An alert for potentially life-threatening flash flooding remained in place today and through Monday, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning that six-hour rainfall totals between 100mm and 180mm were likely.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/heavy-rain-batters-northern-queensland-amid-severe-thunderstorms-20230115-p5ccma.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national

Around Colorado, the weather service Friday morning issued an air quality alert for areas west of Colorado Springs where a wildfire burning near Lake George in Park and Teller counties was kicking up smoke.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/31/denver-weather-weekend-red-flag-fire-danger/

As such, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health has issued an extreme cold weather alert for the city.

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/rain-turns-into-snow-in-toronto-police-asking-drivers-to-use-caution-1.6229287

As the cold snap envelopes Gauteng, Emergency Services (EMS) has assured residents that officials will be on high alert for any eventuality.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/joburg-ems-high-alert-cold-snap-gauteng/

Authorities around the world are on high alert for contagion among banks following the collapse of U.S. lenders Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/393441/australias-key-financial-regulators-to-review-global-banking-turmoil

Barriers have been erected on the River Severn following a flood alert for White Abbey, Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge and Bridgnorth.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/storm-gerrit-met-office-issues-31753865

ESSEX, MD – The Baltimore County Police Department has issued a missing person alert for a 16-year-old girl who has been reported missing in the Essex Area.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/03/04/16-year-old-reported-missing/

FedEx’s earnings have now declined an average of 27% in the last three quarters, prompting a sell alert for this transportation stock.

Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/08/sell-alert-3-transportation-stocks-to-dump-asap/

Forecasters have issued a weather alert for Derbyshire today, warning of heavy rain with the risk of flooding and travel disruption in the county.

Source: https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/weather/met-office-issues-weather-warning-with-flooding-threat-for-derbyshire-4288949

Given this new development, the whole Fiji Group is advised to be on alert for a possible tropical cyclone.

Source: https://fijisun.com.fj/2023/11/12/tropical-cyclone-alert-now-in-force-for-fiji/

Hundreds of millions of people in northern China, including Beijing, remain under a red alert for heavy rain.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-tens-thousands-evacuated-northern-china.html

Hunter lifesavers are on alert for a busy few days on our beaches, with temperatures set to soar.

Source: https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2023/01/13/swim-safety-warning-ahead-of-soaring-temperatures/

If we can find it, then we should be alert for the occasional appearance of tenuous noctilucent (“night-shining”) clouds in its vicinity.

Source: https://www.scotsman.com/must-read/hy-4159481

In fact, the alert for an unidentified object was first transmitted to the RCAF.

Source: https://www.sootoday.com/columns/remember-this/that-time-people-thought-they-saw-a-ufo-on-lake-superior-7253083

Investors are on high alert for further policy tweaks from the Bank of Japan this week after December’s shock decision to raise the bar on yield movements failed to significantly improve liquidity in the market.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/16/business/boj-policy-tweaks/

Just days later, the Met Office issued a fresh alert for further strong winds for much of Saturday, December 30 and into the early hours of Sunday, December 31.

Source: https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24019724.beachfront-car-park-closed-due-build-up-sand/?ref=rss

Meanwhile, more than half of Portugal has been put on maximum alert for wildfires by Portuguese weather agency IPMA.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/portugal-travel-warning-wildfires-approach-popular-summer-hotspot-1718356

Meanwhile, the forestry department issued a red alert for forest fires, noting that lighting fires without permission is a punishable offence.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/07/22/yellow-weather-warning-in-force-another-day-of-42c/

Met Office: Cold weather alert for Cambridgeshire as tempe…

Source: https://www.onenewspage.com/n/UK/1zpkbgrxx6/Met-Office-Cold-weather-alert-for-Cambridgeshire-as.htm

No deaths have been reported, but the tremors have damaged homes and caused at least 20 landslides, prompting officials to declare a red alert for towns in the department of Ahuachapan, the epicenter of the seismic activity.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1717478/slew-of-earthquakes-in-el-salvador-affects-over-100-homes