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Feature: Anitha Karthik at Edinburgh Napier University – Storm surge: the misunderstood threat that can be as deadly as a tsunami

News TeamJuly 31, 2019

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The latest news on Hong Kong from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Hong Kong braces for Typhoon Wipha; schools, financial markets shut early

News TeamJuly 31, 2019

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong on Wednesday raised a tropical cyclone signal 8, its third highest level, as schools and financial markets closed and office wor...

Quick Read: Tropical Storm Wipha to unload heavy rain, gusty winds on China, Vietnam

News TeamJuly 31, 2019

Tropical Storm Wipha, which formed west of the Philippines, will have ideal conditions to further strengthen before reaching southeastern China later this week. Warm ocean water and low wind shear will allow for gradual strengthening as it moves west...

Quick Read: Tropical disturbance to produce drenching storms in northern Caribbean

News TeamJuly 29, 2019

A tropical disturbance or tropical wave will travel westward across the Caribbean Sea and cause drenching showers and thunderstorms over the islands this week.....

Quick Read: Much of southern Yemen flooded by heavy rainfall; 6 dead

News TeamJuly 29, 2019

Yemeni officials say at least six people were killed when floods swept through much of the country's south following heavy rainfall. The officials said Saturday...

The latest weather news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Tropical Storm Erick barrels towards Hawaii

News TeamJuly 29, 2019

Tropical Storm Erick is strengthening into a hurricane as it moves towards Hawaii. The US National Hurricane Center said the storm was moving westwards across the eastern Pacific.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.independ...

Quick Read: Rail disruption across Europe as heatwave bites

News TeamJuly 25, 2019

Belgium and the Netherlands recorded their highest ever temperatures as a European heatwave soared towards its peak on Wednesday, impacting rail transport and p...

Quick Read: France and Spain face ‘extreme danger’ from forest fires as heatwave sweeps across Europe

News TeamJuly 23, 2019

France and Spain will face “extreme danger” from fires due to another scorching heatwave across western Europe this week, according to EU experts monitoring for...

The latest news on India from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Kerala to face rounds of flooding downpours into early week; More than 10 million affected by flooding in India’s northeast

News TeamJuly 23, 2019

As northeast India continues to be affected by flooding, downpours will focus on Kerala in the coming days with renewed flooding threats.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/kerala-to-face-rou...

Quick Read: Portugal wildfires: Huge blazes force evacuations

News TeamJuly 22, 2019

Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to central Portugal where several wildfires have forced people to flee their homes. One person has suffered serious ...

The latest news on infrastructure from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: In drought-stricken Chennai, water is now more expensive than petrol

News TeamJuly 22, 2019

Nearly four years ago, the south Indian city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, was under water.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https:...

The latest weather news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Heat Wave Blankets Much Of The U.S. This Week

News TeamJuly 19, 2019

Dangerously hot weather is hitting most of the U.S. this week, the National Weather Service says. Temperatures are expected to soar across the Central and Eastern United States. The heat wave is covering the Central Plains from Eastern Colorado into ...

The latest weather news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: US Heat Wave Just Warming Up for Long and Scorching Weekend

News TeamJuly 18, 2019

DETROIT - The heat wave that has been roasting much of the U.S. in recent days is just getting warmed up, with temperatures expected to soar to dangerous levels...

Quick Read: Big waves, wind sweep 2 Filipinos out to sea off Phuket, Thailand

News TeamJuly 18, 2019

Rescuers in Phuket, Thailand were searching this morning for two Filipino tourists who went missing after they were carried out to sea by high waves.... Read th...

The latest weather news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Tropical Storm Danas to bring flood risk to Philippines, Taiwan; China, South Korea and Japan remain on alert

News TeamJuly 17, 2019

Residents from the northern Philippines to Taiwan are being warned that a new tropical system will threaten the region the next several days. In the Philippines, the storm is known locally as Falcon.... Read the full article at the publisher's sit...

Quick Read: Louisiana officials warn of snakes and other creatures fighting to escape Hurricane Barry floodwaters

News TeamJuly 15, 2019

As Louisiana continues to experience heavy rain and overflowing levees from Hurricane Barry, officials are reminding citizens to be wary of one of the less publ...

The latest news on India from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Scores dead as monsoons hit India, Nepal, Bangladesh

News TeamJuly 15, 2019

The death toll from floods and landslides caused by two weeks of torrential monsoons in South Asia has reached 85, officials and news sources reported on Sunday...

Quick Read: At least 7 people killed after landslide hits house in Mexico

News TeamJuly 12, 2019

MEXICO CITY (DPA) - At least seven people, including four children, were killed in a landslide during heavy rains in central Mexico, authorities said on Thursday (July 11).... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.straitstimes.co...

Quick Read: Louisiana Braces for Slow-Moving Possible Weekend Hurricane

News TeamJuly 12, 2019

NEW ORLEANS - A potential tropical storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico presents twin troubles for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi _ the possibility that the f...

Travel Advice: State of emergency in Louisiana as Tropical Storm Barry causes storm surge, threatens deadly flooding

News TeamJuly 11, 2019

A state of emergency is in place in Louisiana as the region braces for Tropical Storm Barry, which could strengthen to a hurricane. The weather system is expect...

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The latest news on Greece from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Greece storm: Six tourists killed as wind and hail batter Halkidiki

News TeamJuly 11, 2019

Six tourists have been killed and at least 30 other people injured in a violent storm that swept across a region of northern Greece. Gale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms lashed Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki, late on Wednesday, offic...

The latest weather news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Italy struck with orange-size hail, tornado and beach fire

News TeamJuly 11, 2019

Hail the size of oranges has injured 18 people in an Italian Adriatic city, while a blaze in Sicily forced beachgoers to flee.... Read the full article at th...