Category State Of Disaster Alert

Massive landslide kills 23 and School Wall Collapses in Nepal

At least 20 people were killed due to flood and landslides following heavy rain in Surkhet district of western Nepal today.   About a dozen people are still missing in the incident, Home Ministry spokesperson Shanker Koirala said.   He…

Landslides claim eight‚ four missing feared drowned in Nepal

As many as eight persons, including six minors, were killed due to landslides triggered by incessant downpour across the country today.Four persons, including three children, were killed when a house was buried in a landslide in Jajarkot, while three persons…

State of Emergency declared after severe flooding in Islip, New York, USA

Town of Islip Supervisor Tom Crocideclared a state of emergency to expedite the recovery process as services and equipment are brought in to clean up a record 13.1” or rain that flooded the area over the course of 12 hours. Islip’s…

Record rainfall floods homes in Factoria, Washington, USA

  Seven units at Newport Villa Townhomes were flooded Wednesday morning after nearly two inches of rain fell in a two-hour period. It pushed Kelsey Creek in Bellevue over its banks and into buildings. Beth Hinkson walked downstairs from her…

Severe heatwave forces government to deliver food to 170,000 families affected in Guatemala

The Guatemalan government will distribute 4,000 tons of food to approximately 170,000 families affected by a recent heatwave in the Central American country.   Guatemalan Agriculture Minister Elmer Lopez said in a press conference Monday that the assistance program, worth…

Nationwide blackout, power restored and lost again – explosion at Marsa distribution centre in Malta

A fault in one of the generating units of Delimara power station caused a nationwide power cut this evening. An explosion took place at the same time at a distribution centre near Marsa Industrial Estate. No one was injured but…

Super Typhoon Halong Leaves Path of Destruction In Sakhalin, Russia

Since making landfall in Russia’s Far East Monday night, Typhoon Halong claimed one life and caused eight serious injuries, as well as dozens of minor ones. The death and injuries were recorded in Sakhalin, Russia’s largest island. The victim died from electrical shock caused by wires damaged in the storm,…

Severe hailstorm hammers City in Canada

This is a hailstorm not a snowstorm!!!! The hailstones, described as “golf ball size,” created a path of destruction, leaving residents to pick up the mess the day after. Resident Karen Till said she was at home during the frightening…

Record breaking heatwave followed by severe storms in Seattle, USA

The temperature in Seattle on Monday was much hotter than normal for this time of year. Twenty degrees hotter, to be exact. Monday afternoon, meteorologists recorded a record-breaking 96 degrees at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport where Seattle’s official weather data is…

Severe Hailstorms and heavy rains wreak havoc in Malaysia

Ugly aftermath: Uprooted trees damaged a car in Segamat after an hour-long freak storm wreaked havoc in the district Heavy rains and hailstorms hit several areas nationwide, damaging properties as well as causing floods and blackouts. A mid-afternoon thunderstorm here…