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5
May

Hong Kong: severe weather (over now)

A line of severe thunderstorms brought heavy rain and damaging winds to the Hong Kong area early Monday morning, local time. The thunderstorms brought around 25 mm (1.00 inch) of rain in 30 minutes. Wind gusts over 50 mph were also experienced across the city as the storms moved through the area. At around the […]

5
May

Japan: Tokyo: earthquake:no deaths or major damage – some train delays

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake centered 100 miles south of Tokyo shook the Japanese capital early on Monday; however, no deaths or major damage have been reported in the tremor’s wake A powerful earthquake rattled the nerves of Tokyo residents in the early hours of Monday morning, but failed to cause any substantial damage. Local authorities reported that at […]

30
Apr

Indianapolis and Chicago: bad weather

Bad weather forces as many as four emergency landing at the Indianapolis International Airport and 13 flights were diverted from Chicago on Tuesday. The runways were substantially busy on Tuesday to handle the emergency landing of two passenger airplanes, one private Leer jet and a military plane. The first landing involved was a regional carrier […]

30
Apr

Italy: strike update for May

Airport personnel Saturday, May 3, 2014 ENAV airport personnel will be on strike for 4 hours, from 12:30 to 16:30. Please check with your ticket office whether this will affect your flight. Airport personnel Saturday, May 3, 2014 Some SEA and SEA HANDLING airport personnel in Milan Airports will be on strike from 12:30 to […]

30
Apr

Greece: no ferry service May 1

Ferries in Greece will not sail on May 1, due to 24-hour nationwide strike called by PNO seafarer union. Contact ferry company to reconfirm transportation. Strikes and protests in Greece