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heavy rains cause floodings across spain
Heavy rains in eastern Spain caused flooding in the capital Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla and Leon and parts of Navarra. In Madrid, flooding caused some underpasses closed and metro service halted. People trapped in the flood waters…
park fire in israel destroys cars
A fire broke out in a park in the city of Holon, near Tel Aviv, the capital of Israel. The fire spread to parked cars nearby the park, and that 7 vehicles became unusable. Four firefighters were dispatched to the scene. No casualties or…
brazil records a meteor entering earth’s atmosphere
The Heller & Jung Space and Sky Observatory in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, located in the south of Brazil, recorded a meteor that entered the Earth's atmosphere. The observatory managed to view the meteor for 12 seconds with two…
train crashes into truck with giant windmill blade on it in South Texas
In the US state of Texas, a truck carrying a giant windmill blade was hit by a freight train at a level crossing on the railroad. The truck overturned after the crash, and it was heavily damaged. No one was injured in the crash. The police…
tens of cars destroyed after scrapyard fire in italy
A fire broke out in a car scrapyard in the Licata region of Italy. Dozens of vehicles were destroyed. The fire was brought under control hours later with the intervention of firefighters. Huge black smoke covered the sky due to the fire.…
surprising waterspout appears in india
A storm occurred last Monday in the Sidhi region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A waterspout caused by the storm occurred on the Devri dam in the region. The waterspout converging toward the sky continued for about 15 minutes.…
nepal’s capital kathmandu drownig in garbage
Nepal is facing problem with waste management. In capital Kathmandu garbage from homes and various business piled up in open spaces, and Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office is not able to move them to landfill sites. It has been over 15 days…
Turkish Air Force continues training flights in Poland
As part of the NATO Enhanced Air Policing mission, the Turkish aircraft in Poland continue NATO alarm reaction duty and also conduct joint training flights with the Polish Air Force.
death toll rises to 4 in hurricane Ida, US
Death toll rose to 4 in the category 4 Hurricane Ida which had caused heavy flooding, downing trees, and ripping off roofs. The hurricane downgraded to category level 1 after coming ashore. More than 1 million houses and buildings were left…
store workers go on strike in germany
VERDI, one of Germany's largest labor unions, called on a total of 219,000 store and market workers in the state of Berlin-Brandenburg to strike. Approximately 300 employees gathered in front of the Berlin Metropolitan Municipality…