Category Emergency Updates

LARGE WILDFIRE IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, USA

Crews were battling a large wildfire in central Oklahoma near Guthrie early Monday that destroyed several homes as it raced through the parched landscape. The wildfire broke out Sunday when a controlled burn that began at about 4 p.m. got…

Over 2,000 Confirmed Dead In Afghan Landslide

More than 2,000 people have been confirmed dead in a landslide in Afghanistan after part of a hill above a village collapsed. The community, in Badakhshan province which borders Tajikistan in the country’s northeast, has been buried in more than…

Florida flood emergency: 1.5 feet of rain in 24 hours, USA

“We’ve seen flooding before, but never flooding that washes the back of a house away,”  From building-crushing hurricanes to killer sinkholes, Gulf Coast residents have seen a lot. But even these battle-tested veterans of the weather wars are marveling at…

Widespread flooding closes roads, causes landslide in Charles Village, USA

A month’s worth of rain caused widespread flooding Wednesday, prompting multiple rescues and causing a massive landslide that poured half a dozen cars onto train tracks in Charles Village. More storms were meanwhile possible, with tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings…

Cyclone claims one life in Tripura; 1400 houses damaged, India

A woman died and at least 1450 houses damaged and unspecified number of people displaced from their homes due to a cyclone accompanied by hail storms in two districts of Tripura, official sources said on Wednesday. Sandhya Rani Debbarma, 52,…