Sacramento, July 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Crews in northern California continued battling the largest wildfire of the year in the western US state, which has left more than 130 structures destroyed and thousands of people evacuated. The…
San Francisco, July 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) A massive wildfire in the US state of Oregon has grown rapidly to some 600 square miles (1,554 sq km), an area more than half the size of Rhode Island’s…
Vadodara, July 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Friday rescued 16 people stranded in flood water in Vadsar village of Gujarat’s Vadodara district. “The NDRF team successfully rescued 16 more people, ensuring…
Manila, July 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll from the severe flooding and landslides triggered by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Typhoon Gaemi has risen to 33, police said on Friday. Police said 11 people died…
Yangon, July 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) A tornado ripped through two villages in Kungyangon township of Yangon region, destroying 71 houses, an official from the Yangon Rescue Organisation said on Friday. The tornado struck around 4.45 a.m….
Jakarta, July 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province on Friday morning without triggering giant waves, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The tremors occurred at 03.32 a.m. local…
California, July 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Fire crews in California and Oregon battled the largest active wildfires in their respective states this year as thousands of residents were under evacuation orders, while smoke from the blazes triggered…
Beijing, July 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) About 6,28,600 people in east China’s Fujian Province had been affected by Gaemi, the third typhoon of this year, with some 2,90,000 residents relocated so far, said local authorities. With a…
Mumbai, July 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) With intermittent heavy rain continuing to lash the Sahyadri ranges leading to floods and dam water release, the Maharashtra and Karnataka governments are in touch and monitoring the situation closely. Deputy…
United Nations, July 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) As global temperature records tumbled three days in a row this week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for international action to limit the impact of heat and save lives….
Mumbai/Pune, July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 15 persons were killed in rain-related incidents as heavy rain wreaked havoc in Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, and adjoining regions in the past 24 hours, with the Indian Army…
Manila, July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll in the Philippine floods and landslides triggered by southwest monsoon enhanced by typhoon Gaemi has climbed to 21, police said on Thursday. In a preliminary report, police said…
Hanoi, July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least two people were killed and five others went missing in flash floods in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, Vietnam News Agency reported. Two others were injured, said…
Pune (Maharashtra), July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least three persons, including a Nepali, were killed in Pune city and another three were trapped in their posh villas after a hill slide in Lavasa city in rain-related…
Mumbai, July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid heavy and torrential rain in Maharashtra’s Mumbai, Raigad and other districts, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said he has sought help from the Army and Navy to help with…
Mumbai, July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) In view of the heavy rains continuing to lash Mumbai, Pune, Thane and other parts of Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister, Ajit Pawar, on Thursday visited the Emergency Control Room at the…
United Nations, July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The United Nations and its partners have launched a flash appeal seeking more than $136 million to assist people impacted by Malawi’s devastating drought. The funds will be used to…
Pune (Maharashtra), July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Large tracts of Pune city and the district were submerged in flood waters as the state’s academic and cultural capital was pounded by heavy rain overnight, with schools shut and…
New Delhi, July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) About 236,000 lives every year, which can be 350 per day or 26 every hour, are lost due to drowning worldwide, said Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional…
Gurugram, July 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A five-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool of the BPTP Park Serene Society in Gurugram’s Sector-37D, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred when the child, Mivansh Singla, got into…