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  • Meizhou-Dabu Expressway collapse after landslide on may 1 2024 aerial image

    Extreme rainfall triggers deadly highway collapse in Guangdong, China, killing 48

    ByTeo Blašković Thursday, May 2, 2024Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    A large landslide destroyed a significant portion of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, China, at around 02:10 local time on May 1, 2024. The collapse caused 23 vehicles to plummet down a steep slope, igniting some in flames and resulting in 48 fatalities and 30 injuries as of May 2, 2024.

  • DR Congo declares hydrological and ecological catastrophe

    DR Congo declares hydrological and ecological catastrophe

    ByTeo Blašković Tuesday, January 16, 2024Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Record flooding of the Congo River has resulted in a catastrophic situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), affecting 15 provinces, leading to over 300 deaths, and impacting at least 304 000 families.

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    Major tornado outbreak — Large and destructive tornadoes hit Little Rock and Wynne, Arkansas

    ByTeo Blašković Saturday, April 1, 2023Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    A major tornado outbreak hit a wide area of the U.S. Midwest and South on Friday, March 31, 2023, producing several large and destructive tornadoes. At this time, it appears the worst affected were Little Rock and Wynne in Arkansas.

  • pakistan july 2022 rainfall pmd

    More than 500 people killed, thousands of homes destroyed as record-breaking rains hit Pakistan

    ByTeo Blašković Thursday, August 4, 2022Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Since the monsoon rains started in mid-June, heavy rains and ensuing flooding have killed at least 502 people and destroyed thousands of houses throughout Pakistan.

  • tropical-cyclone-gulab-landfall-warning-september-26-2021

    Tropical Cyclone “Gulab” to make landfall over Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coast, India

    ByTeo Blašković Sunday, September 26, 2021Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Tropical Cyclone "Gulab" formed in the Bay of Bengal at 15:00 UTC on September 24, 2021, as the third named storm of the 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. The cyclone is moving W toward India with landfall expected on Sunday, September 26, 2021, over…

  • tropical-storm-claudette-damage-casualties-june-2021

    Claudette regains tropical storm strength over Carolinas after killing 13 in Alabama, U.S.

    ByJulie Celestial Monday, June 21, 2021Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Claudette regained its tropical storm status on Monday morning, June 21, 2021, as it neared the coast of the Carolinas. This was after the storm left at least 13 people dead in Alabama; widespread damage and flooding in the neighboring states of Mississippi and…

  • severe-weather-event-northeast-october-7-2020

    ‘Unusually’ intense, record storm knocks power to over 200 000 customers in Capital District – New York, U.S.

    ByJulie Celestial Friday, October 9, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    A powerful thunderstorm hit New York's Capital District on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, leaving more than 200 000 customers without power and killing at least two people. The storm was described as an "unusual event" wit winds of 109 km/h (68 mph) –…

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