Browsing: rescue operations

– The catastrophic floods that affected Nepal and Tibet have resulted in at least 919 fatalities, with 4,793 individuals still unaccounted for following the disaster on August 26. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported that the country’s

– Following a powerful earthquake on the island of Kyushu, rescue teams across southwestern Japan persisted in removing heavy debris under challenging weather conditions on Friday. Authorities confirmed that the death toll has increased to 34 as responders recovered more

Five people died and one person was injured after a collapse during illegal mining activity in Huize County, in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, local authorities said. The incident occurred early Sunday in Baiwu Village, Nagu Town, a rural area under

Four people have died and 17 others remain missing after a nine-story building under construction collapsed before dawn Sunday in Barangay Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga, authorities said Monday, as rescue teams continued searching through unstable concrete, steel and scaffolding. The

At least 24 people were killed and around 70 injured after a bomb blast struck a shuttle train near a railway track in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials said. The explosion occurred on Sunday near Chaman

COLOMBIA: At least 66 people were killed after a Colombian military C-130 Hercules crashed seconds after takeoff from Puerto Leguizamo in the southern department of Putumayo, in one of the country’s deadliest recent military aviation disasters. Military authorities said dozens

NAIROBI: Flash floods triggered by heavy overnight rain killed at least 28 people in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, after rivers and drainage channels overflowed and sent water through low-lying neighborhoods and key transport corridors. Police and rescue workers searched flooded streets

MENA Newswire, GOMA: More than 200 people were killed after a landslide triggered the collapse of artisanal coltan mines at Rubaya in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, local authorities said. The incident happened on January

MENA Newswire, JAKARTA: At least 14 people were killed and four others remain missing after flash floods swept through Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, authorities said on Tuesday. The floods were triggered by heavy rainfall on the island of Siau, part

MENA Newswire, MEXICO CITY, December 30, 2025: At least 13 people were killed and 98 others injured after an Interoceanic train derailed in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, according to government authorities. The train, operated under the