Category: storms

Environment Canada Warns Winter Storms Headed for Southern Ontario and Quebec

OTTAWA—Environment Canada is warning residents of southern Ontario and Quebec to brace for a winter storm, prompting some school boards to revisit their plans to reopen classrooms Monday. The federal forecaster says a low-pressure system around the Great Lakes could dump snow on parts of Ontario starting Sunday night, while a storm brewing in the…


Western Storms Bring Flood Threats, Snow for Christmas

LOS ANGELES—Two people died in a submerged car, evacuations were ordered for wildfire-scarred California, and Seattle and Portland faced the rare chance of snowy streets as a wave of storms rolled through the West. An atmospheric river—a sky-born plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean—was fueling the weather, which could dump rain and snow over…


Deadly Tornadoes, Storms Strike US; Roof Collapse at Amazon

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.—Tornadoes and severe weather were blamed for several deaths and injuries across parts of the Midwest and the South as a storm system caused significant damage at a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois, a nursing home in Arkansas, and numerous homes and buildings. Many people were feared dead at the…


Line of Storms Approaches as BC Works to Recover From Recent Floods

VANCOUVER—A line of storms is forecast to sweep across British Columbia as the province works to rebuild from devastating flooding and deadly mudslides last week that destroyed parts of major highways, rail lines, and farmland. Wind and rainfall warnings blanketed most of the B.C. coast and come after about a dozen so-called atmospheric rivers have…


BC Urges Residents to Stay Vigilant as More Storms Expected in Hard-Hit Areas

The B.C. government is urging residents to stay vigilant as more storms are expected to hit the province’s south coast, including the hard-hit Fraser Valley in the coming days. “We are expecting another rain event this Wednesday through Friday, and a series of further storms are expected in the coming weeks,” said Public Safety Minister…


Storms Leave 110,000 Without Power in Australian State

More than 100,000 Victorian properties are without power after wild storms tore down power lines and damaged homes, causing widespread blackouts. Destructive winds lashed the southern Australian state on Thursday night, with thousands of requests for emergency assistance and hundreds of properties damaged. Victoria’s State Emergency Service (SES) worked through the night on Friday to deal…


Storm Drenches Northeast, the First of Two Expected Before Halloween

NEW YORK—Heavy rains soaked the densely populated U.S. Northeast on Tuesday in the first of two storms expected before Halloween weekend, flooding roadways, triggering traffic accidents, and threatening dangerous winds and storm surges. Drenching overnight rains from Washington to New York City remained strong throughout the morning, and commuters in New Jersey reported vehicle crashes…


Fire-Scarred California Braces for More Storms, Flash Floods

SAN FRANCISCO—Northern California residents relieved that this week’s rain helped contain stubborn wildfires and soaked dry gardens were cleaning up Friday and preparing for a massive storm this weekend that could bring flash flooding to vast areas scorched by fire. The National Weather Service for the San Francisco Bay Area issued a high surf advisory…


Ida: Exclamation Point on Record Onslaught of US Landfalls

In the past two years, hurricanes have been brewing, strengthening, and hitting the United States at a record pace, and Ida will likely go down as one of the nastiest of a dangerous bunch. While not quite record-setting, Ida is among some of the strongest and fastest intensifying storms in more than 150 years of…


Grace Strengthens to Regain Status of Tropical Storm, NHC Says

Tropical depression Grace has strengthened into a storm again, causing floods across portions of the island of Hispaniola, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. Grace, which is expected to gain hurricane strength within a couple of days, is located about 230 miles (370 kilometers) east of Montego Bay, Jamaica, packing maximum sustained…