Category Red Alert

Tornado kills 2, injures 60 in Southern Brazil

A tornado killed two people and injured about 60 others in Xanxere, a city in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, emergency management officials said Tuesday.   The tornado damaged about 500 houses as it tore through the city…

‘Worst storm in decade’ lashes Australia: 3 killed, thousands without power

Powerful storms overturn trains, downed trees/power-lines, flooded roads in southeast Alabama, USA

Spring snowstorm leads to 60 vehicle pileup in Wyoming, USA

At least 60 vehicles piled up and multiple people were injured Thursday after blinding snow fell in southeastern Wyoming. A 150-mile stretch of Interstate 80 stretching between Cheyenne and Rawlings, Wyo., was shut down through Friday after up to 9.8…

500 head of cattle dead from landslides in Northeast Afghanistan

The death toll from several avalanches recorded in Afghanistan in the last hours increased to 88, while 26 people were injured in the middle of a snowstorm that plagues the country’s northeast, an official said.   The governor of the…