Category Red Alert

Devastating floods and landslides raises death toll to 10 in Quang Ninh, Vietnam

Rescuers trying to find people who were reportedly missing after a major landslide buried three local houses with 10 people inside in Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Town. Photo: Linh Linh Incessant rain triggering floods and landslides continued to wreak…

Terrible flooding devastates parts of Iran

Typhoon Nangka Kills at Least Two, Wreaks Havoc Crossing Japan

Typhoon Nangka barreled across the western end of Japan’s largest main island on Friday, snarling transport, leaving at least two men dead and prompting authorities to advise nearly 100,000 people to evacuate.   Rivers burst their banks in the western…

Typhoon Nangka pounds Shikoku; pair dead; hundreds of thousands told to flee

A strong typhoon made landfall Thursday night on Shikoku, leaving two people dead and a number of other people injured.   Authorities urged hundreds of thousands of people there and elsewhere to evacuate, while transportation services were crippled.   Typhoon…