(Photo credit: BC Wildfire Service) A fast-moving wildfire in British Columbia’s Okanagan region has forced the evacuation of around 400 properties and shut down major highways, including the Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C) and a stretch of Highway 97 near Peachland, on Wednesday.As of 4.30 pm PT (5:00 am IST), the blaze had grown to 12 […]
Suspicious package prompts immediate evacuation at Times Square Monday morning. A suspicious package was found at Times Square Monday morning prompting immediate evacuation of the area. NYPD bomb squad and emergency services reached to the scene as tourists evacuated the area. Police responded to the site after receiving a 911 call about a suspicious device, […]
A Palestinian woman, who was evacuated from Gaza to Italy for treatment after suffering from extreme malnutrition, has died at a hospital in Pisa, officials said.Marah Abu Zuhri, 20, traveled with her mother to Pisa on an overnight flight on Wednesday as part of an Italian government evacuation programme. The University Hospital of Pisa said […]
Wildfire in Greece (AP photo) Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday, killing at least three people and forcing thousands to evacuate homes in Greece, Spain, Turkey and Albania. In Greece, firefighters worked through the night to protect the port city of Patras, the country’s third-largest city. Flames swept through pine forests and olive groves, […]
Typhoon Co-May made landfall on Wednesday, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, and fears of coastal surges as Shanghai and several eastern Chinese cities faced disruption. Authorities issued alerts, cancelled hundreds of flights, and urged people to stay indoors as the tropical storm swept across the region, reports news agency Reuters.The storm first struck Zhoushan, a […]
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, members of the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force clean up silt on a road in Miyun District as continuous rain fall triggers alerts Heavy rainfall in Beijing has resulted in at least 30 fatalities, Chinese officials confirmed on Tuesday, as severe storms caused floods and landslides across […]
At least 4 dead and 1,300 evacuated after heavy rain in South Korea (Pic credit: AP) SEOUL: A landslide triggered by torrential rain killed at least three people in South Korea, the national fire agency said Saturday, as rescuers battled to find three others who are believed buried under earth and debris.Heavy rain pounding the […]
The Sundhnukur volcano has erupted near Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital, making it the country’s 12th volcanic eruption since 2021, as per the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Iceland is also known as the land of ice and fire, and is prone to volcanic eruptions.The agency reported in a statement on Wednesday that the eruptive fissure located in southwestern […]
Visuals of fire outside building A fire broke out at a multi-storey building in Moscow’s outskirts – Krasnogorsk on Tuesday morning after it was hit by a Ukrainian drone, as TASS quoted the Russian defence ministry.Two people were injured in the incident. Over 100 residents, including 30 children, were temporarily evacuated.Several videos are circulating in […]
A towering blaze swept through a 67-storey residential building in Dubai Marina, but was brought under control within six hours as 3,820 residents were safely evacuated without a single casualty. (X) Late Friday evening, a significant fire broke out in a 67-storey residential building in Dubai Marina. The blaze, which lasted for approximately six hours, […]
