Category State Of Disaster Alert

Cyclone strength winds up to 190kmh strikes New Zealand

Cyclone-strength winds and heavy rain have caused chaos in Auckland, Northland, Waikato and the Coromandel Peninsula Emergency services were kept busy as winds gusting up to 190kmh brought down trees, cut power and damaged properties. Tens of thousands of homes…

Flooding in northern Afghanistan claims 50 lives, thousands forced to flee homes

Flooding in a remote part of northern Afghanistan has claimed more than 50 lives and forced thousands to flee their homes, a provincial official said Saturday. It was the latest in a string of deadly flash floods, landslides and avalanches…

Alert raised in China after storms, floods kill 27

Alerts were raised for southern and north-eastern China Saturday after the death toll reached 27 with two missing from this week’s heavy rains. Ten people died in the southern province of Guizhou and nine in the south-western city of Chongqing.…

Massive landslides caused by melting snow bury homes in parts of India

Massive landslides, triggered by fast melting of snow above Billing Nullah, about 1.5 km from Keylong, the district headquarters, blocked the flow of a rivulet for more than 40 hours, resulting in formation of a huge lake about one km…