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Heavy Snowfall Blankets Balkans After Spring Arrival
Many cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo have turned white following the snowfall that occurred in the Balkans after the arrival of spring. The snow depth in Kosovo reached 30 centimeters in some areas. In…
Magnitude 7 Earthquake Hits Papua New Guinea, Causing Four Deaths
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Lake Chambri in Papua New Guinea at 04:00 local time yesterday. Four deaths and 17 injuries were reported. Twenty-three villages were heavily damaged and more than 300 houses were destroyed, according to…
death toll from tornadoes has risen to 29 in US
A total of 29 people in Indiana, Arkansas, Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, and Delaware states of the U.S. were killed by the tornadoes that occurred on Friday. On Sunday, over 400,000 homes and businesses in more than ten southern and…
Landslide in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 19 dead
A landslide occurred yesterday morning near a stream in the village of Bulwa in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while about 25 women and children were washing clothes by the water. Authorities stated that at…
6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Russia’s Pacific Coast
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Kamchatka region of Russia's Pacific coast. The Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences said that the depth of the earthquake recorded at 06.06 was 99.5 km. In the first examinations…
landslide hits occupied highway in India
A landslide occurred on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, one of two highways connecting India with the Jammu and Kashmir region. Rock and stone pieces falling from the slope to the highway caused great panic among the many people in…
Forest fire in South Korea’s capital: 120 houses evacuated
An area the size of 30 football fields turned to ash in the fire that broke out in the forest area in Seoul, the capital of South Korea at around 11.50 am local time. At least 120 houses near the Inwangsan Mountainin were evacuated. No…
Sandstorm spreading in Iraq
With the onset of spring in Iraq, which is battling drought and climate change, a sandstorm that started in Anbar province began to move to the central parts of the country. The Iraq Meteorology Directorate stated that the sandstorm has…
Heavy Rainfall in Mexico kills 5
Heavy rainfall caused flooding in Mexico City and the state of Mexico, resulting in infrastructure damage and casualties. In Alvaro Obregon, 52 homes were damaged, while in Chimalhuacan, a university student, a three-year-old child, and a…
Spain Battles Widespread Forest Fires Across Asturias Region
The Spanish Military Emergencies Unit (UME) reported that over 60 separate forest fires erupted simultaneously in the northern autonomous region of Asturias, with small-scale fires raging across the region, and at least 500 people were…