Gale Force Winds

Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.

The seventh consecutive atmospheric river since Christmas dumped more rain on Northern California on Wednesday, offering little relief for a state already battered by floods, gale force winds, power outages and evacuations of entire towns.

Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, packing gale force winds up to 120 km per hour, was moving towards coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha at a speed of 25 km per hour on Monday, but expected to weaken gradually.

A week after Cyclone Tauktae swept past India's west coast - with gale force winds battering ships at sea and destroying buildings on land - frightening new videos have emerged of a tugboat being tossed about on the Arabian Sea

Powerful winds have managed to knock down a 23-storey wooden tower under construction in China. A video captures the moment the strong Gale force winds take the tower down as if it were made up of a pack of cards.

Three pedestrians were killed and five others injured after trees fell on them as gale force winds pounded a rain-drenched Kolkata on Wednesday evening, throwing normal life out of gear.

Force eight winds on Thursday thwarted a planned attempt to bring the Norman Atlantic back to Italy for checking whether there are any more bodies on board the burnt-out ferry.

Heavy rains and gale force winds pelted northeastern Madagascar on Wednesday as strengthening tropical cyclone Felleng barrelled toward the island's east coast.

Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.

The seventh consecutive atmospheric river since Christmas dumped more rain on Northern California on Wednesday, offering little relief for a state already battered by floods, gale force winds, power outages and evacuations of entire towns.

Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, packing gale force winds up to 120 km per hour, was moving towards coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha at a speed of 25 km per hour on Monday, but expected to weaken gradually.

A week after Cyclone Tauktae swept past India's west coast - with gale force winds battering ships at sea and destroying buildings on land - frightening new videos have emerged of a tugboat being tossed about on the Arabian Sea

Powerful winds have managed to knock down a 23-storey wooden tower under construction in China. A video captures the moment the strong Gale force winds take the tower down as if it were made up of a pack of cards.

Three pedestrians were killed and five others injured after trees fell on them as gale force winds pounded a rain-drenched Kolkata on Wednesday evening, throwing normal life out of gear.

Force eight winds on Thursday thwarted a planned attempt to bring the Norman Atlantic back to Italy for checking whether there are any more bodies on board the burnt-out ferry.

Heavy rains and gale force winds pelted northeastern Madagascar on Wednesday as strengthening tropical cyclone Felleng barrelled toward the island's east coast.