On Sunday, Typhoon Mangkhut ripped through China after devastating the northern Philippines. The Typhoon brought strong winds moving at 127 mph with gusts up to 158 mph, and heavy rains that left at least 64 people dead and dozens more potentially buried in a landslide.
On Saturday, Samaritan’s Purse North American Ministries sent two disaster relief teams and staff members to North Carolina to assist residents who were “hit the hardest” by Hurricane Florence.
A National Weather Service meteorologist calls Hurricane Florence the “storm of a lifetime” for portions of the Carolina coast. He is warning of “the potential for unbelievable damage from wind, storm surge, and inland flooding with this storm.” More than ten million people are under storm watches and warnings this morning.
On top of all the state and federal disaster relief groups readying for Hurricane Florence as it barrels toward North and South Carolina are a group of expert helpers: the faith teams.
A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Japan early Thursday morning. The quake struck the northern island of Hokkaido and triggered landslides throughout.
On Wednesday, August 23, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Oregon.
Category 4 Hurricane Lane is headed directly toward Hawaii.
Early Tuesday evening, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Venezuela near Caracas.
So far, the flooding is reported to have claimed the lives of around 350 people and left thousands more stranded as some areas are still under water.
This earthquake struck the tourist island of Lombok, killing 98 people and injuring hundreds. Though very popular with visitors, those killed in the earthquake, Sunday, were Indonesian nationals. Officials are still searching for missing people among the rubble and estimate that the number of dead and injured persons will climb.
