Category Train Alert

Two trains collide injuring over 200 in South Africa

A commuter-railroad crash outside Johannesburg Friday left 239 injured after a moving train plowed into a stationary train on the same track. There were neither critical injuries nor fatalities, according to Lillian Mofokeng, the Metrorail representative for the Gauteng province…

Typhoon Nangka Kills at Least Two, Wreaks Havoc Crossing Japan

Typhoon Nangka barreled across the western end of Japan’s largest main island on Friday, snarling transport, leaving at least two men dead and prompting authorities to advise nearly 100,000 people to evacuate.   Rivers burst their banks in the western…

Thousands Evacuated After Derailed Train Hauling Chemicals Catches Fire in Tennessee, USA

A train car carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire around midnight in Maryville, Tennessee, displacing up to 5,000 people, authorities said.   The CSX train was traveling from Cincinnati to Waycross, Georgia, when the fire broke out, Kristin Seay of…

Red Alert issued as severe flooding and landslides targets Costa Rica

The president of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis declared an emergency on Saturday and declared a RED ALERT as heavy rainfall continued to flood the entire province of Limon and the cantons of Turrialba and Sarapiqui.    President Solis said…

State Of Emergency Declared Due To Severe Flooding In Parts Of New Zealand

There are states of emergency in both Whanganui and the Rangitikei District Civil Defence are describing the flooding in Whanganui as a “one in 100 year event.”   Homes and business have been inundated, after the city’s river burst its…