Category Red Alert

Severe flooding causes mayhem in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa

Parts of Mombasa have been rendered inaccessible in the aftermath of unusually heavy rains witnessed in the coastal belt over the weekend.   Although the Mombasa County government and the provincial and administration officials are yet to carry out a…

Severe Heat Wave Claims 41 More Lives in Andhra Pradesh, Nationwide Toll in India Rises to 2,248

Torrid weather conditions continued to prevail in several parts of the country today, claiming 41 more lives in worst-hit Andhra Pradesh since yesterday as the nationwide death toll mounted to 2,248.   According to Andhra Pradesh’s disaster management department, 41…

Tornado and storms strikes Indianapolis, USA

The National Weather Service (NWS) says an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 90 miles per hour touched down on the city’s southeast side Saturday night, causing damage to homes and knocking out power to thousands.   The tornado and…

Severe weather in US State of Texas, China and India making headlines

Mega heatwave to continue as deaths top 1,700; Hospitals are overwhelmed in India

“I have worked as a medical officer in this district for 40 years and I have never seen anything like this, with so many people arriving already dead.” Hospitals in India battled Thursday to treat victims of a blistering heatwave…

Train falls into a collapsed bridge in Koochiching County, Minnesota just South of the Canadian border

COURTESY KOOCHICHING COUNTY A crucial timber rail bridge burned and collapsed just early Wednesday in Koochiching County, tipping two rail cars onto the banks of the Rat Root River and blocking a Canadian National rail artery that connects the Pacific…

Devastating flooding kills at least 3 with many missing in Texas and Oklahoma, USA

‘Worst I’ve seen’ At least three people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in flash flooding in the southern US.   Two people were killed in weather-related accidents in Oklahoma and a man lost his life in…