Category Disaster Declaration Alert

Massive Power Outage To The Whole Island Of Puerto Rico

A fire at a Puerto Rican electrical plant left hundreds of thousands across the island without power on Wednesday afternoon, according to the island’s power utility.   The fire is contained and did not cause any injuries, Telemundo reports (story…

Train derails & crashes in Canada, driver seriously injured

@why_party / Instagram A passenger train in Calgary, Canada overshot the platform at Tuscany station Tuesday morning, careering off the tracks and crashing through a fence. The driver received emergency treatment after suffering serious injuries. “The train had continued on…

Typhoon Malakas Strikes Japan as a Category-3 Storm

Less than a week after Super Typhoon Meranti barreled down on East Asia, another storm spun into the region. At 1:35 p.m. local time (04:35 Universal Time) on September 19, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua…

Record Rainfall With More Monster Rain On The Way For Australia

THE biggest September rainfall in a century has drowned Victoria while South Australia has copped a monster drenching as wild weather lashes Australia.   A series of cold fronts combined with warmer than average ocean conditions have produced higher than…

State Of Emergency Declared Due To Oil Spillage Of 250,000 gallons In Alabama and Georgia, USA

At least 250,000 gallons of gasoline have spilled following a pipeline rupture in central Alabama. Emergency responders are working to repair the spill, while Alabama and Georgia have declared a state of emergency due to possible fuel shortages.   The…

Typhoon Gener intensifies as it moves toward northern boundary of PAR

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Saturday warned that Typhoon Gener (international name: Malakas) has intensified further as it moved toward the northern boundary of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).   In a severe weather…

China on yellow alert for Typhoon Malakas

CHINA’S meteorological authority issued a yellow alert for Typhoon Malakas on Saturday, forecasting strong winds and heavy rain.   Malakas, the 16th typhoon in 2016, was observed 135 kilometers off Taiwan’s east coast at 10 a.m. Saturday, bringing winds of…