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Multiple landslides strikes Grenada in the Caribbean
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Emergency evacuation alert sparks panic as Tropical Storm Fung-Wong heads for Taiwan
Taiwan evacuated almost 1,000 people from endangered areas as Typhoon Fung-Wong, which left at least 10 dead in the Philippines and caused Manila’s worst flooding in two years, approached packing wind gusts as strong as 120kph. Fung-Wong, Phoenix in…
Landslides trap hundreds of motorists on mountainous Costa Rica highway
A harrowing Thursday evening continued into early Friday morning for hundreds of motorists trapped on the Braulio Carrillo Highway that connects San José to the Caribbean port city of Limón. Heavy rains triggered multiple landslides that stranded 380 2,000 people…
Storm causes flooding to homes in Essex, UK
Overnight storms in Essex have caused locals residents problems this morning, with news that fire services were called out to Keene Way, Galleywood after two houses and a garage flooded. Crews reported that a road had flooded and was…
Extreme hailstorm unleashes complete havoc in Florence, Italy
The Italian city of Florence has been hit by a violent hail storm which destroyed terrace bars in a central square and injured five people when a primary school collapsed in an outlying village. It also flooded the market…
Apocalyptic floods affect 2.3 million in Pakistan
Sher Muhammad, 85, looked on with a sense of bewilderment: “I have not seen such a flood, not since around the time of partition [1947].” As the flood emergency deepens in Pakistan, now affecting nearly 2.3 million people, humanitarian teams…
Severe floods leave thousands without power; sheriff’s deputy missing in Austin, Texas, USA
Heavy rainfall in Austin early Thursday morning left parts of the city underwater, thousands without power and a Central Texas sheriff’s deputy missing. The Travis County Sheriff’s Office said the deputy was patrolling low water crossings before radioing in…
Emergency disaster declared due to severe flooding and landslides in parts of the Philippines
Following the heavy downpour last Wednesday night until yesterday, floods and landslides were reported in Cebu City and different areas of the province. PDRRMO reported rock falls along the Transcentral Highway in the boundary between Balamban town and Cebu…
Train-truck Crash injures 15 with 4 in a serious condition in Camagüey, Cuba
A traffic accident happened in the early morning hours of today in the city of Camagüey -some 530 kms east of Havana- when a train and a truck converted to a passenger bus collided, leaving 15 people injured. Major…
Heavy dust storm envelopes Dubai, reduces visibility
The National Center of Meteorology and Seismology has issued a warning to residents to be careful if they are going for outdoor activities. Dubai and other parts of the UAE were suddenly engulfed in heavy dust today evening, which greatly…
