Tag: storms

The $12 secret to keeping scaredy-dogs calm during winter storms

As much as my pup loves winter for obvious reasons — namely, the extra time her humans spend inside out of the cold, and thus snuggled up beside her — she also can’t stand the storms. She’s already a frightful pup; loud noises scare her, and a windy storm is, without fail, a recipe for […]

Storms bring up & down temp changes this week

Cold weather continues. Chief Meteorologist Tom Terry said that one after another, a series of upper-level systems have rain and storms will be back in our forecast. This will bring up-and-down temperature changes as well. Read: Central Florida woman celebrates 100th birthday with skydive The storm systems will move quickly through the southern U.S. this […]

Sixteen-year-old Luke Littler storms into World Championship semi-finals

Teenage star Luke Littler is just two wins away from becoming world champion after continuing his amazing Alexandra Palace journey. The 16-year-old has taken the World Championship by storm and became the youngest ever semi-finalist by beating Brendan Dolan 5-1 in the last eight. It was a new year but the same brilliance from the […]

Transport disrupted and woman killed by falling tree as storms sweep Europe

Pre-Christmas rail travellers in parts of Germany faced disruption as a storm swept across northern Europe, bringing down trees and prompting warnings of flooding on the North Sea coast. In neighbouring Belgium, a woman was killed by a falling Christmas tree. German national railway operator Deutsche Bahn said there were cancellations on routes from Hamburg […]

Five dead as storms sweep northeastern US

A major storm brought torrential rains and damaging winds to the northeastern US, killing five people. In Hallowell, Maine, just south of the state capital of Augusta, the Kennebec River was over flood stage and still rising. Utility companies worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers following the powerful storm that brought […]

Best power station to help you prep for storms and blackouts

Winter is coming, and I’m not talking about a Game of Thrones rewatch. As the cold weather approaches, we need to be prepared for the power outages that often accompany it. And never mind the growing number of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other scary weather events. All it takes is one bad storm and a […]