Category Emergency Updates

Two trains collide injuring 35 passengers with some very serious in Southern Germany

Thirty-five people were injured, four of them seriously, when a passenger train collided with a freight train late Friday near Mannheim station in southern Germany, the operator Deutsche Bahn said The accident happened around 9:00 pm (1900 GMT|) and led to the…

Massive underground gas blast has killed at least 5 and injured about 200 people in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

An underground gas explosion has left at least 200 people injured in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Thursday, according to preliminary reports. The Associated Press reported that at least five people were killed and 228 were injured. Firefighters are among those killed…

Major landslide kills at least 17 people with at least 200 trapped in Maharashtra state, India

A mudslide surrounds a building in Malin village, where up to 200 people remain trapped, a rescue official said A landslide has struck a village in western India following heavy monsoon rains, killing at least 17 people and leaving as many as…

Nine killed in flash floods in China

Nine people have been killed in flash floods in southwest China’s Yunnan province, the ministry of civil affairs said Tuesday.    More than 1,600 people have been affected and 100 hectares of crops destroyed in the cities of Baoshan, Lincang…

Devastating EF2 Tornado with winds up to 120 mph strikes, Revere, USA

“Nobody here has ever seen damage like what we’ve seen this morning,” Mayor Daniel Rizzo said Revere residents will be recovering for days after an EF2 tornado with wind gusts up to 120 mph left sections of the city ravaged,…

Severe flash flooding in north-west after Tasmania cleans up from ‘tornado-like’ winds

Homes have been inundated by flash flooding in northern Tasmania just hours after the north-west was pounded by severe winds that left a trail of destruction and caused widespread power cuts.   The State Emergency Service (SES) has confirmed houses…