Category Major Events

Four killed in landslide in SW China’s Sichuan Province

At least four people were killed on Saturday after houses collapsed in a landslide in Xuanhan County in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to local authorities. The landslide was caused by continuous rain. A total of five people were buried…

Deadly flooding displaces thousands across Mekong region

Elderly residents and small children clung to inflatable tyres as soldiers and police used rope lines to bring them to safety beyond rising floodwater in Cambodia’s western province of Battambang, which is expected to worsen on Sunday. Hundreds of families…

Train derailment sparks chemical fire, residents evacuated in Lilburn, Georgia, USA

Authorities responded to the scene of a “major” train derailment in Lilburn along the CSX line early Sunday morning. Drone video revealed the crisscrossed mess authorities will spend the next few days untangling after a washed-out track derailed at least…

Nearly 500,000 power outages reported across Texas & Louisiana as Hurricane Delta pummels gulf coast with 80mph gusts

Nearly a half-million residents in Texas and Louisiana have been left without power after Hurricane Delta made landfall along the US gulf coast, battering cities with winds up to 80 miles per hour. Delta hit land in southwest Louisiana on…

9 Injured In Major Fire At Indian Oil Petrol Pump In Odisha

Nine people were injured, two of them critically, in a major fire that broke out at an Indian Oil Corporation petrol pump near the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, police said. Five fire engines along with Odisha Disaster Rapid…

Landslide in Guatemala kills four, injures 10

A landslide in southwestern Guatemala has killed at least four people and injured 10 others, civil protection authorities said late on Tuesday. The landslide destroyed eight homes in the municipality of San Marcos La Laguna in the country’s Solola region,…