Category Damage Reports

STORM SURGE UK hit by flash floods after Storm Alex brings MONTH’S worth of rain as river bursts its banks in Wales

STORM Alex has battered Britain leaving a trail of destruction and flash-flooding in its wake. A river in Wales burst its banks after an entire MONTH’S worth of rain fell in some parts of the UK. There are currently 21…

Four missing in floods, landslides in West Java as Indonesia braces for extreme bad weather

Four people were reported missing, with one of them feared dead, as floods and landslides damaged houses and a bridge in Indonesia’s western province of West Java on Saturday (Oct 3) evening, according to disaster agency officials. Heavy downpours has…

Storm Alex: Two dead and nine missing after heavy rain batters France and Italy

A storm in France and Italy has caused severe flooding and at least two people are dead and nine are missing with hundreds of rescues taking place. The UK has been hit by the fringes of the storm, with heavy…

Major fire breaks out at chemical factory in Kurkumbh, India #Fire #ChemicalFactory #Kurkumbh #India

A major fire broke out at a chemical processing factory located in the industrial cluster at Kurkumbh, off Pune-Solapur Road, in the early hours of Thursday. It took eight fire tenders from various agencies more than four hours to bring…

42 people killed in Cameroon landslide #Landslide #Cameroon #Africa

At least 42 people were killed after their houses were swept away Tuesday in a landslide caused by torrential rain in the western Cameroon city, state media reported. According to Reuters, rescue teams spent the night scouring the rubble of…

23 houses destroyed, over 3,200 locals affected by flooding in Myanmar’s northernmost state #Flooding #Myanmar

A total of 23 houses were destroyed and over 3,200 locals were recently affected by flooding due to heavy rainfall in Kachin state, an official from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement told Xinhua on Monday. Daw Phyu…

Floods wreak havoc in Rupandehi, Nepal #Floods #Rupandehi #Nepal

Floods triggered by heavy rains in the past few days have wreaked havoc in various parts of the country. At least four people died, 17 houses were swept away and dozens of houses were waterlogged in separate incidents of monsoon-induced…

Flash flood, landslide claim five more lives in Meghalaya, India #Floods #Landslide #Meghalaya #India

According to the reports, five people were buried alive under debris in a massive landslide incident that took place at Lower Lumparing area in Meghalaya’s capital city Shillong on Friday. Several houses were destroyed in the landslide incident. Following the…

Two buried in northern Vietnam landslide #Landslide #Vietnam

Dinh Thi Huong, 37 and Dinh Hoang Yen, 6, in Ha Hoa District were killed by a landslide following heavy rains that lasted from Saturday night to Sunday morning, said Nguyen Viet Dung, chairman of the Ha Hoa people’s committee.…