Category Evacuation Alert

Mining Landslide Complicates Rescue; Workers Missing in Honduras

A landslide in southern Honduras has blocked the entrance to a mine in which eight people have been trapped for more than a week, according to a report from BBC. Eleven miners in total were trapped on July 2 when an…

Severe storm floods many homes on Flagstaff’s East Side, Arizona, USA

NAZ Today reporter Mason Agnew visits the Lower Greenlaw neighborhood in East Flagstaff to see the damage from a Tuesday-night storm. Heavy rain and hail flooded 30 homes. Nine families, with a total of 31 people were evacuated as a…

Violent storm hits Bulgaria’s Lovech, leaves 11 villages without electricity

In the latest blow from heavy weather in Bulgaria this summer, a violent storm broke over the town of Lovech on July 10, bringing a barrage of rain and hail and leaving 11 villages without power. Local media reports said…

Severe storm Kills Four in New York State and Child at Maryland Camp, USA

Severe storms brought destruction and tragedy across the Northeast on Tuesday evening, with one child dying at a Maryland summer camp and a tornado killing four people, including a 4-month-old baby, in an upstate New York town. At about 7:15…

Powerful typhoon causes 3 dead 47 injured in Japan

Three people died and 47 others were injured across Japan as a powerful typhoon moved through the country’s southernmost main island of Kyushu on Thursday morning after lashing the islands of Okinawa, local press reported.   Neoguri, the season’s eighth…

Large Landslide; 17 People Missing In China’s Southwest

Search ongoing for at least 17 people missing after landslide in Yunnan province At least 17 people are missing after a landslide in southwest China’s Yunnan province early Wednesday, according to Chinese media. Xinhua news agency said the landslide occurred…

Southern Japan on alert after Typhoon Neoguri sweeps across Okinawa

The Japan Meteorological Agency warned that severe weather from Typhoon Neoguri would continue, the eighth typhoon of the season.   The storm had lost some strength by Wednesday, packing winds of 126 kph (78 mph) with gusts of up to…

Severe hailstorm causes mayhem & Kills a man in Sofia, Bulgaria

A man was killed in a severe hailstorm which hit Sofia shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sofia City Hall reported. The pedestrian was killed by a tree which was knocked down by the storm in Boris’ Garden, the city’s…