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‘Catastrophe’: At least 15 killed, 45 missing, town leveled by flood in Brazil dam collapse

Photo By Emergência Fire 193 Over a dozen people have reportedly been killed and at least 45 more are missing after a dam burst in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Social media images show grave devastation, as rescue…

Severe and destructive storms, flash floods in Australia

The Australian state of Victoria – including the country’s second biggest city, Melbourne – has been hit by violent storms. Flash floods, heavy rainfall, hail and strong winds are battering the region.   Very dangerous” storms have hit the Melbourne…

Super cyclonic storm Chapala strikes Yemen at about 18:00 GMT on 1st November 2015

Super cyclonic storm Chapala struck Yemen as a severe cyclonic storm at about 18:00 GMT on 1 November. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall was near 13.3…

Super Cyclone Chapala; 33-feet waves; wind at 170kmph; Oman, Yemen on alert

In its noon update, the Oman Meteorology Department has warned of waves reaching heights of nearly 33 feet and wind speeds accelerating to 170kmph as Cyclone Chapala hits Yemen’s Socotra Island.   Oman is also bearing the brunt of the…

Tornadoes and torrential rains causes complete mayhem in Texas, USA

At least two people were killed when a storm with high winds and heavy rains pelted central Texas on Friday, flooding highways, causing evacuations after rivers overflowed and spawning tornadoes that ripped through buildings outside San Antonio.   The body…

Rare And Destructive Cyclone Chapala Rapidly Intensifies To A Category 4 Storm In Arabian Sea

Cyclone Chapala could become the strongest on record in the Arabian Sea and may make an unprecedented landfall at hurricane strength along the coast of Yemen or southwest Oman in the days ahead.   Chapala rapidly intensified and is estimated…

Major hailstorm severely damages a hospital in Chinchilla, Australia

Staff at Chinchilla Hospital are picking up the pieces after hail stones smashed windows and damaged a roof at the facility on Wednesday.   At the height of the severe hailstorm an urgent message was relayed to The Chronicle that…

Major earthquake Magnitude 7.5 kills many in Afghanistan

Twelve schoolgirls are confirmed to be among the dead as many in Pakistan and India report being “terrified” by shaking buildings Scores of people have been killed after an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck Afghanistan, say officials, with the effects…

Severe storm causes mayhem in Israel

Intense stormy weather socked Israel Sunday morning, killing one person, briefly shuttering an airport, bringing highways to a standstill and causing other havoc and damage in multiple cities.   In Pardes Hanna, a 20-year-old construction worker was killed when a…