Category - Travel Alerts

At least 12 people have been killed and 60 injured in an explosion at a night market in Davao City in the Philippines, an official told CNN Philippines. Chief Superintendent Manuel Gaerlan, the director of Region 11 of the Philippine National Police, told CNN Philippines that 10 people had died at the scene, and two […]

Tropical Storm Hermine – Avoid non-essential travel Global Affairs Canada advises against non-essential travel to the Florida Gulf coast, from the Anclote River to the Walton/Bay County line, due to Tropical Storm Hermine. See Natural disasters & climate for more information. Hurricane Lester – Avoid non-essential travel Global Affairs Canada advises against non-essential travel to […]

Civil defence authorities asked people in the Tologa Bay area to leave their homes after a 7.1 quake struck 169km (105 miles) north-east of Gisborne. People in some coastal areas were told to go to higher ground. The quake caused a tsunami but it has had no noticeable impact, an emergency worker told New Zealand radio. […]

Tropical Storm Hermine will likely strengthen into a hurricane by the time it makes landfall, according to a prediction by the National Hurricane Center. The storm, currently in the Gulf of Mexico, is projected to make landfall in Florida. If it becomes a hurricane, it would be the first to hit the state since Wilma in […]

Japan is set to endure further extreme weather this week as Typhoon Lionrock crosses the western Pacific. The US’ National Weather Service and Ocean Prediction Centre posted pictures of the Typhoon, located south of Kyoto on Saturday (27 August). The typhoon, which is close to the islands of Okinawa is moving at a speed of […]

 Germany’s Frankfurt Airport: part of terminal 2: briefly evacuated in security alert.   http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/541030/frankfurt-airport-germany-evacuated-bomb