Category Red Alert

Ex-hurricane Bertha is still lashing the UK weather

Waves crashed against a lighthouse in Newhaven, East Sussex Parts of England and Scotland are continuing to be affected by high winds and rain brought by the remnants of what was Hurricane Bertha The Met Office issued a “be prepared” amber…

Ex-hurricane Bertha gives the heaviest rainfall and a Tornado in Cardiff City, Wales, UK

The city begins a clear-up as one church fears it will not be able to claim the flooding damage on insurance. Cardiff experienced the UK’s heaviest rainfall today when the tail end of ex-hurricane Bertha lashed the capital. Dozens of…

Ex hurricane Bertha; Tornado causes havoc as it rips through Hull, UK

Aftermath: The scene on Hopewell Road in Hull   A mini-tornado tore through Hull yesterday as Britain suffered a battering from the tail-end of Hurricane Bertha. A woman was hit by flying glass as the twister caused havoc on a road…

Super Typhoon Halong Causes Wide Spread Flooding In Shikoku, Japan

Typhoon Halong make landfall near Kochi, Japan during the morning hours Sunday as a Typhoon with winds sustained at 65kts making it just barely at typhoon status via the official agency of Japan JMA.   The storm is forecasted to…

Indian authorities are on alert for the Ebola virus, the health minister said, suggesting there is a risk the deadly virus could be imported into country if the large population of Indians working in the four affected West African nations…

Landslide strikes again; 4 dead‚ 8 injured in Dolakha, Nepal

Four persons, including two children, died and eight others were injured in a landslide in Jiri of Dolakha in the wee hours of Saturday.According to police, Sujal Jirel (5), Sushma Jirel and Pema Doma Tamang (37) and her 17-year-old daughter…

Devastating landslide hits 15 families and renders them homeless in Dharamsala villages

At least 15 families were rendered homeless after a massive landslide, triggered by incessant rains, hit Chohla and Patola villages of Kajlot panchayat, overlooking the hill-resort of Dharamsala in Kangra district, on late Friday evening.    The debris moving down…

Severe RED ALERT issued by Japan due to Super Typhoon Halong

Japan’s weather agency on Saturday (Aug 9) issued its highest alert as typhoon Halong barrelled toward southwestern Japan, warning of heavy rains and strong winds from a storm that has grounded more than 470 flights. The warning means that the…