Category Emergency Updates

Tornado demolishes dozens of homes in the Pampanga coastal village, Philippines

Some 100 persons were left homeless when a powerful whirlwind hit a coastal village in Macabebe town in Pampanga early Friday night, authorities said Saturday. Inspector Benjie Gallano, Macabebe deputy police chief, said at least 19 houses were damaged by…

Massive landslide kills 23 and School Wall Collapses in Nepal

At least 20 people were killed due to flood and landslides following heavy rain in Surkhet district of western Nepal today.   About a dozen people are still missing in the incident, Home Ministry spokesperson Shanker Koirala said.   He…

Severe hailstorm, heavy rains leave 16 dead in Peshawar, Pakistan

At least 16 people have been killed and more than 80 others injured in rain-related incidents and hailstorms in various parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital city as roofs and walls of building collapsed due to heavy rain.   Speaking…

Landslides claim eight‚ four missing feared drowned in Nepal

As many as eight persons, including six minors, were killed due to landslides triggered by incessant downpour across the country today.Four persons, including three children, were killed when a house was buried in a landslide in Jajarkot, while three persons…

State of Emergency declared after severe flooding in Islip, New York, USA

Town of Islip Supervisor Tom Crocideclared a state of emergency to expedite the recovery process as services and equipment are brought in to clean up a record 13.1” or rain that flooded the area over the course of 12 hours. Islip’s…

‘Biblical’ rain brings flash floods to south London, UK

Flash floods left cars submerged and houses across the capital damaged as 10 days’ worth of rain fell in just a few hours this afternoon. The heavy rain mainly affected south east London with Greenwich, Lewisham, Peckham and Sydenham all…

Massive landslide smashes into 2 passenger train wagons and derails them in Switzerland

A Swiss passenger train has derailed due to a landslide in the Tiefencastel municipality in the country’s east, police told local media, describing the incident as “serious.” First images from the scene show two carriages perilously hanging in woodland. The…

Nationwide blackout, power restored and lost again – explosion at Marsa distribution centre in Malta

A fault in one of the generating units of Delimara power station caused a nationwide power cut this evening. An explosion took place at the same time at a distribution centre near Marsa Industrial Estate. No one was injured but…

Super Typhoon Halong Leaves Path of Destruction In Sakhalin, Russia

Since making landfall in Russia’s Far East Monday night, Typhoon Halong claimed one life and caused eight serious injuries, as well as dozens of minor ones. The death and injuries were recorded in Sakhalin, Russia’s largest island. The victim died from electrical shock caused by wires damaged in the storm,…

Severe hailstorm hammers City in Canada

This is a hailstorm not a snowstorm!!!! The hailstones, described as “golf ball size,” created a path of destruction, leaving residents to pick up the mess the day after. Resident Karen Till said she was at home during the frightening…