Category Emergency Updates

Wildfires Scorch Over 32 Square Miles in Oregon, California, USA

More than a dozen Oregon and California wildfires blazing across both states have wreaked havoc as crews work to contain the fires. High temperatures and extreme drought conditions have made the fires even more of a burden to extinguish.   The wildfires…

Severe winds and a tornado batters parts of New Zealand

Destructive winds wreaked havoc throughout the middle of the country yesterday – with a tornado striking Greymouth, tearing iron off roofs and smashing buildings. Wellington was also buffeted, and flights were cancelled.   One West Coast resident described the height…

Catastrophic flooding caused by 3 days of non-stop heavy rain wreaks havoc in Maiduguri, Nigeria

No fewer than 100 persons were on Saturday displaced in Maiduguri after their homes were flooded by a heavy downpour. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the city had witnessed continuous downpour since Thursday and the victims had relocated…

Major flood risk for more than 400,000 people in India after Nepal’s devastating landslide; 150 are still missing in Nepal

The Indian government says more than 400,000 people in the east of the country are at risk of flooding after a landslide that killed at least nine people in neighbouring Nepal The landslide, triggered by heavy rains, has left scores…

Flash flooding causes mayhem with four dead and dozens injured in Italy

Four people are known to have died and about twenty more have been injured after a thunderstorm caused a flash flood near Refrontolo in the Veneto Region of northern Italy slightly before midnight on Saturday 2 August 2014. The storm triggered…

Severe flooding devastates Miziya, Bulgaria

Miziya, a town in Vratsa District, northwest Bulgaria, and the region suffered a flood on late Saturday evening and Sunday, which led to the collapse of houses, the press centre of the Interior Ministry announced.   It was announced the…

Tropical Storm Bertha Floods Several Communities In Dominican Republic

Tropical Storm Bertha affected the Dominican Republic today with heavy rains that flooded several communities in the east and felling trees in Santo Domingo, according to a preliminary report by the authorities.  The Emergency Operations Center (COE) maintained a tropical storm warning and alert levels, high, moderate…

China quake death toll rises to 367, about 1,900 injured; set to rise; 12,000 homes destroyed

Over 360 people were killed and 1,900 injured after an earthquake measuring from 6.1 to 6.5, according to different estimates, toppled buildings in Chinese Yunnan province. The majority of the dead were from Ludian county, which Chinese state television said…

Severe storms cause 14-car crash, strand cyclists in San Bernardino, USA

A band of severe storms in the San Bernardino County area led to a 14-car crash on Interstate 40 and left dozens of cyclists stranded on an 8,400-foot-high peak, authorities said.   A series of wind gusts created a dust…

Flood Alert triggered as landslide blocks river and at least killed 8 in Nepal

Bihar has ordered evacuation of people after a drastic rise in the water level of the Kosi river Saturday following a landslide that killed eight people in Nepal with mud and rocks crashing down and blocking a tributary of the…