UK Foreign Office: Hurricane Igor is expected to affect Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, evening local time on Tuesday 14 September and will continue to affect in to Wednesday 15 September. Swells generated by the Hurricane are likely to be the main effect, and these may cause life-threatening surf and Rip current conditions. […]
(CNN) — Fourteen people were confirmed dead but others survived when an airplane carrying at least 47 passengers and crew members crashed Monday morning in southeastern Venezuela, government and hospital officials said. Twenty-three people were taken to hospitals in the city of Guayana, said Bolivar state Gov. Francisco Rangel Gomez. Of those, two died, said […]
GDACS: On 8/12/2010 1:24:19 AM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 5 and depth 43.2km has struck an sparsely populated area in the Madre de Dios Province (population: 0 million) in Peru. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be low (Green alert). This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact since […]
Apex News Network: By Sylvia Holt on May 12, 2010 Iceland Volcano May 12, 2010 Update – Shuts Down North Africa and Spain The volcanic ash cloud from Iceland has reached the air space of Turkey. For the first time, the ash reached North African countries. Around 5 airports in Morocco were shut down as […]
Air Canada and Jazz advise that flights to, from or connecting through the airport(s) listed below may be delayed or cancelled due to the event described. Alicante, Spain (ALC) Barcelona, Spain (BCN) Bilbao, Spain (BIO) Madrid, Barajas , Spain (MAD) Palma, Palma Mallorca, Spain (PMI) Valencia, Spain (VLC) Malaga, Spain (AGP) Lisbon, Portugal (LIS) Oporto, […]
OFFICIAL WARNING: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against non-essential travel to and within Bangkok due to ongoing large-scale political demonstrations, which have been marked by violence, death, and injury. A state of emergency remains in effect. The security situation is very volatile with significant potential for further civil unrest, violent clashes, and attacks. […]