Disaster movie in Greece: Death and devastation as wildfires rage across the world
From Greece to California, the summer has seen wildfires rage in several places around the world, with lives lost and thousands evacuated. In [...]
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At least 60 killed after passenger barge crashes on Congo river
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 60 people died when a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people became shipwrecked on the Congo river [...]
Disaster declared in Texas as rare winter storm causes widespread power cuts, cancelled flights and temperatures to plummet to -5C
Ice storms, heavy snow and freezing rain knocked out power, closed roads and saw 1,000 cancelled flights in southern Texas. Bad winter weather [...]
Himalayan glacier bursts in India, 100-150 feared dead
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – As many as 150 people were feared dead after a Himalayan glacier broke and crashed into an Indian dam [...]
Myanmar jade mine disaster: More bodies found at landslide site
Rescuers retrieve 166 bodies but dozens more are feared dead after miners were swept away in a wave of mud. Rescuers in northern [...]