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Terrible flooding devastates parts of Iran

Tornadoes rip through Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA

The National Weather Service has confirmed two EF-1 tornadoes ripped through Tippecanoe County during Friday’s storms.   According to 24-Hour News 8 sister station, WLFI, Tippecanoe County Emergency Management and NWS Meteorologist Dan McCarthy spent Saturday morning accessing the damage…

Landslide blocks crucial Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand, India

Heavy rains triggered landslide in Uttarakhand on Saturday blocking the crucial Gangotri highway near Raturi Sera village. Locals and tourists alleged that no assistance from the administration reached them, hours after the disaster struck. The disaster comes at a time…

Typhoon Nangka Kills at Least Two, Wreaks Havoc Crossing Japan

Typhoon Nangka barreled across the western end of Japan’s largest main island on Friday, snarling transport, leaving at least two men dead and prompting authorities to advise nearly 100,000 people to evacuate.   Rivers burst their banks in the western…

Typhoon Nangka pounds Shikoku; pair dead; hundreds of thousands told to flee

A strong typhoon made landfall Thursday night on Shikoku, leaving two people dead and a number of other people injured.   Authorities urged hundreds of thousands of people there and elsewhere to evacuate, while transportation services were crippled.   Typhoon…