Category Severe Weather

Commuter Alert, Damage Reports, Evacuation Alert, Flood Alert, Rain Alert, Rescue Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, Sewage Alert, Storm Alert, Train Alert, Vehicle Alert

Severe storms causes havoc to many parts of Copenhagen, Denmark

Violent thunderstorms overnight in Copenhagen caused damage, flooding, train delays and nearly cost two motorists their lives when they were stuck in their cars and nearly submerged in flood waters. Rescue workers got to one man stuck in his car in…

Bridge Closure Alert, Bridge Collapse Alert, Building Collapse Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Flood Alert, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Homeless Alert, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, State Of Disaster Alert

Apocalyptic flooding situation worsens across Bangladesh

Several lakh people have been marooned. Flood situation in the country has deteriorated further as fresh areas were engulfed by flood water due to rise of water levels in all major rivers during the past couple of days. According…

Earth Extremities
August 31, 2014

Building Collapse Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Flood Alert, Homeless Alert, Rain Alert, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, State Of Disaster Alert

Severe flooding destroys 36 houses, kills pregnant woman, four others in Delta State, Nigeria

A torrential rainfall which swept across Delta State yesterday destroyed no fewer than 36 houses, killing pregnant woman and four others in Okpanam and Asaba communities. Reports said that the flood apart from the destruction it wrecked swept away…

Earth Extremities
August 31, 2014

Bridge Collapse Alert, Building Collapse Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Flood Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Homeless Alert, Rain Alert, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, State Of Disaster Alert, Water Supply Alert

Severe flooding submerges over 100 villages in Bangladesh

Flood situation in Bangladesh worsened as over 100 villages have been submerged after gushing waters washed away a portion of an embankment on Jamuna river in the country’s northwest, affecting over one lakh people. Onrush of water in the…

Damage Reports, Drought Alert, Evacuation Alert, Fire Alert, Severe Weather, State Of Emergency Alert, Wildfire Alert

Worst Drought in 30 Years Causes Nearly 50,000 Fires in Bolivia, South America

The worst drought in the last 30 years has ignited more than 47,000 fires in Bolivia over the last few months, creating health problems among the population and affecting the nation’s air traffic, the Andean country’s forest service chief said.…

Earth Extremities
August 30, 2014

Damage Reports, Fallen Trees Alert, Flood Alert, Gale Force Wind Alert, Hailstorm Alert, Lightning Alert, Power Outage Alert, Rain Alert, Severe Weather, Storm Alert, Thunderstorm Alert, Weather Warnings

Severe storms causes mayhem with heavy hail, gale force winds and power outages in Lubbock, Texas, USA

Lubbock Power & Light reported several hundred of its customers were without power in multiple outages across the city. More than 300 customers were without power near the Texas Tech campus along 19th Street and University Avenue. The National Weather…

Earth Extremities
August 29, 2014

Building Collapse Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Flood Alert, Homeless Alert, Landslide Alert, Mudslide Alert, Rain Alert, Red Alert, Rescue Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather

Massive landslide and flash flooding kills 7 and 20 are missing in Guizhou Province, China

Seven people are reported to have died and 20 are still missing after a landslide hit the village of Yingping in Guizhou Province, China, at about 8 pm on Wednesday 27 August 2014. A further 22 people were injured in…

Earth Extremities
August 28, 2014

Damage Reports, Evacuation Alert, Flood Alert, High Surf Alert, Homeless Alert, Rescue Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, Storm Alert, Wave Alert

Storm system off Mexico’s Pacific coast slams beaches with high surf causing flooding and closures in Southern California, USA

Southern California’s shores were slammed by high surf again Wednesday, the result of a storm system churning off Mexico’s Pacific coast. Several beaches were closed off to the public in Malibu and Rancho Palos Verdes after waves dislodged portions of…

Earth Extremities
August 28, 2014

Drought Alert, Emergency Updates, Food Loss Alert, Food Shortage Alert, Severe Weather, State Of Emergency Alert, Water Supply Alert

Drought emergency declared in Guatemala

The Guatemalan government declared Monday a state of public emergency in the country’s 22 provinces as a result of the prolonged drought that has affected more than 200,000 families and caused agriculture losses in the millions. President Otto Perez…