Category Building Damage Alert

Extreme drought has dried out 12 million trees in California, USA

The mix of extreme heat and no water means the Golden State is fast becoming the crispy, brown state.   Twelve million trees have dried up because of the drought, and all that dead wood means the risk of wildfires…

Major landslide kills at least 10 with many injured near Gurdwara Manikaran Sahib in Himachal, India

A major landslide was reported at the famous Sikh shrine Gurdwara Manikaran Sahib in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday. According to reports, at least ten people have died after boulders fell on the Gurdwara Manikaran Sahib building due to the landslide.…

China blast zone blocked over contamination fear; 112 dead

Authorities pulled more bodies from a massive blast site in the Chinese port of Tianjin, pushing the death toll to 112 on Sunday as teams scrambled to clear dangerous chemical contamination.   Hundreds of people were injured and 85 firefighters…

Severe thunderstorm with heavy rain and damaging winds causes mayhem to parts of western Nebraska, USA

A severe thunderstorm packing heavy rain and damaging winds raced through parts of western Nebraska Thursday night.   Residents and city officials in North Platte and other communities reported downed trees, power outages and rain runoff that accumulated more than…

Wildfire destroys homes as it grows to 2,500 hectares in Rock Creek, Canada

The 2,500-hectare fire blazing near the small southern Interior town of Rock Creek has claimed some buildings, including houses, B.C.’s wildfire information centre said Friday afternoon.   But it is too early to say how many houses have been lost,…