Historic and deadly earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria
Overnight on Sunday, Turkey and Syria experienced an earthquake with a 7.8 magnitude.
Natural disaster
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina, bringing heavy rainfall, high winds and tornadoes to the east coast
Tropical storm Isaias made landfall in North Carolina as a hurricane Monday night. It is set to move across the east coast on Tuesday, bringing heavy rainfall and high winds to New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The storm made landfall on Ocean Isle beach, North Carolina, with maximum sustained
Over 100 dead in Kashmir avalanches, many more still buried under snow
More than 24 hours of heavy snowfall and rain have triggered a series of avalanches and landslides in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 100 people.
“The severe snowfalls and landslides in AJK [Azad Jammu and Kashmir] have caused misery & deaths. I have asked the NDMA [National Disaster Management Authority], the
Major evacuations in the Philippines as Taal Volcano erupts
Thousands of residents have been evacuating their homes near the Filipino capital, Manila, after the country’s second most active volcano started to erupt on Sunday, January 12.
According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), at least 6,000 people were already removed from the danger
Typhoon Hagibis kills over 70 and inflicts widespread damage in Japan
Typhoon Hagibis, the worst storm to hit Tokyo since 1958, made landfall southwest of the Japanese capital city around 7 p.m. local time on October 12. Wind gusts of up to 216 kilometers per hour (134 miles per hour) were reported in some parts of the country.
CNN reported