bowl, an NCAA college football game, in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. The trophy is presented to the winner of th...

First, the thank you.   I very much appreciate the contributions of over one hundred of you to my weather research fund.   It has allowed me to fill in the financial holes for running the local weather prediction modeling research. ...

KOCHI: Not many days have passed since the monsoon receded, but Kochi has already been gripped by water shortage. And most of the city councilors are a worried lot as they believe that except for central Ernakulam, the city would face severe ...

The country can expect rainy weather on the eve of the New Year’s celebration, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its Special Weather Outlook report released yesterday.

The current water position will help them see through the summer, until the South West Monsoon hits the Western Coast around June 1, said TWAD Board sources. The present water level in the Siruvani Dam stands at 43.40 feet. At present there is no inflo...

A major storm was headed towards Newfoundland and Labrador Wednesday evening, while snow was also forecast for northern New Brunswick and Quebec's North Shore and Gaspe Peninsula.

Two people are dead after a truck flipped off a west-end Montreal overpass and onto railway tracks where it was hit by a train.

A tropical storm lurking in the Gulf of Carpentaria could redevelop into a cyclone and cross Queensland's north.

A 5-year-old boy drowned in Dagami town, Leyte province, while a 50-year-old man was killed in a landslide in Calatrava town, Negros Occidental province, on Tuesday as a result of incessant rains.

2011: A Record Rainfall Odyssey for Northeast Dec 28, 2011; 1:09 PM ET With little precipitation left to fall this year, we wrap up 2011 as a record rainfall year for parts of the Midwest and Northeast. Below is a map showing the fourteen states (!) t...

Nervous residents are asking for sandbags as Nelson braces for more flooding in the wake of torrential rain that caused tens of millions of dollars in damage.The MetService has issued a severe weather warning for Nelson and wider...

Heavy snow and the risk of avalanches has closed several B.C. mountain passes and created dangerous conditions in the backcountry.