Category State Of Emergency Alert

South Tornado Outbreak Kills 5; Alabama Declares State of Emergency

One tornado killed three people in the northern Alabama town of Rosalie, the NWS says, and The Associated Press reports that all three were in the same mobile home when the storm hit.   Several areas of north Alabama were…

Hurricane Otto bears down on Costa Rica

Hurricane Otto Floods Hits Panama

Thousands affected by rains in Tamaulipas, Mexico

Vehicles trapped in flood waters in Madero Harsh weather conditions began Thursday in Tamaulipas with torrential rains that later moved into Veracruz and yesterday into Chihuahua, causing severe flooding and leaving two people dead.   Authorities were conducting a census…

Italy’s strongest earthquake in 36 years reduces towns to rubble

Walls collapse exposing the inside of a home Italian towns hit by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake have been warned they could be hit by a “domino effect” of aftershocks.   People were pulled from the rubble in towns across central…