Category Mudslide Alert

Over 5.5 million people affected by largest typhoon to hit China in 40 years

The Red Cross Society of China deployed emergency teams and mobilised relief supplies to help communities battered by Super Typhoon Rammasun, described as the severest storm to hit the country in more than 40 years. “We have to start supporting…

At least 20 dead in Philippines after Typhoon Rammasun passes through

At least 20 people have been killed and seven others injured in a typhoon that ripped through the Philippines, government officials said Wednesday.   Typhoon Rammasun, which made landfall early Tuesday, blasted the island nation with 105-mph winds and heavy…

TYPHOON SLAMS INTO PHILIPPINES; TENS OF THOUSANDS EVACUATE

A typhoon slammed into the northeastern Philippines late Tuesday night, flooding low-lying villages, ripping off roofs and knocking down trees and electric posts in a disaster-prone region where tens of thousands of people fled to safety ahead of the deluge.…

Landslide causes carnage; One dead in Switzerland

An 82-year-old woman was found dead in a Swiss stream Sunday, police said, as heavy rain and landslides halted train and road traffic near the capital Bern Police said that the woman died in Thoerishaus, a village southwest of Bern…