Category Disaster Declaration Alert

Record Breaking Heatwave In Japan Kills 65 People In One Week while 22,647 People Hospitalised

An “unprecedented” heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, officials said Tuesday. The weather agency has classified the record-breaking weather as a “natural disaster.” In the week to Sunday at least 65 people died of…

‘Hundreds missing’ after dam collapses in Laos

At least 100 people are missing and an unknown number feared dead after a hydropower dam collapsed in Laos, according to local media.   The accident in the San Sai district of the southeastern province of Attapeu has released five…