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Spring snowstorm leads to 60 vehicle pileup in Wyoming, USA

At least 60 vehicles piled up and multiple people were injured Thursday after blinding snow fell in southeastern Wyoming. A 150-mile stretch of Interstate 80 stretching between Cheyenne and Rawlings, Wyo., was shut down through Friday after up to 9.8…

Spring storm dumps snow, rain in Fremont County, USA

The National Weather Service in Pueblo said the Cañon City area received about 1.62 inches of precipitation, which included rain and snow. More rain in the coming days is expected. According to AccuWeather.com, Saturday has a 60 percent chance of rain,…

500 head of cattle dead from landslides in Northeast Afghanistan

The death toll from several avalanches recorded in Afghanistan in the last hours increased to 88, while 26 people were injured in the middle of a snowstorm that plagues the country’s northeast, an official said.   The governor of the…

Apocalyptic hail storms damage more than thousand houses in Mizoram, Tripura, (India)

Pictures clicked by locals of Dengsur and South Khawlek show the damage done by the fist-size hailstones. (Source: Express photo) Heavy rain, thunder and hail storms that swept across much of Mizoram since last Thursday have destroyed close to 900…

Avalanche kills 4 Army men in Ladakh, India

Four army men were killed in an avalanche in Ladakh while five more bodies were recovered from debris of the houses that collapsed in landslides caused due to incessant rains in Jammu and Kashmir. With the recovery of the bodies,…

Severe flooding causes mayhem; Woman found dead after her car is swept away in Kentucky, USA

A woman died after her car was swept off the highway and into a flooded creek in Kentucky, police said Friday.   Authorities in Lee County received a call in the morning that a car had become submerged after heavy…

Severe Storms Bring Floods and Tornadoes to Missouri and Kentucky, USA

Emergency teams were called to more than 40 high-water rescues early Friday after a severe storm lashed parts of the Plains with tornadoes, rain and flooding.   Kentucky was soaked by up to five inches of rain, leading to flash…

Mount Sinabung Volcano eruption forces evacuations in Indonesia

The Mount Sinabung volcano in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province erupted on Thursday afternoon, spewing a column of ash by up to two kilometres into the sky and triggering a small-scale evacuation, an official said on Friday.   A powerful burst…