Category Emergency Updates

Severe dust storm causes mayhem in Uttar Pradesh, India

Two persons were killed in separate incidents of uprooting of trees in Barabanki district as severe dust storm hit parts of Uttar Pradesh.    Sumitara (55) was sleeping inside her hut when a tree fell upon it, crushing her to…

Severe flood & landslide leaves 3 missing & 100’s displaced in West Java, Indonesia

An official said Friday that flash floods and landslides caused by Thursday’s heavy downpours have left three people missing and hundreds of others displaced in Sukabumi district of West Java. Mud rushed down from a 40 meter-high hill in Purabaya…

Severe flooding submerges homes & causes landslides in Assam, India

At least eight people, including three members of a family, were killed here due to landslides and flash floods triggered by incessant rain since Thursday night, officials said Friday. Four persons were killed due to landslides in two places while…

Major flooding strikes over 25,000 people in Assam, India

With flood waters entering some areas of Kamrup district on Wednesday, a total of five districts have have been affected by flood in Assam.    According to an official release by Assam State Disaster Management Authority, flood waters affected residents…

Tornado damages dozens of homes west of Indianapolis, USA

Homes in at least two neighborhoods were damaged in Hendricks County in a tornado that touched down in Plainfield on Tuesday afternoon. The National Weather Service preliminarily confirmed that the tornado was an EF-1 with speeds of up to 110 mph. …

Landslide forces 35 families to evacuate their homes in North Cotabato, Philippines

The local government unit of Arakan evacuated 35 peasant families away from a hilly district in the municipality where a landslide destroyed houses and crops Wednesday following two days of heavy rains. Arakan Mayor Rene Rubino, chairman of the municipal…