Category Disaster Declaration Alert

Apocalyptic hailstorm coupled with massive flooding strikes parts of Colombia

Colombia’s second largest city Medellin stopped being the “city of eternal spring” for an hour on Wednesday after a torrential hail storm covered parts of the city in ice, while causing dozens of emergencies due to floods.   The heavens…

Cyclone Hudhud Of 130mph Flattens At Least 6,000 Buildings And Kills At Least 22 People In India

At least 22 people are dead in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Hudhud, which ripped through India’s eastern coast Sunday and Monday with wind speeds over 100 miles per hour. The Times of India reports that 15 people were killed…

Severe Flash Flooding and Landslides Kill 59 People In Meghalaya, India

Fifty nine people died in flash flood and landslide triggered by cloud burst in Meghalaya, the state government said today.   “The number of deaths due to flash floods and landslides is 59 while five persons are still missing,” Deputy…

Apocalyptic floods affect 2.3 million in Pakistan

Sher Muhammad, 85, looked on with a sense of bewilderment: “I have not seen such a flood, not since around the time of partition [1947].” As the flood emergency deepens in Pakistan, now affecting nearly 2.3 million people, humanitarian teams…

Emergency disaster declared due to severe flooding and landslides in parts of the Philippines

Following the heavy downpour last Wednesday night until yesterday, floods and landslides were reported in Cebu City and different areas of the province.   PDRRMO reported rock falls along the Transcentral Highway in the boundary between Balamban town and Cebu…

Apocalyptic Floods Kill Over 440 in Pakistan, India

Raging monsoon floods sweeping across India and Pakistan have killed more than 440 people, authorities said Tuesday, warning hundreds of thousands more to be prepared to flee their homes as helicopters and boats raced to save marooned victims.   Authorities…

Apocalyptic Flooding Causes Mayhem; 2 Killed in Tucson Area, Near Las Vegas, USA

STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED Record rain produced dangerous flash floods that swamped freeways and residential areas in the Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas on Monday. At least two people are dead in southern Arizona after being trapped in…

Apocalyptic flooding hits Narowal, Sialkot and Wazirabad cities in Pakistan

The floodwater of the River Chenab and seasonal nullahs have inundated urban and rural localities in Sialkot, Chiniot, Narowal and Gujranwala displacing tens of thousands of people, say media reports Chiniot Up to 19 villages of Chiniot were under the…

Severe flooding leaves nearly half a million people homeless in Bangladesh

Floodwaters pouring through villages in northern Bangladesh have left nearly half a million people homeless, washed away roads and damaged crops. The low-lying and densely-populated country has been battered by flash floods for more than a week, with officials warning…