While hurricane Florence is operating along the American East Coast, an even heavier tropical storm is currently flying over the Philippines. Typhoon Mangkhut is especially a threat to Luzon, the northernmost island in the Philippines where the capital Manila is located.
While the whole of America holds his heart for Friday, the video images of the damage that hurricane Florence is already causing in the US speak volumes. North Carolina is plagued by flooding.
Several people were injured by a landslide at a popular beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos. The Greek broadcaster ERT reports that high waves arose due to the avalanche. As a result, boats with holidaymakers would also have been added.
The Philippine authorities evacuate thousands of people from the coastal areas because of the approaching typhoon Mangkhut. The heavy storm probably reaches Luzon on Saturday, the largest island in the Philippines.
A game of football had also been fun, but this boy thought differently about that. Images that show that a toddler on the Indonesian island of Java, with a giant python playing, go viral. The boy is sitting quietly and carefree with the meter-long snake.
Koh Tao, one of the most popular islands in Thailand, is for many a paradise on earth. But the island is startled by an increasing number of mysterious murders, rapes and disappearances.
The death toll due to the powerful earthquake on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido rose to 44. There are still around 2700 people in shelters, the authorities say.
The government of Curaçao denies refugee Venezuelans the international right to protection. That is what Amnesty International says in a report published on Monday.
A Scottish 31-year-old tourist is seriously injured in the hospital after being attacked in the night of Saturday or Sunday with a knife on the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca. The victim was stabbed six times in total. The local police have started a manhunt to the four suspects.
The number of deaths caused by the earthquake on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido has increased further. The authorities reported to the newspaper Japan Times on Saturday that at least twenty people are dead and that eleven people are expected to not survive the quake because vital organs have failed. The death toll was still at sixteen on Friday.
The number of deaths caused by the earthquake on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido has more than doubled. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday that at least 16 people were killed.
Japan was shaken by Dutch forces on Wednesday evening by a powerful 6.6-meter earthquake on the Richter scale.
The tropical storm Gordon may grow into a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico before it lands in the southeast of the American state of Louisiana. That happens late or early Wednesday morning early, is the expectation.
Exotic islands, two ancient factions and a bloody war that has continued. These are the themes that embody Battle for Azeroth, the seventh and newest expansion of World of Warcraft.
The police in the American city of Massachusetts is looking for a woman who, through the use of a fake name, has dumped her sick dog at a grooming salon.
Malaysia has investigated the increasing mortality among dwarf elephants, an endangered species living in the tropical jungle on Borneo. This year, 25 copies were found dead in the northeastern state of Sabah. That is a record, according to the director of the Regional Nature Conservation Service. More than a hundred elephants have died in the last eight years.
The south of the Philippines has been startled by two attacks. In a village in the province of Sultan Kudarat, three soldiers were killed by an explosion. Not far from there, in the city of Isulan, a home-made bomb, hidden under a motorcycle, was detonated before a day in the local media.
Hurricane Lane has so far been weakened that officially there is no longer a hurricane but a tropical storm. On the night from Friday to Saturday (Dutch time), Lane weakened. First to a hurricane of the 1st category and then become a tropical storm.
In the Netherlands you can use it open and exposed without problems, but on party island Ibiza you are waiting for a mega fine.
The death toll due to the heavy earthquakes on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen to 555. The Indonesian emergency response service BNPB reports this Friday. At least 77,000 houses have been destroyed by the earthquakes. Almost 400,000 islanders live in emergency shelters.
Hurricane Lane that passes through Hawaii has been further reduced to the 3rd category. Lane is located south of Hawaii and is expected to head north-west. The hurricane brings wind speeds of up to 200 kilometers per hour, reports the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.
Tourists in Bali have once again been startled by an earthquake. There was no panic, but there are vacationers who now prefer to leave the paradise island as quickly as possible. 'At Lombok it also started with a slight quake.'
Hurricane Lane, the toughest in 25 years that threatens to hit Hawaii, was deflected northbound on Thursday and headed for Oahu. That is the most densely populated island of the archipelago. Schools, government buildings and businesses are already closed. The residents have barricaded their homes and constructed emergency supplies.
The Indonesian island of Bali is startled by an earthquake with a force of 5.2. Dutch tourists were 'awakened' by the quake at 6.48 am (local time) in the morning.
Italy only wants to include the children on board the Italian coast guard ship that has been in Catania with 177 refugees since Monday. That is what the Minister of Home Affairs Matteo Salvini said on a Facebook video on Wednesday evening. The other of the 177 migrants are not allowed to leave the ship. According to aid organizations, there are about thirty minors on the ship.
For the first time in thirty years, a very heavy hurricane threatens to hit the American state of Hawaii. In the cyclone that has been given the name Lane, wind speeds of over 250 kilometers per hour are measured.
Residents of a posh tower block in New York have been terrified since a sniper from a great distance took apartments under fire.
An American woman was seized by an alligator and pulled under water. At that moment the victim (45) was walking her dog, says the police in Beaufort County (South Carolina). She did not survive.
The earthquakes that hit the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday have again killed several people. Victims have also fallen on Sumbawa. The emergency response service BNPB reported five deaths and dozens injured on Monday. Other sources say that at least eleven people were killed, two of whom were affected by a heart attack.
The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken again by two earthquakes around noon on Sunday. Many homes have already been damaged or collapsed by the series of earthquakes in recent weeks and people are sleeping in tents. Yet the fear was good again on Sunday. 'It happened again on a Sunday, very special,' says Sekar Jong (18), who experienced all earthquakes. 'It is so sad to see, everyone gets completely panicked every time.'
