Category Red Alert

Nine killed in flash floods in China

Nine people have been killed in flash floods in southwest China’s Yunnan province, the ministry of civil affairs said Tuesday.    More than 1,600 people have been affected and 100 hectares of crops destroyed in the cities of Baoshan, Lincang…

Devastating EF2 Tornado with winds up to 120 mph strikes, Revere, USA

“Nobody here has ever seen damage like what we’ve seen this morning,” Mayor Daniel Rizzo said Revere residents will be recovering for days after an EF2 tornado with wind gusts up to 120 mph left sections of the city ravaged,…

Severe hailstorm damages dozens of homes, vehicles in Havelock, North Carolina, USA

A severe thunderstorm pelted parts of Havelock with hail and high winds on Monday, damaging dozens of homes and vehicles. No injuries were reported. One of the hardest hit areas was Hills Mobile Home Village and Apartments on N.C. 101…

Weather goes crazy with record high temperatures, wildfires, mega flooding, then July snow & hailstorm in Siberia

Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires While it was hot in Kemerovo, our remarkable picture shows the giant hailstones that thudded down on the mountainous region. This came a day after an extraordinary hailstorm…

Tornado Rips Through Campground, Kills 2 and Injures Dozens in Virginia, USA

“Something crazy is going on outside,” a woman shouts. “I’m scared.” Moments later, the same voice yells that a tree has fallen and another says, “It’s on that guy’s camper.” Overturned campers, downed trees The footage posted on the website…

Three more killed in landslides, toll now 5, India

In less than a week, the toll in landslide-related incidents rose to five in the Uttarakhand hill districts with two fresh casualties reported late Wednesday in Chamoli district.    Executive director Puish Rautela of the Uttarakhand Disaster Management Response Centre…

Typhoon Matmo causes over 70,000 to evacuate and strikes China

Typhoon Matmo caused the evacuation of thousands of people along China’s southeast coast after it came ashore in Fujian province. The 10th typhoon to impact China in 2014, Matmo is moving northward after landfall Wednesday. Heavy rains were reported across the…

Severe storm with golf size hail devastates Virginia, USA

The sky turned black and cellphones pinged with emergency messages. Moments later, a fierce storm tore through a sprawling, carnival-like campground Thursday, snapping dozens of trees and flipping over RVs.   Two people were killed and more than two dozen…