Category Red Alert

Emergency evacuation alert sparks panic as Tropical Storm Fung-Wong heads for Taiwan

Taiwan evacuated almost 1,000 people from endangered areas as Typhoon Fung-Wong, which left at least 10 dead in the Philippines and caused Manila’s worst flooding in two years, approached packing wind gusts as strong as 120kph.   Fung-Wong, Phoenix in…

Apocalyptic floods affect 2.3 million in Pakistan

Sher Muhammad, 85, looked on with a sense of bewilderment: “I have not seen such a flood, not since around the time of partition [1947].” As the flood emergency deepens in Pakistan, now affecting nearly 2.3 million people, humanitarian teams…

Emergency disaster declared due to severe flooding and landslides in parts of the Philippines

Following the heavy downpour last Wednesday night until yesterday, floods and landslides were reported in Cebu City and different areas of the province.   PDRRMO reported rock falls along the Transcentral Highway in the boundary between Balamban town and Cebu…

Hurricane Odile is the most powerful on record to strike Mexico’s Baja California

The Category 3 cyclone, the strongest on record to hit the region, slammed the tourist destination of Cabo San Lucas and will weaken as it moves up the Baja California peninsula, forecasters say Odile, the strongest hurricane on record to…

Major flood alert due to river bursting it’s banks in five districts, India

Bihar issued a flood alert in five districts on Saturday following a heavy gush of water in Son river from Indrapuri Barrage, an official said.   “We have sent alerts to the district magistrates of Arwal, Rohtas, Aurangabad, Jehanabad and…

Severe flooding sinks boat carrying a wedding party killing the bridegroom and 17 others in Pakistan’s Punjab province

Severe flooding sank a boat carrying a wedding party in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday, killing the bridegroom and 17 others, officials said.   Senior police officer Mian Tanvir from the nearby city of Multan said the army-run boat carrying…

Major flooding causes mayhem in the Balkans with two killed in Slovenia

Authorities in Slovenia say two people have died in new floods that hit the Balkans this weekend after heavy rains.   Police said Sunday a 30-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl drowned after their van plunged into a flood-swollen stream…

Red Alert for wind impact in Vietnam, China, Philippines

The map shows the areas affected by tropical storm strength winds (green), 58mph winds (orange) and cyclone wind strengths (red) This tropical cyclone is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the storm strength and the affected population…