Category Severe Weather

Landslide causes 3 houses to collapse; 7 Dead in Dehradun, India

Three houses collapsed due to landslide after heavy rainfall in Dehradun on Saturday and the members living in them got stuck under the debris. ADG of Law and Order, Ram Singh Meena, said that the houses collapsed due to landslide.…

Tornado demolishes dozens of homes in the Pampanga coastal village, Philippines

Some 100 persons were left homeless when a powerful whirlwind hit a coastal village in Macabebe town in Pampanga early Friday night, authorities said Saturday. Inspector Benjie Gallano, Macabebe deputy police chief, said at least 19 houses were damaged by…

Massive landslide kills 23 and School Wall Collapses in Nepal

At least 20 people were killed due to flood and landslides following heavy rain in Surkhet district of western Nepal today.   About a dozen people are still missing in the incident, Home Ministry spokesperson Shanker Koirala said.   He…

Severe hailstorm, heavy rains leave 16 dead in Peshawar, Pakistan

At least 16 people have been killed and more than 80 others injured in rain-related incidents and hailstorms in various parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital city as roofs and walls of building collapsed due to heavy rain.   Speaking…

Landslides claim eight‚ four missing feared drowned in Nepal

As many as eight persons, including six minors, were killed due to landslides triggered by incessant downpour across the country today.Four persons, including three children, were killed when a house was buried in a landslide in Jajarkot, while three persons…

State of Emergency declared after severe flooding in Islip, New York, USA

Town of Islip Supervisor Tom Crocideclared a state of emergency to expedite the recovery process as services and equipment are brought in to clean up a record 13.1” or rain that flooded the area over the course of 12 hours. Islip’s…

‘Biblical’ rain brings flash floods to south London, UK

Flash floods left cars submerged and houses across the capital damaged as 10 days’ worth of rain fell in just a few hours this afternoon. The heavy rain mainly affected south east London with Greenwich, Lewisham, Peckham and Sydenham all…

Record rainfall floods homes in Factoria, Washington, USA

  Seven units at Newport Villa Townhomes were flooded Wednesday morning after nearly two inches of rain fell in a two-hour period. It pushed Kelsey Creek in Bellevue over its banks and into buildings. Beth Hinkson walked downstairs from her…

Heavy rain causing flooding and power outages in Connecticut, USA

Streets are flooded in parts of Connecticut and nearly 1,700 power outages are reported as heavy rain moves across southern New England. The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings Wednesday morning for shoreline areas including New Haven, Middlesex and…

Severe heatwave forces government to deliver food to 170,000 families affected in Guatemala

The Guatemalan government will distribute 4,000 tons of food to approximately 170,000 families affected by a recent heatwave in the Central American country.   Guatemalan Agriculture Minister Elmer Lopez said in a press conference Monday that the assistance program, worth…