Texas Hit By Deadly Tornados

At least six people have been killed and a further seven are still missing after a series of tornados tore through north-central Texas leaving a trail of devastation behind them. Authorities have warned that the death toll is likely to rise further. Tornadoes tear through Texas ...

Ferocious Cyclone Hits Fiji

This year has seen more than its fair share of extreme weather events.

Tropical Storm Isaac Shifts Direction

Update: Obama declare state of emergency as storm follows the path of hurrican Katrina and heads towards New Orleans As the death toll from tropical storm Isaac on the island of Hispaniola rises to 10, forecasters say that it will soon strengthen into a hurricane and ...

Twin Typhoon Warnings in East Asia Threaten Taiwan and South Korea

Typhoon Tembin which hit southern Taiwan last week, leaving 66,500 homes without power and injuring at least five people, is set to return to the island after briefly going out to sea. The Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan has predicted that Typhoon Tembin could hit land ...

Tropical Storm Isaac Could Hit Republican Party Convention

Forecaster are warning that a tropical storm currently brewing in the Atlantic Ocean is likely to become a hurricane - and could hit Florida as members of the Republican Party gather there for their annual convention. Approximately 50,000 people are expected to gather in Florida ...

Food Price Inflation: Is There A Food Crisis Coming?

As prices of staple foods on the commodity markets reach record highs, fear is growing that a series of bad crops around the world could soon cause a global food crisis. A number of factors are coming together to push up the cost of basic food ...

Current Weather Events Caused By Climate Change

A new statistical study by NASA scientist James Hansen has shown that recent weather events such as this year's massive heat wave in America and unprecendented rains in the United Kingdon can be blamed squarely on man-made climate change. According to Hansen: "likelihood of such temperatures ...

Jet Stream Movement: Is Major Evidence of Climate Change Being Under-Reported?

The North Atlantic Jet Stream - a fast moving current of air in the upper atmosphere - has been in the news a fair bit this year. The USA has been experiencing a huge heatwave, while over on the other side of the atlantic ocean ...