#extreme-rainfall

#extreme-rainfall

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a powerful category 4 hurricane on Sunday, threatening days of catastrophic winds and rain in the northern Caribbean, with some residents in vulnerable areas of Jamaica refusing to evacuate. Jamaican officials urged those in low-lying and flood-prone areas to seek refuge in the more than 650 shelters activated on the island as Melissa rapidly climbs up the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale with the possibility of intensifying to a category 5 storm on Sunday night.

One of my neighbours who has lived here for 40 years said he has never seen anything like it,

Spain's Mediterranean holiday islands of Ibiza and Formentera emerged relatively unscathed from torrential rainfall on Tuesday that triggered floods and prompted the closure of beaches and schools. The downpours came a day after the eastern Valencia region, where more than 200 people died 11 months ago in Spain's deadliest floods in decades, was also placed under the highest weather alert for rain.

The yearly tornado record in North Dakota was shattered in just a few hours as the state experienced an extraordinary weather event. More than 20 tornadoes tore through South Dakota and North Dakota, with the storm system stretching across a 200-mile area, according to the National Weather Service. Since 1995, the annual average for the state was 29 tornadoes, with the peak season occurring in June and July.