Category State Of Disaster Alert

Wildfire prompts for more crews to fight the fire in central Idaho, USA

About 20 backcountry campers in the Sawtooth Wilderness had to be evacuated because of a central Idaho wildfire that several hundred firefighters are trying to snuff out before it gets too large.   More crews and equipment arrived Saturday to…

Red alert for Japan’s Kyushu island as landslides & flash floods loom, evacuation recommended to 20,000

Japan’s Meteorological Agency has issued a red-level weather alert for the Kagoshima, Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures of the island of Kyushu and recommended the evacuation of about 20,000 from southern Kyushu amid a looming threat of landslides and flashfloods as…

Post-tropical storm Arthur causes power outage to more than 200,000 homes in the Maritimes, Canada

More than 200,000 homes and businesses in the Maritimes are without electricity Saturday as post-tropical storm Arthur batters parts of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. With the number of power outages climbing steadily throughout the day, officials with the…