Category Red Alert

Major Cyclone ravages Yemeni island, heads for LNG plant, Qaeda-run city

A rare tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds killed three people and injured scores on the exotic Yemeni island of Socotra on Monday and then headed towards a gas terminal and an Al Qaeda-controlled town on the mainland.   The World…

CODE RED ISSUED due to an explosion killing dozens at a nightclub in Bucharest

An explosion at a nightclub in the centre of Bucharest on Friday night has left at least 26 dead and 88 wounded, with some Romanian media reporting that the death toll could be as high as 40. At the time…

Major earthquake Magnitude 7.5 kills many in Afghanistan

Twelve schoolgirls are confirmed to be among the dead as many in Pakistan and India report being “terrified” by shaking buildings Scores of people have been killed after an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck Afghanistan, say officials, with the effects…

MAGNITUDE 7.5 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN

Subject To Change Depth: 212 km Distances: 45km (28mi) N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan 48km (30mi) SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan 76km (47mi) S of Fayzabad, Afghanistan 77km (48mi) WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan 254km (158mi) NNE of Kabul,…

Catastrophic Hurricane Patricia With 200mph Winds To Batter Mexico

Floods & Landslides: ‘Typhoon Koppu’ slams into the Philippines

Super Typhoon Koppu (Lando) slams the Philippines

Super Typhoon Koppu’s eye smashed into northern Philippines’ Luzon island with ferocious winds and rain early Sunday, just the early stages of what forecasters fear could be a three-day period of floods and landslides.   Koppu, known as Lando in…

Chemical Explosion erupts In Pasadena, California, USA

A “flash” fire, in which sudden ignition of flammable substances occurs, erupted at Schuetz Container Systems, located at 5000 Underwood Dr. in Pasadena Wednesday (Oct. 7) at around 8 p.m.   Police blocked off the street, and Pasadena and La…