Category Earth Subsistance Alert

MASSIVE LANDSLIDE SHUTS JAMMU SRINAGAR HIGHWAY, AMARNATH YATRIS STRANDED KASHMIR BOUND

More than 2,000 passenger vehicles, including 68 carrying Kashmir-bound Amarnath pilgrims, have been left stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar National highway, following its closure due to massive landslides at several places triggered by overnight rainfall.   The Jammu-Srinagar National highway has…

Tornado and landslide hit Zamboanga Sur, Philippines

Mindanao Examiner Photo – Christina Diabordo  A tornado struck a small village in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines, but authorities said there were no reports of casualties, although several houses were destroyed by the swirling…

Landslide sweeps away petrol station in Ca Mau, Vietnam

A landslide destroyed a private petrol station in the southernmost Ca Mau Province The station was owned by Quach Van Mien, a resident of Lam Hai Commune in Nam Can District. The landslide shook his house and the petrol station,…

Army deployed in flood-affected North Bengal, India

The Army has been deployed for rescue and relief operations in landslide and flood-affected parts of north Bengal. The catastrophe claimed several lives in the hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and property worth several lakhs is estimated to have been destroyed.…

Devastating landslides due to heavy rainfall in Darjeeling and Rudraprayag, India

Many houses have been crushed in the landslide and several roads including the Haldwani-Ramnagar highway have been blocked Monsoon rains are continuing to wreak havoc across the country. Incessant rains have triggered deadly landslides in Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand.   Many…

Severe flooding kills at least 28 with many missing in China

Cars are stranded on a flooded street after heavy rainfall hit Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, June 28, 2015. (Reuters photo) At least 28 people have been killed or feared missing after heavy rains-triggered floods and landslides swept through four provinces…

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…