What's happening now
A calm view of what official agencies are reporting around the world. This is not a warning service: it can be late or incomplete. For anything that affects you, follow your local authorities.
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How to read weather alert words
- Advisory: be aware. Conditions may cause inconvenience.
- Watch: conditions are right for a hazard. Be ready to act.
- Warning: a hazard is happening or about to. Take action now.
These are the plain meanings used by the US National Weather Service. Other countries use similar words in slightly different ways.
Where this comes from, and your privacy
Everything here comes straight from official or open sources: NOAA National Weather Service, the US Geological Survey, NASA EONET, FEMA OpenFEMA, the US National Interagency Fire Center, and the UK Environment Agency. We do not copy, store or change it.
News headlines. The "In the news" box shows headlines about emergencies, severe weather, outages and shortages from well-known outlets (for example the BBC, The Guardian, Sky News, NPR, PBS, CBS, ABC, RNZ, RTÉ and DW). We collect only the headline, the link and the time, and label each with its outlet. They are chosen automatically by topic and refreshed regularly, so they are the outlets’ reporting, not ours. They are not official instructions: always follow your local authorities.
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