Disasters

Celebrities Step Up to Help Effort Against Australian Wildfires

The ongoing Australian wildfires have put many lives in jeopardy. It has gained worldwide attention, and many celebrities have extended helping hands to raise awareness and donate money for the catastrophe. Celebrities have come to give assistance to quell the ongoing wildfires in Australia. Stars like Ellen DeGeneres donated and even honored Australia in her ...

Max Lu

A firefighter giving water to a koala.

Arson Is Not the Main Cause of the Australian Fires

A false claim that the Australian bushfires were the handiwork of a few arsonists has gone viral on social media. The truth is that even though some people have been charged with arson for igniting fires, it is not the major reason why Australia is currently under siege of massive bushfires. Fake news “I can ...

Max Lu

An Australian bushfire.

Japan’s Sky Turned Purple Just Before Typhoon Hagibis

Typhoon Hagibis wreaked destruction all over Japan and has been classified as one of the strongest storms to hit the region in decades. More than 80 people are believed to be dead, with several missing. Some regions have been flooded, with homes completely destroyed. Just before the typhoon hit Japan, skies in the region turned ...

Armin Auctor

Japan's purple sky.

Tennis Legends and Celebs Provide Hurricane Dorian Relief

In a fundraising effort to provide Hurricane Dorian relief — one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic — tennis legends Andy Roddick, Mark Knowles, Tommy Haas, and James Blake prepare to go head-to-head in the Baha Mar Cup on November 7-10, 2019. The 4-day exhibition match will take place on the nine ...

Jack Roberts

The eye of Hurricane Dorian.

Cambodian Building Collapses Claiming More Than 25 Lives

More than 25 workers were confirmed dead after the collapse of a 7-story Chinese-owned building that was under construction in Cambodia. Prompted by the incident, the Cambodian government has called for a stricter examination of Chinese-owned construction projects. What exactly happened? “A moment before the building collapsed it was vibrating and then it was falling ...

Max Lu

Collapsed building rubble.

 Massive Tornado in Northeastern China Kills 6 and Injures 200

A deadly tornado ravaged northeastern China. Casualties were high as the natural catastrophe wreaked havoc on July 10. 15 minutes of horror More than 190 Chinese citizens were injured and 6 were killed as the deadly tornado swept across northeastern China. According to news reports, the tornado formed 100 miles away from Beijing, in Liaoning ...

Max Lu

Tornado damage.

Aeroflot Crash Death Toll Rises to 41 as Suspicions Increase

When a Sukhoi Superjet-100 belonging to the Russian airline Aeroflot made an emergency crash landing at the Moscow Sheremetyevo airport recently, it caught fire. There were 78 people on board when the tragedy took place, including five crew members. Though it was earlier believed that only 13 people were killed in the incident, the latest ...

Jack Roberts

Aeroflot jet crash landing.

St. Sulpice Priest Warns Against Notre Dame Conspiracy Theories

On March 17, St. Sulpice Church in Paris was targeted by an arsonist resulting in damage to its basilica. This month, the famed Notre Dame cathedral burned down in a fire, raising suspicions that someone might have targeted the historic monument. However, the curate of the church, Jean-Loup Lacroix, has warned against linking the two ...

Jack Roberts

Notre Dame on fire.

66-Million-Year-Old Deathbed Linked to Dinosaur-Killing Meteor

The beginning of the end caused by a meteor strike started with violent shaking that raised giant waves in the waters of an inland sea in what is now North Dakota. Then, tiny glass beads began to fall like birdshot from the heavens. The rain of glass was so heavy it may have set fire ...

Troy Oakes

Failure of China’s Biggest Dam Kept Secret by Government for Decades

The Chinese communist regime often keeps its failures a secret, both from citizens and the international media, since it wants to project an image of a “perfect government” that is incapable of doing any wrong. One of its biggest failures was the Banqiao Dam Collapse in 1975 that occurred as a result of poor construction ...

Nspirement Staff