Heavy rain affecting southern and central China this week claimed lives of at least 64 people and forced evacuation of 356 000. The affected region stretches from Guangdong to Chongqing.
According to data provided by China's Ministry of Emergency Management...
Strong gusts of wind with heavy rain and egg-sized hail hit the Romanian cities of Baia Mare, Zalau, and Fagaras. The hailstorm reportedly lasted about 10-15 minutes.
The hailstorm, which affected several regions of Romania, has damaged dozens of cars and caused...
US Geological Survey (USGS) reported an 8.0-magnitude earthquake in northern Peru's Loreto region at 02:41 (local time) on Sunday, May 26. The quake was located 145 km (90 mi) northeast of Tarapoto (San Martín region) at a depth of...
One million people evacuated as 170km/h winds make landfall in eastern Odisha state.
Cyclone Fani barrelled into Bangladesh on Saturday after leaving a trail of deadly destruction in India, passing through hundreds of densely populated, low-lying communities along the Bay of...
At least five people were killed and dozens others injured as a dust storm lashed Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi from Sunday to Monday.
The dust storm, which hit the city on Sunday night and continued till Monday, damaged...
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province Friday evening and a tsunami warning was issued.
The intensity of the quake was felt strongly at 4 MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) in Luwu.
Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/12/c_137972334.htm
A forest fire that killed 30 people in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province a week ago started to burn again Saturday afternoon.
Around 5 p.m. Saturday, the fire was found to have started in the northeastern part of the forest, according...
At least one person dead and more than 4,000 forced to flee after fire broke out on Thursday night.
The fires broke out in eastern Gangwon Province on Thursday evening from a transformer spark near a resort. The fire then spread...
Fire-fighting planes rejoined the fight against the forest fire in Strofilia, on the borders of Achaia and Ileia in the Peloponnese on Wednesday. 2,000 acres of forest have been already burned down. A major fire-fighting effort had continued throughout the night...
At least 27 firefighters have died after they were sent to tackle a forest blaze in remote mountains in southwest China's Sichuan province at the weekend.
The deaths occurred after a change of wind on Sunday as the firefighters were battling...
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