Category State Of Disaster Alert

Super Typhoon Neoguri on path for Japan

A super typhoon with the strength of a Category 4 hurricane is on a path for Japan — and it is forecast to get even stronger as it nears the islands. Super Typhoon Neoguri, the third typhoon of the 2014 Western Pacific season, had winds of…

Emergency evacuation of 87,000 people in southwestern Japan

This was caused by the increased risk of flooding due to heavy rains. Only for one hour 70 millimeters of rain fell in the region on Monday morning, RIA Novosti reported. In Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Nagasaki prefecture and at Kyushu island…

Heavy rain triggers landslides in China’s Hunan

Landslide in Mibei Township under Dong Autonomous County of Xinhuang, Huaihua City, central China’s Hunan Province. Rain-triggered landslides blocked a river to form a barrier lake in the township. A total of 1,172 local residents have been relocated.

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…