Category Bridge Collapse Alert

Red Alert issued as severe flooding and landslides targets Costa Rica

The president of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis declared an emergency on Saturday and declared a RED ALERT as heavy rainfall continued to flood the entire province of Limon and the cantons of Turrialba and Sarapiqui.    President Solis said…

Typhoon Kujira causes serious damage to Northern Vietnam

Typhoon Kujira, the first storm of the year brought heavy rains and caused flash floods, costing human lives and property damage in northern provinces, including Son La and Lai Chau.   Son La was hit the hardest, with eight dead…

New Zealand Cleans-up After Record Floods

Landslides are getting worse in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Landslides in the Mekong River Delta have deprived locals’ of their homes and depleted natural resources While people have to struggle hard with the rigors of the nature, they themselves cause serious landslides harmful to their lives.…

Severe flooding kills at least 12; zoo animals escape in the Georgian capital

Rescuers work among debris at a flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 14, 2015 (Reuters / Irakli Gedenidze) The city of Tbilisi has suffered an incessant and torrential downpour that resulted in flooding of the low-land areas of the Georgian…

Severe weather in US State of Texas, China and India making headlines

Train falls into a collapsed bridge in Koochiching County, Minnesota just South of the Canadian border

COURTESY KOOCHICHING COUNTY A crucial timber rail bridge burned and collapsed just early Wednesday in Koochiching County, tipping two rail cars onto the banks of the Rat Root River and blocking a Canadian National rail artery that connects the Pacific…