A tornado has destroyed 100 homes in a UK town as Brits brace themselves for more post-Christmas travel chaos. The tornado hit Stalybridge in Tameside where it caused widespread damage to homes and local properties. The incident happened after Storm Gerrit swept
Thousands of homes were left without power, cars were stranded in flooded roads, and roads were closed as Storm Gerrit battered the United Kingdom. Parts of Scotland experienced a significant heavy snow with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) saying workers had
Nomadic herders in Nigeria killed at least 140 people during a Christmas Eve rampage through 15 villages, according to media reports. The hours-long attacks happened in the country’s central Plateau state as suspected nomadic herders used firearms and machetes on their victims,
Houses are to be flattened in a UK ‘ghost town’ before anyone moves in. Almost 90 properties could be demolished after the developer was permitted to knock them down for having faulty foundations. The 88 homes were built by Barratt and David
Security services in Belarus are breaking into apartments and detaining people in their workplaces across the country as they carry out hundreds of searches among election observers ahead of next year’s vote, the Belarusian human rights center Viasna said Tuesday. It’s the
Australia is on red alert with areas evacuated in response to the looming threat of Tropical Cyclone Jasper. The Cairns Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG), in Australia, issued an urgent evacuation advisory for residents in designated “red zone” properties. The alert, issued
Severe storms that tore through central Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen to the hospital as homes and businesses were damaged in multiple cities. Three people, including a child, were killed after an apparent tornado struck Montgomery County
Homes teetering on the cliff edge of a beach will be demolished by local authorities after they were deemed “not structurally sound”. Local authority Great Yarmouth Borough Council has been forced to knock down homes in Hemsby, Norfolk, due to local erosion.
Homes have been evacuated and a bomb squad called to a quiet village in Cumbria. Police have scrambled to Steel Street in Ulverston, rushing residents out of at least 53 homes. The incident began on Wednesday evening with the huge 100-metre cordon
Thousands of care homes, hospitals and hospices will have to allow residents to receive visitors after a change in the law, announced today. In a major victory for the campaigning Daily Express, transparency will finally be brought to the sector that has