Tag: mudslides
Mauritius braces for Tropical Cyclone Cilida
editor- December 21, 2018 18:58Tropical Cycolone Cilida has intensified and the country’s local Meteorological Office has issued a class 2 cyclone warning as of 1610 hours today. Read More
Instagrammers dream: Most Instagram-worthy US travel destinations named
Chief Assignment Editor- December 18, 2018 16:46Seasoned travel experts partnered with some of the world’s top travel influencers to produce the compelling list of top Instagram-worthy travel destinations for 2019. This list of most photogenic destinations ... Read More
Avoiding dangerous vacations 2018
Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson- September 19, 2018 21:27This is the sixth year that we have posted dangerous vacations destination information collected from news articles and reported law cases. Read More
Typhoon Koppu bringing life-threatening flooding, winds to Philippines
editor- October 17, 2015 04:00Typhoon Koppu will put lives and property across Luzon Island of the Philippines in danger through early next week. Read More
Twin typhoons churn toward Taiwan, Japan, Korean peninsula
editor- August 18, 2015 01:05Goni and Atsani both became typhoons over the weekend and will strengthen further in the coming days, as one or both could become super typhoons. Read More
Flooding and mudslides claim more than 400 lives in Brazil
editor- January 14, 2011 05:10RIO DE JANEIRO - Heavy rains, flooding, and mudslides have claimed the lives of at least 400 people in Brazil. Rain has been coming down nonstop in the country since ... Read More
At least 13 people die in mudslides and floods in Brazil
editor- January 12, 2011 00:44SAO PAULO – Heavy rains have triggered mudslides and floods in southeastern Brazil. Authorities say that at least 13 people were killed. Read More
At least 38 dead in Guatemala mudslides
editor- September 6, 2010 04:34NAHUALA, Guatemala – Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers trying to save people already ... Read More
More rains, more mudslides, more problems for Uganda
editor- May 20, 2010 03:39Over the past few days, Uganda again suffered from torrential rains in parts of the country, both east and west, and subsequent mudslides again took at least eight lives as ... Read More
Thousands of families evacuated in Rio due to threat of new mudslides
editor- April 13, 2010 04:42RIO DE JANEIRO -- The threat of new mudslides forced Rio de Janeiro officials to begin removing 2,600 families from at-risk areas Monday and prompted the closure of the trolley ... Read More
Heaviest rains in Rio’s history leave at least 95 dead, 44 hospitalized
editor- April 7, 2010 06:39RIO DE JANEIRO – The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro's history triggered landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed ... Read More
UNWTO secretary general releases statement on tragedy in Madeira
editor- February 24, 2010 01:17Taleb Rifai, secretary-general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, issued the following statement regarding the tragic mudslides that occured in Madeira, Portugal, over the weekend: Read More