Orkansäsongen 2017-2018

America's five living former presidents gathered together for a concert in aid of victims of the hurricanes which ravaged the US this year.

Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, George HW Bush and Jimmy Carter appeared in Texas on Saturday.

The three Democrats and two Republicans came together behind The One America Appeal, set up to help those caught up in the devastating trails of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria

När nordlig vind drar ner över Kattegatt ligger Själland som en propp i mitten. Det gör att vattnet stiger längs kusterna. Högst vattenstånd väntas i Danmark.

Powerful storms have wreaked havoc in parts of central and northern Europe, killing at least five people in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
A 63-year-old camper drowned on the German coast as the result of a storm surge while the other four were killed by falling trees in strong winds.
Winds reached 180km/h (112mph) on the Czech Republic's highest mountain.
Thousands of Poles and Czechs are still without power. The centre of the German city of Hamburg has been flooded.
Some rail services were still suspended in parts of Germany after routes sustained damage.

Ett 20-tal personer saknas längs med kusten i de södra och centrala delarna, bland dem 17 personer från ett fraktfartyg som sjunkit. 74 andra medlemmar i besättningen har kunnat räddas.

Ovädret med kraftiga regn och starka vindar har också fört med sig omfattande skador. Över 600 hus har förstörts och nära 40 000 skadats. Bland annat har tak blåst av.
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Provinsen Khanh Hoa, med den populära turistorten Nha Trang, har drabbats hårdast med minst 14 döda och 10 skadade

The Met Office has updated its weather warnings for Storm Caroline on Thursday.

An amber "be prepared" warning, which includes winds gusting up to 90mph in some areas, has been issued for north and north east Scotland.

Snow and ice has been forecast for large parts of the UK in the wake of Caroline on Friday and Saturday.

Orkney and Shetland, which are included in the amber warning for Thursday, are expected to continue to experience high winds on Friday and Saturday.

En tropisk storm drog in över södra delen av Filippinerna på fredagen och det kraftiga regnet har orsakat jordskred och översvämningar.

Dödssiffran har stigit till nära 90 personer och dussintals människor saknas.

Stormen har skapat störst förödelse i närheten av staden Tubod på landets näst största ö. Byn Dalama har ödelagts, enligt polisen.

December 5, 2017 The 2017 hurricane season – with 17 named storms, including three Category 4 hurricanes that made landfall in the United States – was one for the record books.
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In spite of this extremely active season, preliminary information shows there were no storm-surge related deaths in the United States. This is a significant contrast to 2012 when storm surge from Sandy took 41 lives, more than half of all fatalities.

What’s behind this notable change? It’s likely because the public understood the potential dangers from storm surge and took the appropriate steps to stay safe.

Es war das erste Mal seit zehn Jahren, dass der gesamte Fernverkehrsbetrieb eingestellt worden war.
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Seit Donnerstagmorgen zog Friederike es von Niedersachsen und Nordrhein-Westfalen Richtung Hessen, Thüringen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Bayern. Der Deutsche Wetterdienst stufte Friederike zu einem Orkan herauf,

Eight people including two firefighters have been killed in storm-related accidents as hurricane-strength winds tear across northern Europe.

Both firefighters were helping with clean-up efforts in Germany when they died.

Many of those killed, in the Netherlands and in Germany, were hit by falling trees and debris. One died in a collision when his van was blown on to the other side of the road.
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It caused high winds in the UK on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, bringing down trees and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.

Meteorologists in Germany - where 65,000 homes are reportedly without power - warned people to stay indoors, and many schools are closed.