Up Close and Personal With Violently Erupting Volcano

Abseiling towards a violently erupting lava lake might raise alarm bells in any sane minded person, however for a band of plucky adventurers from New Zealand and Britain this was just their intention in...

Typhoon Morakot Due to Hit Taiwan Tonight

*UPDATE 7th August 0100z - In Suao city, northeast Taiwan. Typhoon Morakot seems to have turned northwest and could make landfall near here tonight. Current winds are 80kts gusting to 115kts.* Taiwan is bracing...

Typhoon Molave On Crash Course With Hong Kong

Severe tropical storm Molave has continued to track west to west northwest overnight and appears to be on a crash course with Hong Kong and southern China within the next 24 hours. According to the Hong Kong...

Typhoon Chan-hom Kills At Least 25 in Philippines

Typhoon Chan-hom slammed into the northwest of the Philippines yesterday killing at least 25 people according to local officials. The AFP reports: " Among the worst-hit areas was the mountain town of Kiangan and...

UPDATE: Typhoon Chan-hom on Crash Course with the Philippines.

Typhoon Chan-hom was upgraded last night from a severe tropical storm and is on a crash course with the northwest region of the Philippines. According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) Chan-hom has...

Typhoon Sinlaku to Sweep Taiwan Tonight and Tomorrow

UPDATE 3, North East Taiwan 0000z: Typhoon Sinlaku is crawling towards Taiwan after intensifying into powerful typhoon. According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, Sinlaku is packing sustained winds of...

Severe Tropical Storm Nuri to Strike Hong Kong Today

Update 3 0200z 22nd August 08:    Typhoon Nuri has weakened into a severe tropical storm but is still due to make a direct hit on Hong Kong this afternoon and into the evening bringing high winds...

Over 270,000 Evacuated as Severe Tropical Storm Fung-wong Hits China

Update #5: July 29th 0330UTC (11.30am Taiwan/China time)Severe tropical storm Fung-wong slammed into China's Fujian province late last night just south of Fuzhou. Packing sustained winds of 55 knots, gusting up...

Tropical Storm Kalmaegi On Course to Strike Shanghai

UPDATE #3:    Typhoon Kalmaegi tore through Taiwan yesterday unleashing torrential rains and ferocious winds over 90 miles per hour. The BBC are reporting six people killed and four more are missing....

155 Dead and Hundreds More Missing as Typhoon Fengshen Crosses the Philippines

Typhoon Fengshen has left a trail of destruction during its 48 hours passage of the Philippines. Reuters are reporting that the storm has killed at least 155 people and hundreds more are missing after a ferry...

Tropical Storm Risk Group Forecasts Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Activity

The British forecasting group Tropical Storm Risk released their updated Atlantic hurricane outlook on 5th June. They are forecasting between 14 - 15 (14.4) named storms of which 7 - 8 (7.7) will be hurricanes and...

60 Dead as China's Worst Snow Storms in Decades Rage On.

Fresh snow storms are blanketing vast swathes of southern and eastern China which were hard hit by blizzards at the beginning of the week. The renewed snow will hamper efforts to restore electricity and removed...