Category Disaster Declaration Alert

Severe Flooding Forces Evacuations, Damages Homes In Midwestern USA

Severe Flooding ‘worst in 50 years’, as 150,000 flee in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay BBC News

RED ALERT ISSUED Severe Flooding Causes A Bridge To Collapse Triggering Evacuation Of Homes In Parts Of The UK

Troops helped evacuate residents amid fears of flooding and a gas explosion after part of a town’s ancient bridge collapsed.   The Environment Agency warned people living near to the crossing over the River Wharfe in Tadcaster to leave immediately…

Train with 200,000 liters of sulphuric acid derails in Australia

Photo By ‏@ChrisTheJourno A freight train carrying 200,000 liters of sulphuric acid has derailed in northeast Australia. Acid and diesel fuel have spilled. The locomotive and all its 26 carriages derailed at 10:20am local time east of the outback town of…

Tornadoes Tear Through Texas, Killing Seven

At least seven people have died in the Dallas area after at least four tornadoes were spawned by severe storms.   Four of the victims were killed in vehicle accidents near the intersection of two major highways in Garland, east…