Category Red Alert

#RedAlert Issued as Severe #Storms, #Flooding and #Blizzards Hits Parts of #Spain

At least a foot of snow covers a driveway, gate and trees in Biar, Alicante. It is several kilometres inland from the coast Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencian coastline have been pummelled by a vicious storm this morning, shutting Alicante…

#Shishaldin #Volcano cloud reaches 20,000 ft; Aviation #RedAlert in effect, #Alaska

Courtesy Aaron Merculieff The National Weather Service issued a SIGMET aircraft safety alert as the ash plume from Shishaldin reached as high as 20,000 feet in elevation and extended up to 90 miles eastward from the volcano. A lava flow…

#Indian govt issues ‘RED WARNING’ for #Delhi as capital & adjacent states shiver in ‘extreme #cold’

The government’s meteorological office issued the highest-level warning for the capital as Indians continue to struggle through what has been described as the second coldest December in a century. The recent “red warning” by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) came…

‘Danger to life’ severe #flood warnings issued as #river levels rise across parts of the #UK

A delivery lorry was stuck in Leicestershire following torrential rain The Environment Agency has issued “danger to life” severe flood warnings as river levels rise and travel is disrupted across parts of northern England. It has urged people to stay…

#China on #RedAlert as #SuperTyphoonLekima threatens #Yangtze #StormSurge

China has issued a red alert as a typhoon bringing torrential rain and gales descends on its eastern coast, threatening an intense storm surge up the Yangtze river. Flood prevention efforts are being stepped up along Asia’s longest waterway in…

#RedAlert – Heavy #rain lashes #Mumbai, #India water-logging in several areas

#Ebola outbreak in DR #Congo declared as an International Public #Health #Emergency

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). “It is time for the world to take notice and…

#France Records It’s #Hottest Day Ever Of 45.9C (114.4F)

The southern region of Gallargues-le-Montueux France has reached it’s highest record breaking temperature of 45.9C (114.4F). The last record stood at 44.1C in August 2003. Further north of France, the temperature is around 40C (104F). Many parts of Europe are…

#RedAlert #MajorEruption – Major #AshClouds Drifting East And South From #UlawunVolcano In #PapuaNewGuinea

While it is not only night over Papua New Guinea now, a vast area around the volcano is now likely to be shredded in darkness caused by ash from the eruption. It is unclear whether the activity at the volcano…