Category Red Alert

Floods Surge Across Northern England, UK

Storm Desmond floods: violent mudslide plunge down mountain as thousands evacuated from homes, UK

**RED ALERT ISSUED**Severe Storm Desmond Prompts Major Evacuations In Cumbria Towns, UK

A major incident has been declared in Cumbria after some residents were forced to evacuate their homes in towns effectively cut off by flooding.   Cumbria Police officers and mountain rescue teams are helping to take people from their homes…

Major flood toll hits 325 in India

Fourteen patients in an intensive care unit in the southern Indian city of Chennai have died, taking the death toll in rain-related incidents to 325.   Water had entered the basement of the private hospital, causing disruptions to generators, ventilators…

MAGNITUDE 5.9 COQUIMBO, CHILE

     Subject to change Depth: 3.8 km Distances: 19km (12mi) SW of Ovalle, Chile 37km (23mi) W of Monte Patria, Chile 86km (53mi) S of Coquimbo, Chile 92km (57mi) S of La Serena, Chile 308km (191mi) NNW of Santiago,…

MAGNITUDE 6.9 COQUIMBO, CHILE

     Subject to change Depth: 30 km Distances: 298 km N of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,837,295 / local time: 04:31:41.5 2015-11-07 107 km S of La Serena, Chile / pop: 154,521 / local time: 04:31:41.5 2015-11-07 38 km…

‘Catastrophe’: At least 15 killed, 45 missing, town leveled by flood in Brazil dam collapse

Photo By Emergência Fire 193 Over a dozen people have reportedly been killed and at least 45 more are missing after a dam burst in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Social media images show grave devastation, as rescue…

Super cyclonic storm Chapala strikes Yemen at about 18:00 GMT on 1st November 2015

Super cyclonic storm Chapala struck Yemen as a severe cyclonic storm at about 18:00 GMT on 1 November. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall was near 13.3…