Category Disaster Declaration Alert

Severe and destructive storms, flash floods in Australia

The Australian state of Victoria – including the country’s second biggest city, Melbourne – has been hit by violent storms. Flash floods, heavy rainfall, hail and strong winds are battering the region.   Very dangerous” storms have hit the Melbourne…

Bavaria rail disaster: Several dead as train collides with tractor towing US Army vehicle in Germany

A passenger train has collided with a truck at a railway crossing in southern Germany, local media reports. According to preliminary information from the scene, there were several explosions and several people have been killed. The crash happened in Freihung,…

Apocalyptic hailstorm damages paddy worth millions in Nepal

Paddy worth more than Rs 110 million is estimated to have been damaged in a downpour accompanied by hailstorm two weeks ago in Khotang.   According to the preliminary statistics of district agriculture development office, the heavy rainfall with hailstorm…

Massive fire, explosions in Bracknell industrial estate west of London, UK

PHOTO BY SINTA BACHIR Giant flames lit up the skies of the town of Bracknell about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of central London late on Tuesday, reportedly consuming an industrial estate building. Witnesses reported multiple loud blasts and train…

Explosion at Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

An explosion has occurred at Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company in Kamisu, Japan, according to reports. There are fears that toxic gas has been released and gone into Kashima plant. A fire brigade has arrived at the scene. There is so…

Super cyclonic storm Chapala strikes Yemen at about 18:00 GMT on 1st November 2015

Super cyclonic storm Chapala struck Yemen as a severe cyclonic storm at about 18:00 GMT on 1 November. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall was near 13.3…

Major Cyclone ravages Yemeni island, heads for LNG plant, Qaeda-run city

A rare tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds killed three people and injured scores on the exotic Yemeni island of Socotra on Monday and then headed towards a gas terminal and an Al Qaeda-controlled town on the mainland.   The World…