Category Major Events

Building Collapse Alert, Building Damage Alert, Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Fire Alert, Homeless Alert, Major Events, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, Road Closure Alert, State Of Disaster Alert, Vehicle Alert, Wildfire Alert

Major wildfire destroys dozens of homes, menaces highway in Alaska

A fast-spreading Alaska wildfire has destroyed up to 45 homes and forced authorities to restrict traffic on a major highway connecting two of the state’s largest cities, state officials said Monday. As many as 200 firefighters have been battling…

Earth Extremities
June 15, 2015

Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Major Events, Rescue Alert, Train Crash Alert, Vehicle Accident, Vehicle Alert

Train rams into a bus injuring at least 18 in Cairns, Australia

Five people remain in hospital after a tourist train and a bus collided at a level crossing in Cairns. Police say it appears the bus failed to give way to the Kuranda Scenic Railway train at a level crossing…

Earth Extremities
June 15, 2015

Building Damage Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Explosion Alert, Fire Alert, Gas Explosion Alert, Major Events, Pollution Alert, Rescue Alert

Massive gas explosion prompts evacuations in Texas, USA

Photo: Richard Hoang/The Victoria Advocate via AP Authorities say no one was injured after a natural gas pipeline ruptured in rural South Texas, sparking a massive fire that prompted the evacuation of nearby homes. DeWitt County Emergency Operations Center…

Earth Extremities
June 15, 2015

Building Collapse Alert, Building Damage Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Fire Alert, Major Events, Rescue Alert

Inferno engulfs historic Saint Donatien basilica in Nantes, France

Earth Extremities
June 15, 2015

Bridge Collapse Alert, Building Collapse Alert, Building Damage Alert, Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Fallen Trees Alert, Flash Flooding Alert, Homeless Alert, Major Events, Power Lines Down Alert, Power Outage Alert, Rain Alert, Rescue Alert, River Alert, Road Closure Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, Thunderstorm Alert, Vehicle Alert, Water Supply Alert

Severe flooding kills at least 12; zoo animals escape in the Georgian capital

Rescuers work among debris at a flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 14, 2015 (Reuters / Irakli Gedenidze) The city of Tbilisi has suffered an incessant and torrential downpour that resulted in flooding of the low-land areas of the Georgian…

Earth Extremities
June 14, 2015

Building Damage Alert, Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Fallen Trees Alert, Flash Flooding Alert, Gale Force Wind Alert, Homeless Alert, Lightning Alert, Major Events, Power Lines Down Alert, Power Outage Alert, Rain Alert, Rescue Alert, Road Closure Alert, Severe Weather, Thunderstorm Alert, Vehicle Alert

Severe storm topples trees, utility poles and leaves thousands without electricity in Gardiner, NY, USA

Heavy winds from a storm system toppled trees, claimed more than 11 utility poles and caused extensive damage to portions of the electric system in Gardiner on Friday. Approximately 6,500 people lost electricity due to the storm, and nearly…

Earth Extremities
June 13, 2015

Dust Storm Alert, Major Events, Sandstorm Alert, Severe Weather

Severe dust storm hits Allahabad, India

Allahabad residents shuffle through a severe dust storm on June 12, 2015 that tore through vast swathes of north India amid a deadly heat wave. Courtesy of citizenside.com

Earth Extremities
June 13, 2015

Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Explosion Alert, Major Events, Oil Explosion Alert

Major fire resumes at oil depot in Glevakha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

Earth Extremities
June 13, 2015

Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Explosion Alert, Fire Alert, Major Events, Oil Explosion Alert, Rescue Alert

Major fire at oil depot in Mumbai Port Trust, India

The blaze in the background at the oil depot in Wadala. Pic: Atul Kamble A major fire broke out at an oil depot at Wadala area in central Mumbai this evening due to a suspected leakage, fire brigade sources said.…