https://dangershere.com/news/ Daily hazard briefings for travellers. en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-storm-boelo-uk 381de570-0d6e-47a6-b04d-42c995a27c9a Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT Storms Storm Boelo brought gusts of 60–70 mph (95–115 km/h) to the UK overnight, under an amber wind warning running from 9pm Saturday to 9pm Sunday. Dozens of flood warnings were in force in England, Scotland and Wales. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-bay-of-bengal-andhra-odisha-cyclone 18dd3232-896b-4b2f-87e5-70ce46597a4b Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:37:00 GMT Storms India's weather service expects a Bay of Bengal depression to become a very severe cyclonic storm and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast on Wednesday 28 October, with winds gusting to 140 km/h. Red and orange rain warnings are up in southern Odisha. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-champi-kyushu-approach dc43fae6-27aa-418a-9446-7ef01482c27b Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Storms Typhoon Champi passed north of Okinawa's Sakishima Islands on Saturday, leaving a record 567 mm of rain on Iriomote. The Japan Meteorological Agency says it could approach Kyushu on Monday. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-vanuatu-m69-port-olry f1d31829-2fe8-46f5-9249-7c39d72557a9 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:31:00 GMT Earthquakes A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the sea west of Vanuatu's northern islands on Saturday 24 October, prompting a tsunami warning that was later rescinded. No damage was reported immediately. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-farmington-san-juan-floods 1de72e23-4c38-4c62-8355-4a0b91ba50ab Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:05:00 GMT Floods Flooding across the Four Corners region forced about 600 households in Farmington, New Mexico, to evacuate on 23 October. Rescuers used boats, helicopters and amphibious vehicles to take people off roofs. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-champi-sakishima-okinawa bc31a7ef-c240-4789-9924-8afdb8940d92 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:54:00 GMT Storms Typhoon Champi passed closest to Japan's Sakishima Islands on 23-24 October, with gusts of about 210 km/h, up to 250 mm of rain and waves to 12 metres forecast. Island flights were cancelled for three days. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-france-oct-24-protest-bans 5b1e1ab2-2082-4aba-b54b-bff8b90cd783 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:07:00 GMT Unrest More than 600 demonstrations are planned across France on Saturday 24 October. Lyon has banned all protests, several other city centres are off limits, curfews are in force in places and police numbers are being increased. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-thailand-floods-oct-23 09eed3cc-8a18-4baa-968c-220ae64687ce Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:51:00 GMT Floods Thailand's disaster agency said on 23 October that flooding in 16 provinces and two Bangkok districts had affected more than 1.13 million people and killed 64. Water levels were falling in all the areas listed. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-tasmania-severe-heatwave 5387d688-f99a-4d62-b48f-a070b51eedb5 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:54:00 GMT Heat Hobart reached 30.4 °C on Tuesday, its hottest October day in nine years, during a severe heatwave in southern and eastern Tasmania. Campfires will be banned in national parks across 20 municipalities from Monday. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-utah-colorado-floods cd1551e3-6461-486d-854d-71c2b43c1d0f Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:52:00 GMT Floods Floodwater reached about 80 homes in Hurricane, Utah, on Thursday and forced mandatory evacuations along four rivers in southern Colorado. At least three tornadoes hit central Arizona the night before. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-champi-taiwan-shutdown 88abf669-1dd4-40c8-8e98-46fb3f52ff9e Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMT Storms Taiwan closed schools, offices and financial markets on Friday and cancelled more than 600 flights as Typhoon Champi passed to the east. The storm is forecast to pass Japan's Yonaguni island before turning north. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-venezuela-national-protest d6996189-26dd-48e9-9846-2ee4a1bf142a Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:19:00 GMT Unrest Thousands of Venezuelans marched in Caracas and four other cities on Thursday to demand free elections and the release of prisoners. Reuters reported no violence or arrests at the opposition rallies. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-tibet-m70-earthquake f59a6c9e-635e-4fd3-9f33-04d8615f3f2f Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:33:00 GMT Earthquakes A shallow magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck a remote, high-altitude part of northern Tibet late on Thursday, killing at least 16 people and collapsing 339 homes. The epicentre was far from the main tourist routes around Lhasa. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-se-queensland-flash-floods 87a19641-799e-4754-82d0-c7134fe30403 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:27:00 GMT Floods Severe storms dropped almost 140 mm of rain in three hours at Caboolture north of Brisbane early on Thursday 22 October, closing roads and prompting flood rescues. A severe thunderstorm warning covers Brisbane, Ipswich and the Scenic Rim. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-himchari-beach-drownings 801f9f46-afdf-4ca3-93c1-68e7c3265492 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:15:00 GMT Beaches Strong currents swept a group of bathers at Himchari beach south of Cox's Bazar on Wednesday 21 October. Three tourists drowned, at least two were still missing and one was rescued in a critical condition. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-nigeria-first-ebola-case 8108bb3e-a65f-458e-b754-8735b2b3a2a0 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:04:00 GMT Diseases Nigeria reported its first Ebola case of the current outbreak on Tuesday 20 October, in a foreign national who entered the country on 5 October. Africa CDC has called an extraordinary meeting of African health ministers for 28 October. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-whakaari-alert-level-3 5649e13d-d5b7-4a2b-88e5-43bcefc8a074 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:29:00 GMT Volcanoes Earth Sciences New Zealand raised the Volcanic Alert Level at Whakaari/White Island from 2 to 3 on Wednesday 21 October after confirming a low-energy ash eruption. The Aviation Colour Code moved from yellow to orange. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-lisbon-porto-housing-camps 07158573-0440-428a-8b5a-ca9f3ea81188 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:25:00 GMT Unrest Portuguese police cleared protest tent camps from Lisbon's Rossio square and Porto's Dom João I square before dawn on Tuesday and made 55 arrests. Thousands of people returned to both squares that evening and plan to pitch tents again. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-ecuador-coast-floods a7216337-d3d5-4a81-820f-8deed11478ca Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:23:00 GMT Floods Overflowing rivers on Ecuador's Pacific coast have affected more than 23,000 people, with Esmeraldas province worst hit. Three people have died, two of them in a landslide in Azuay, and more heavy rain is forecast until Thursday. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-socal-arizona-flash-flood-risk 734eb0de-820b-42ef-b019-3f5ffb544115 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:49:00 GMT Storms US forecasters have raised the risk of excessive rainfall over the Los Angeles area and the ranges north of it for Wednesday into Thursday. Central and eastern Arizona face severe thunderstorms with hail and a chance of tornadoes. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-orient-beach-shark-attack 71f5d04b-8671-4dc8-8cce-106562abf23c Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:01:00 GMT Animals A 65-year-old woman was killed by a shark while swimming off Orient Beach in KuGompo City (formerly East London), Eastern Cape, on Tuesday morning. Orient Beach and Eastern Beach are closed until further notice. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-vanuatu-m63-earthquake 5ff0026d-8a51-4d63-b6c8-2950da6ba8f2 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:20:00 GMT Earthquakes A shallow magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck about 200 km north-west of Port-Olry in northern Vanuatu on Tuesday 20 October. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-france-curfews-protests fe7d54fe-0eaa-47a9-a078-cf2b6374ebba Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:23:00 GMT Unrest Partial curfews were introduced for Monday and Tuesday in several French cities, including Lille, after protests on 17 October turned violent. More curfews may follow for parts of Paris. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-valencia-floods-deaths c9642446-d71b-49e5-9d9c-b6f5f8e9968e Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:54:00 GMT Floods Four people have died as storms flooded the Valencia region, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. Parts of the Valencia region recorded as much as 700 mm of rain in 24 hours. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-kenya-ebola-eighth-case 59a010af-a005-4196-8339-0336dae6e42e Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Diseases Kenya's health ministry has confirmed an eighth Ebola case in the Nairobi cluster. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the outbreak has now reached an eighth province. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-florida-coast-noreaster-surge 6ebc62d7-de1e-4777-88e8-5187cd6167d0 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:51:00 GMT Storms Persistent onshore winds are pushing water up Florida's St. Johns River and flooding the mid-Atlantic coast. Forecasters say the offshore storm may still gain tropical characteristics. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-taal-phreatic-eruptions-43-quakes 85726cde-d14b-47a5-b0b0-7862fd640675 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:33:00 GMT Volcanoes Taal's main crater produced two short steam-driven eruptions on Sunday evening, and PHIVOLCS logged 43 volcanic earthquakes, the highest daily count this month. Alert Level 1 stays in place and the island remains closed. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-champi-rosal-luzon-taiwan 6c233373-c9f6-4468-80dc-a1c8594a1553 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:45:00 GMT Storms PAGASA expects Champi to cross into Philippine waters on Tuesday 20 October, when it will be renamed Rosal, with wind signals of up to No. 3 or 4 possible over the far north of Luzon. Taiwan says a sea warning could follow from Wednesday night. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-kilauea-episode-55-fountaining a52d2752-afa7-4f80-949d-ee04c013f25b Sun, 18 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT Volcanoes Episode 55 of Kīlauea's summit eruption ran for 5.7 hours on Saturday 17 October, throwing lava about 220 m into the air before stopping abruptly. The volcano is now paused and reinflating at alert level Advisory. https://dangershere.com/news/#2026-10-south-africa-storm-fire-warnings ecc45042-14fb-409f-b635-97536207a1e0 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:41:00 GMT Storms The South African Weather Service has yellow level 2 warnings for severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and damaging waves over KwaZulu-Natal on Monday 19 October. Inland, extremely high fire conditions and a heatwave are expected in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.