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Following prolonged heat waves, Italy is now under weather alerts as heavy rain and thunderstorms trigger landslides and flooding, forcing evacuations, according to media reports Friday. A campsite with 250 tourists was evacuated in the Brembana Valley in the northern Lombardy region due to flash floods on Thursday, public broadcaster Rai News reported. Meanwhile, the central Tu...

Indonesia will tackle wildfires in Kalimantan as a matter of priority, the country's disaster agency said on Friday after identifying a rise in hotspots ​in the region, which shares a border with Malaysia on the ‌island of Borneo. Here are more details: - The government's wildfire monitoring website, Sipongi Kemenhut, recorded 1,250 hotspots this week, up from 1,187 a week earli...

A very strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in the South Atlantic Ocean 90 km (56 mi) from Antarctica in the early morning of Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 at 5.22 am local time (GMT -3). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow. The quake was not felt (or at least not reported so). Earthquake details Date & time Aug 22, 2026 08:22:37 UTC - 2...

The strong storm hit Italy, Slovenia and Austria, causing flooding, landslides and extensive material damage. A 46-year-old man died near Celje after being struck by lightning, while around 250 people were evacuated from a campsite in Italy. In Austria, firefighters have recorded hundreds of interventions. In the province of Bergamo, firefighters evacuated about 250 people from ...

A lightning strike killed three people, including two schoolgirls and a female child, and injured a woman in the Lakes State capital, Rumbek Town, on Thursday afternoon. Maborngap residential area in Rumbek Town on Thursday Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Mabor Makuac, the state's police spokesperson, told Radio Tamazuj on Friday that the incident happened in the Maborngap suburb when...