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Severe Heavy flooding, landslide after torrential rains pound north-eastern Turkey

Typhoon Goni batters Japan with record 159 mile-per-hour winds

After dumping deadly rains in the northern Philippines, Typhoon Goni strengthened on Sunday, bringing a record-shattering wind gust to the Japanese island of Ishigakijima.   According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the wind on Ishigakijima Island reached a maximum gust…

Typhoon Goni Hammering Japan’s Ryukyu Islands; Deadly Impacts in the Philippines

Infrared Satellite: Goni Typhoon Goni was pounding Japan’s southern Ryukyu Islands as of Sunday evening Japanese time (Sunday morning U.S. time). Wind have gusted up to 97 mph at the airport on Ishigakijima Island as of this writing. This island…

Massive landslide damages 40 houses in Kathua

  As many as 40 houses and a government school building were damaged in a landslide at Morha-Chuhara village in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district, following which Congress today demanded that the state government ensures early rehabilitation of  the affected…

Landslide kills 2 construction workers in Benguet, Philippines

Two construction workers were killed after a landslide hit Barangay Gambang, Bakun, Benguet early morning on Friday.   Siblings Erwin and Markim Celo were in their tent along the edge of the road when rocks and soil fell from the…

Massive Landslide Near Shoghi Blocks Shimla-Kalka National Highway, India

The Shimla-Kalka national highway was blocked for almost 14 hours due to a massive landslide near Shoghi, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on either side of the blockade.   The landslide occurred around 5 AM and normal supply of newspapers,…

Typhoon Goni kills at least 10 and 5,000 forced to flee homes after northern Philippines hit by floods and landslides

At least 10 people have died and two are missing after Typhoon Goni hit the northern Philippines, forcing more than 5,000 to flee their homes, officials have said.   Pounding rain and winds set off landslides and flooded low-lying villages,…

Severe hailstorm devastates 2,000 ha Kakheti vineyards in Georgia

Hailstorm devastated vineyards in Kakheti (Kvareli Municipality) Over dozen villages of wine-producing Kvareli Municipality, Kakheti province, were hit by a severe hailstorm overnight on Thursday almost totally devastating harvest in the affected territory, damaging houses and vehicles and tearing down…

State of emergency declared after landslides hit Alaska coastal town of Sitka following heavy rain

Four people were missing Tuesday from a neighborhood in the Alaska coastal town of Sitka after heavy rain caused several landslides and flooded homes, emergency responders said.   The landslides were reported in the southeast Alaska town after 2 1/2…