Category Red Alert

Lava Threatening Village Devours First Home; many now evacuating in Hawaii

A river of lava from a Hawaii volcano has devoured its first residential property in a community, as homeowners flee the area. Dozens of residents in Pahoa Village on the Big Island are evacuating as the tide of fiery magma…

Cat 4 Hurricane Gonzalo Is Slamming Bermuda With Powerful Winds Of 140 mph

Many trees are uprooting, power loss to 1000’s along with structural damage to many properties.   Flooding is a major concern.

Freak Snow Storm, Flooding, Damaging Gales Hits New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales in Australia has been hit by a freak snow storm leaving thousands of people without power and motorists stranded in floodwater. Gale-force winds whipped up surf with six-metre waves off the coast of Sydney, while all flights in…

Severe snowstorm and avalanche has killed 20 trekkers and guides in Nepal’s Himalayas

Severe weather triggered by the tail end of Cyclone Hudhud, which battered neighbouring India’s east coast, hit trekking groups on the Annapurna circuit as well as mountaineers trying to scale the avalanche-prone Mount Dhaulagiri in central Nepal on Tuesday.  …

Landslide kills five in Araku, India

Five members of a family were buried alive at a village near Araku, of Visakhapatnam rural district, as their house got caught in a mudslide due to Cyclone Hudhud.   Though the incident took place on the evening of October…

Landslide causes mayhem and kills three people in Guatemala; El Salvador also on alert

A woman and her children were killed Wednesday buried by a mudslide after heavy rains in the north of the capital of Guatemala, Volunteer Firefighters reported.   The spokesman for the lifeguards, William Gonzalez, told local media that the tragedy…

Hurricane Gonzalo Kills 1 in St. Maarten and Injures 12 in Antigua; Bermuda Under Alert

Hurricane Gonzalo was upgraded Tuesday evening to a Category 3 storm, only the during the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season.   Although Gonzalo was back over open water, the storm left its mark across the Caribbean, killing one person in St.…

Cyclone Hudhud Of 130mph Flattens At Least 6,000 Buildings And Kills At Least 22 People In India

At least 22 people are dead in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Hudhud, which ripped through India’s eastern coast Sunday and Monday with wind speeds over 100 miles per hour. The Times of India reports that 15 people were killed…

Volcano Ontake eruption intensifies; Search suspended in Japan

Efforts to recover the bodies of at least 24 climbers have been suspended again after the eruption on Japan’s Mount Ontake intensified. A BBC correspondent near the mountain on Tuesday said the volcano was shooting out even more ash, smoke…