Category Food Loss Alert

Air Traffic Alert, Animal Activity Alert, Crops Alert, Drought Alert, El Nino Alert, Emergency Updates, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Major Events, Plane Diversion Alert, Power Station Alert, Power Transformer Alert, Record Heat Alert, Record Temperatures, Severe Heatwave Alert, Severe Weather, Water Supply Alert

Major Record Breaking Heatwave Paralyses Zimbabwe, Africa

A punishing heatwave is wreaking havoc in Zimbabwe, giving airline pilots a torrid time and literally sapping the energy out of a country that has seen its hydro-electric reservoir evaporate in the scorching heat. As the El Niño phenomenon…

Earth Extremities
December 13, 2015

Building Damage Alert, Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Disaster Declaration Alert, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Homeless Alert, Rain Alert, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, Tidal Surge Alert, Water Supply Alert

Major flood toll hits 325 in India

Fourteen patients in an intensive care unit in the southern Indian city of Chennai have died, taking the death toll in rain-related incidents to 325. Water had entered the basement of the private hospital, causing disruptions to generators, ventilators…

Earth Extremities
December 5, 2015

Crops Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Food Loss Alert, Hailstorm Alert, Major Events, Severe Weather, Vegetation Alert

Severe hail storm devastates growers in Botswana, Africa

A hail storm which swept through Lentsweletau, Botswana, last week Tuesday, has left many farmers with destroyed produce, totalling to over a million pula in value. Many are funded by CEDA and are concerned that they will not be able…

Earth Extremities
November 25, 2015

Crops Alert, Disaster Declaration Alert, Emergency Updates, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Hailstorm Alert, Major Events, Rain Alert, Severe Weather, Vegetation Alert

Apocalyptic hailstorm damages paddy worth millions in Nepal

Paddy worth more than Rs 110 million is estimated to have been damaged in a downpour accompanied by hailstorm two weeks ago in Khotang. According to the preliminary statistics of district agriculture development office, the heavy rainfall with hailstorm…

Earth Extremities
November 5, 2015

Cattle, Crops Alert, Drought Alert, Emergency Updates, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Livestock, Major Events, Rescue Alert, Severe Weather, State Of Emergency Alert, Temperature Alert, Vegetation Alert

Severe Drought Threatens Growth as Cattle Die, Crops Fail In Ethiopia

Saado Osman straps two bulging sacks of United Nations wheat to her donkey, one of the few animals the 70-year-old eastern Ethiopian herder has left since the rains stopped. Like millions of others in the Horn of Africa nation…

Earth Extremities
October 15, 2015

Blizzard Alert, Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Fallen Trees Alert, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Freeze Alert, Major Events, Power Lines Down Alert, Power Outage Alert, Severe Weather, Snow Storm Alert, Vehicle Alert, Winter Storm Alert

Major snowstorm causes widespread power outages in Alaska

Thousands of Alaska residents are without power after a major snowstorm socked the Fairbanks area and forced a grocery to store frozen food outside. The National Weather Service says 11.2 inches of snow fell in Fairbanks through early Wednesday.…

Earth Extremities
September 30, 2015

Bridge Closure Alert, Bridge Collapse Alert, Building Collapse Alert, Building Damage Alert, Commuter Alert, Crops Alert, Damage Reports, Disaster Declaration Alert, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Homeless Alert, Major Events, Rain Alert, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, River Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, Vehicle Alert

Apocalyptic Flooding Ravages Over 2,000 Houses In Kaduna, Nigeria

At least 2,000 houses in some parts of Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, have been submerged by flood as a result of a heavy rainfall. The flood was said to have been caused by an unusual heavy downpour that lasted…

Earth Extremities
September 22, 2015

Crops Alert, Drought Alert, Emergency Updates, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Major Events, River Alert

Drought strikes Indonesia

A villager walks on a dried up dam after collecting some water in Rongkop, central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Several areas on the densely populated island of Java have been hit by drought during this dry season, forcing…