Category Damage Reports

Strong typhoon sweeps southern Japan, heads to Koreas #Typhoon #Japan

A powerful typhoon blew over Japan’s southernmost islands on Tuesday and was headed toward the country’s main southern island and the Korean Peninsula. More than 20,000 homes were left without electricity, according to Okinawa Electric Power Co. As of noon,…

Majorca suffers severe damage after ‘golf ball’ hail and tornado sweep island #Hailstorm #Tornado #Majorca #Spain

A violent storm and tornado have swept across Majorca, leaving a trail of destruction across the tourist hotspot in its wake. Giant hailstones measuring up to two centimetres pelted down on the island mid-morning, bringing down hundreds of trees and…

MAGNITUDE 6.3 OFFSHORE ATACAMA, CHILE #earthquake #Atacama #Chile

Subject to change Depth: 10 km Distances: 114 km SW of Copiapó, Chile / pop: 129,000 / local time: 00:30:01.7 2020-09-01 78 km NW of Vallenar, Chile / pop: 44,800 / local time: 00:30:01.7 2020-09-01

Floods in Sudan hit capital hard, over 90 dead nationwide #Flooding #Sudan #Africa

Rising floodwaters have hit Sudan’s capital of Khartoum hard in recent days, as weeks of heavy flooding nationwide left at least 90 people dead and destroying tens of thousands of homes, the country’s Interior Ministry said Sunday. Sudan’s military said…

Dozens dead after restaurant collapses during birthday party in Linfen city, China #Building #LinfenCity #China

At least 29 people are dead after a two-storey restaurant collapsed during a birthday party in China. A further 28 were injured, including seven of them seriously, and 57 people were brought out alive, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management said.…

Deadly severe storms tear through Melbourne in Australia #Storms #Melbourne #Australia

A man, a woman and a four-year-old boy have been killed by falling trees in separate incidents, after wild winds swept across parts of Victoria state in eastern Australia. The deaths came during a night of intense storms that moved…