Category Evacuation Alert

Dramatic Patient Rescue As Flood Swamps Hospital, South Africa Somerset West residents came out in droves to help as hospital patients at Vergelegen MediClinic were evacuated in an eight-hour rescue mission in which everyone was moved to alternative hospitals as…

Floods & Landslides Kill Five And Leave Four Missing – 1000’s Displaced, Vietnam Another 4,500 people were evacuated from their homes in the neighboring province of Quang Nam. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed five people and…

Dangerous New Eruption At Sumatra’s Sinabung Volcano, Indonesia Superheated ash and gas flowing down the slopes of Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano signals the intensity of eruptions may be increasing at the fiery mountain, according to local officials. More than 5,000 people…

More Than 5,000 Flee Erupting Indonesian Volcano   More than 5,000 people have fled their homes in western Indonesia in recent days following a series of violent volcanic eruptions, an official said Tuesday. Mount Sinabung on the north of Sumatra…

Hundreds Of Thousands Vietnamese And Chinese Flee As Super Typhoon Haiyan Hits Land   Some 600,000 residents from areas thought to be most at risk in Vietnam headed for seven evacuation centres, while China announced its highest alert. The storm,…