Category Landslide Alert

Baseball-Sized Hail Storm Hits Nebraska

Baseball-sized hail has pounded homes and cars across Nebraska, as powerful thunderstorms swept the Midwest, wreaking extensive damage, severe flooding and even reportedly tornado touchdowns in some areas. Hailstones the size of baseballs pummeled the state with devastating effect Tuesday,…

Flooding in northern Afghanistan claims 50 lives, thousands forced to flee homes

Flooding in a remote part of northern Afghanistan has claimed more than 50 lives and forced thousands to flee their homes, a provincial official said Saturday. It was the latest in a string of deadly flash floods, landslides and avalanches…

Alert raised in China after storms, floods kill 27

Alerts were raised for southern and north-eastern China Saturday after the death toll reached 27 with two missing from this week’s heavy rains. Ten people died in the southern province of Guizhou and nine in the south-western city of Chongqing.…

Massive landslides caused by melting snow bury homes in parts of India

Massive landslides, triggered by fast melting of snow above Billing Nullah, about 1.5 km from Keylong, the district headquarters, blocked the flow of a rivulet for more than 40 hours, resulting in formation of a huge lake about one km…

Severe Storms Knock Out Power, Topple Trees in Philadelphia, USA

Severe Thunderstorm Watch and Severe Thunderstorm Warning were in effect for parts of the area on Tuesday. Both the watch and warning were cancelled around 9 p.m. and the thunderstorms moved offshore. As predicted by NBC10 First Alert Weather Chief…

Landslide kills 16 in Pakistan

Sixteen people, including women and children, are feared dead in a road accident in the Swat valley near Utrot. According to initial reports that reached Islamabad, a truck carrying three families who were en route from Punjab to Utror when…