At least one person has died and thousands displaced after severe flooding in eastern parts of Cuba. Flooding struck in the provinces of Granma, Las Tunas, Santiago de Cuba and…
Hurricane Ian left a trail of destruction after it made landfall in southwest Florida, USA, on 28 September 2022. In a statement of 28 September, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said…
At least 3 people have died and thousands have been displaced after heavy rainfall caused flash flooding and damage in Cuba. Cuba Civil Defence reported two fatalities in the province…
Strong winds of up to 85 km/h and heavy rainfall brought by Tropical Storm Laura have caused severe damage in Haiti and Dominican Republic, with at least 11 fatalities reported.…
Tropical Cyclone Isaias strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Monday, 03 August, prior to making landfall near Ocean Isle Beach in North Carolina, USA. Since then, at least 6…
Heavy rainfall on 25 May caused flash flooding in central areas of Cuba prompting evacuations. Heavy rain was also reported in Florida, USA, where as much as 4 inches (100mm)…
Hurricane Michael continued strengthening while moving north-northwestward over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico as NASA’s Aqua satellite provided infrared and visible imagery of the storm. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center or…
After making landfall as a Subtropical Storm near Laguna Beach in Florida on 28 May, Alberto has continued to move north as a Subtropical Depression, brining heavy rain to areas…
Subtropical Storm Alberto brought soaking rainfall to the southeastern U.S. up through the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. Using a variety of resources to gather data, including the Global Precipitation Measurement…
Update, 30 May, 2018 Around 200 people were evacuated from areas near Lake Tahoma dam McDowell County, North Carolina, after heavy rain resulted in a landslide that is thought could…
In the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria, which wreaked havoc across the Caribbean in September 2017, the European Commission has mobilised an additional €3.3 million to support preparedness initiatives…
“A lot of the damage now comes from extreme precipitation. So that translates into floods, landslides, loss of life, loss of livelihoods” BOGOTA, July 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As…
Heavy rain from Friday 21 April, 2017 caused flooding in parts of southern Jamaica. Images from news reports and Social Media showed cars submerged in flood water almost 2 metres…
As the Atlantic, eastern Pacific and central Pacific 2016 hurricane seasons end today, NOAA scientists said that all three regions saw above-normal seasons. For the Atlantic, this was the first…
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland has produced a rainfall analysis from Hurricane Matthew. It was accomplished using data from NASA’s Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG). The…
Hurricane Matthew made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Les Anglais in the Sud Department of Haiti during the morning of 04 October 2016. The storm dropped significant amounts…
