Category Major Events

Building Collapse Alert, Building Damage Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Fallen Trees Alert, Homeless Alert, Major Events, Power Outage Alert, Rescue Alert, Severe Weather, State Of Emergency Alert, Tornado Alert

Tornadoes Flip Vehicles, Damage Property in Oklahoma and Arkansas, USA

Marking the first strike of severe weather for the month of March, multiple tornadoes swept across Oklahoma and Arkansas on Wednesday night. There were seven tornado reports out of these areas, according to the Storm Prediction Center. One…

Earth Extremities
March 28, 2015

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

Major train crash injures more than 50 in Thailand

More than 50 people have been injured after a two-train crash in central Thailand, a senior official says. The crash occurred at 10.15pm on Thursday in Ayutthaya province when a Rapid train from Bangkok to Denchai slammed into the…

Earth Extremities
March 28, 2015

Bridge Closure Alert, Building Damage Alert, Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Disaster Declaration Alert, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Fallen Trees Alert, Homeless Alert, Major Events, Power Lines Down Alert, Power Outage Alert, Rain Alert, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, River Alert, Road Closure Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, State Of Emergency Alert, Storm Surge Alert, Vehicle Alert

Emergency Declared After Heavy Rains Hit Atacama Desert Region, Chile

The Chilean government has declared a state of emergency in the Atacama desert region after flash floods hit what is normally one of the driest regions in the world. The declaration of emergency gives control of the region to the…

Earth Extremities
March 26, 2015

Air Traffic Alert, Aviation Alert, Aviation Red Alert, Emergency In Flight, Emergency Updates, Major Events, Plane Crash, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, State Of Emergency Alert

A passenger plane has crashed in France killing all 150 on board

A passenger plane has crashed in France, with all 150 people on board thought to have died. The Airbus A320, operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline, came down in the southern French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne. Flight…

Earth Extremities
March 24, 2015

Ebola Virus, Emergency Updates, Lockdown Alert, Major Events, Quarantined Alert, Red Alert, State Of Emergency Alert

Sierra Leone president orders three-day national lockdown against Ebola

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koromo ordered the country’s entire population Saturday to keep to their homes on March 27-29 in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic. “All Sierra Leoneans must stay at home for…

Earth Extremities
March 22, 2015

Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Evacuation Alert, Gale Force Wind Alert, Lightning Alert, Major Events, Power Lines Down Alert, Power Outage Alert, Rain Alert, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, River Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, Storm Alert, Storm Surge Alert, Thunderstorm Alert, Tidal Surge Alert, Vehicle Alert

Severe storms lashing parts of Eastern Australia

THE southeast of Queensland has been battered by torrential rain for a second day in a row, with the latest downpours causing the suspension of train services and the Brisbane Roar game to be abandoned. Translink had earlier suspended trains…

Earth Extremities
March 22, 2015

Animal Deaths, Damage Reports, Disaster Declaration Alert, Drought Alert, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Fire Alert, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Major Events, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, Severe Weather, State Of Emergency Alert, Wildfire Alert

Apocalyptic wildfire causing catastrophic damage in Chile

Massive wildfires in drought-stricken southern Chile have wiped out hundreds of plant species, and are now threatening animal life and a national park. “We are witnessing a massive environmental catastrophe” in southern Chile, Accion Ecologica chief Luis Mariano Rendon…

Earth Extremities
March 22, 2015

Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Fire Alert, Major Events, Rescue Alert, State Of Emergency Alert, Train Crash Alert

Major train accident kills at least 34 and injures 50+ in Uttar Pradesh, India

Villagers, police and railway guards were trying to rescue passengers trapped in the coaches A passenger train has derailed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 34 people, a railway spokesman told the BBC. The…

Earth Extremities
March 20, 2015

Building Collapse Alert, Building Damage Alert, Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Fallen Trees Alert, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Hailstorm Alert, Major Events, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, Road Closure Alert, Severe Weather

Severe hailstorm affects over a thousand hectares of blackberry and avocado in Mexico

The strong hailstorm that lasted more than ten minutes last Saturday night in Ziracuateiro affected more than a thousand families, a thousand hectares of blackberry, and a thousand hectares of avocado in this municipality. The mayor, Carlos Sandoval Portugal,…