YAHOO 31/10/2008 Vietnam floods kill 19, capital Hanoi under water
AFP - Floods have killed at least 19 people in central Vietnam, emergency services said Friday, as heavy rains also lashed the capital Hanoi and left many streets under one metre (three feet) of water.

YAHOO 28/10/2008 Floods kill six in India's northeast, thousands homeless
Reuters - Floods and landslides caused by three days of incessant rain killed six people and left thousands homeless in India's remote northeast, one of the country's most flood-prone regions, officials said on Wednesday.

BBC 28/10/2008  UK and USA get a taste of Winter by Kirsty McCabe
Both the UK and parts of the USA are experiencing a taste of winter this week, as they are hit by cold weather and temper...

World Meteorological Organization 28/10/2008 Bangladesh storm kills 15 people
At least 15 people were killed and some 300 injured by Tropical Storm Rasmi that battered southern Bangladesh with winds of up to 80 km/h, according to official reports. At least 10 fishing boats with 50 aboard are missing in the Bay of Bengal.

YAHOO  25/10/2008 At least 41 dead, 31 missing in Yemen floods
Reuters - Floods killed 41 people and around 31 are missing in Yemen after torrential rain left swathes of the impoverished country under water, President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Saturday.

BBC 24/10/2008  Hot weather brings early fire ban – South Australia by Steph Ball
The hot weather is forecast to continue over the next few days increasing the fire risk across the state...
 

YAHOO 20/10/2008 Heavy rains leave 11 dead in Honduras
AP - A week of heavy rains in Honduras has caused landslides and flooding that have killed at least 11 people and left two others missing, officials said Monday.

YAHOO 17/10/2008 Arctic autumn temperature hits record high
AFP - Autumn temperatures in the Arctic region are a record 5.0 degree Celsius (9.0 Fahrenheit) higher than normal due the melting of the ice cap, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report said Friday.

CNN15/10/2008 Omar becomes a hurricane

Omar strengthen to a hurricane Tuesday night as it churned in Caribbean waters near Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center said.
At 8 p.m., Omar was 335 miles south-southwest of Puerto Rico.
Omar formed Tuesday in the eastern Caribbean and dumped heavy rain on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao off the coast of Venezuela. At 11 p.m. ET, its center was about 315 miles (505 km) south-southwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

CNN 14/10/2008 Nana expected to weaken as it moves across Atlantic

Tropical Storm Nana is expected to weaken after forming over the eastern Atlantic Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.
Tropical Storm Nana is expected to weaken to a tropical depression by Monday.
At 11 p.m. ET, Nana's center was about 980 miles (1,580 kilometers) west of the Cape Verde Islands with maximum sustained winds near 40 mph.

BBC 11/10/2008 - Wind, rain and snow hits the western USA
Two separate storm systems are affecting the western USA this weekend, bringing gale force winds, heavy rain and a consid...
 

YAHOO 10/10/2008 British mother, teenage daughter drown in Spanish floods
MADRID (AFP) - A British woman and her 14-year-old daughter have drowned in a flash flood in eastern Spain which has been lashed by torrential rains, officials said on Friday.

USA TODAY 09/10/2008 Category 4 Hurricane Norbert roars toward Baja in Mexico
By Alexandra Olson, Associated Press Writer
Hurricane Norbert has strengthened to a powerful, Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast.

BBC 08/10/2008 - Rain and Gales batter New Zealand
At least one person is confirmed dead and many stranded after heavy rain and wind caused wide-spread damage to New Zealan...
 

CNN 08/10/2008 Norbert is Category 2 hurricane off Mexico's west coast

Hurricane Norbert has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane and should continue to grow as it heads toward the Baja Peninsula, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, said late Tuesday night.

YAHOO 02/10/2008 29 Algerians die, dozens hurt in flash floods
AP - Torrential rains in the Algerian Sahara created flash floods that killed 29 people and injured dozens more in a historic oasis region, officials in the North African nation said Thursday.