Storms as big as Jupiter`s `great red spot` discovered on brown dwarfs

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 10:24

New observations from NASA`s Spitzer Space Telescope have suggested that most brown dwarfs also feature one or more Jupiter`s "Great Red Spot" like planet-size storms.

New UK space-weather centre to track arrival of solar super-storms

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 13:25

Britain is set to have its own space-weather centre for predicting the arrival of solar " super-storms" that can trigger electricity blackouts across whole cities and knock out GPS satellites by next year.

Death toll in Vietnam flooding rises to 36

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 12:48

Disaster officials say the death toll from flooding triggered by heavy rains in central Vietnam has hit 36, with about 80,000 people forced from homes.

Deadly tornadoes, storms hit US Midwest; 6 killed

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 09:16

Powerful tornadoes struck US Midwest on Sunday killing at least six people and injuring hundreds others with the death toll reportedly expected to rise further.

Flip in Sun`s polarity to cause solar storms

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 13:22

Scientists have revealed that the magnetic field of the Sun is expected to reverse polarity within the next three weeks, which could have a huge effect on our solar system.

Study finds climate link to `Atmospheric River` storms

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 09:39

A new study led by NASA of "atmospheric river" storms from the Pacific Ocean may help researchers better predict major winter snowfalls that hit West Coast mountains.

Hurricane Raymond weakens off Mexico coast

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 08:57

Hurricane Raymond weakened and crawled near Mexico`s Pacific coast on Tuesday after authorities urged tourists to stay indoors and evacuated some residents to prevent a new disaster in the storm-battered region.

Source of space weather near Earth discovered

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 13:19

Solar storms - powerful eruptions of solar material and magnetic fields into interplanetary space - can cause what is known as "space weather" near Earth.

Mexico scours for dozens missing amid floods as storms abate

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 15:52

Rescuers cleared mud from shattered houses on Friday, searching for dozens of people missing after a mudslide flattened their village in southwest Mexico as some of the most destructive storms to hit the country in decades abated.

UN chief condoles storm deaths in Mexico

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 10:51

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday offered condolences and assistance to Mexico over its loss of human life and property after two tropical storms killed nearly 100 people, while affecting 1.2 million others.

Mexico storms: Thousands of tourists still trapped in Acapulco

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 12:37

The Army rescued around 2,000 tourists and airlifted them from the Acapulco resort to safety after the area was swamped with flood water by Tropical Storm Manuel. However, around 40,000 more tourists continue to be trapped in the city.

Big storms hit Mexico on opposite sides, 34 dead

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 12:51

The remnants of Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have drenched northeastern and southwestern Mexico with torrential rains, flooding towns and cities, cutting highways and setting off landslides in a national emergency that federal authorities said had caused at least 34 deaths.