Category Homeless Alert

Torrential floods and a landslide kills 3 & 600 rescued in Iran

Floods have killed three women in northeastern Iran and emergency workers rescued 600 people from a neighbouring region hit by a landslide, media and the Red Crescent reported Saturday. Heavy rains hit Iran hard in the past week, with the…

Major hailstorm severely damages 400 homes in Phra That Bung Puan Subdistrict, Thailand

A summer storm and a hailstorm has swept through Phra That Bung Puan Subdistrict of Muang district in Nong Khai province where over 400 homes have been severely damaged.    The storm also brought down 13 electricity poles, causing a…

Damaging cyclone strikes Siliguri in West Bengal

A cyclone hit Siliguri in West Bengal in the wee hours of Saturday, damaging houses, uprooting trees and injuring ten people. Heavy rains lashed Maynaguri block in Jalpaiguri district and over 1000 houses, acres of farmland and trees were washed away in…

Severe storm causes devastation yet again in the Nizamabad district, India

Would-be bride among three killed in lightning. The tragedy left the families on both sides shocked as she was to get married on Tuesday evening Three persons, including a bride, were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Warangal district,…

300 + ‘catastrophic’ landslides & Hundreds homeless in the Balkans

LANDSLIDES in Bosnia have left hundreds of people homeless, while thousands more have fled homes in neighbouring Croatia and Serbia as Balkan countries battle the worst flooding since modern records began. Throughout hilly Bosnia, floods are triggering landslides covering roads,…

Severe rainfall causes a landslide – at least 2 missing in South America

HEAVY rains caused a landslide in the community of Nueva Italia, Colón, engulfing one home.   Two people were reported missing while looking for crabs in the mangrove area around Fort Sherman.   In Panama City there was flooding in streets and parks…

Severe storm kills five in South Punjab

Dust storm followed by heavy rain and hailstorm in some areas lashed Southern Punjab last night while at least five people were killed and many injured in rain-related incidents, disclosed reports received from different areas. The storm was so intense…