Views: 14 A massive earthquake off the coast of Russia has put the country on alert. As per the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (ESMC), an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck off the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region on Saturday. The earthquake proceeded to trigger a volcano eruption and tsunami warning. As per the U.S. […]
Views: 13 August 16, 2024 7:30 AM. TOKYO — Japan grounded hundreds of flights and advised nearly 10,000 households to evacuate in some areas near Tokyo on Friday (Aug 16), as a strong typhoon caused power blackouts in the middle of a major summer holiday week. Typhoon Ampil, categorised as “very strong” by the Japan Meteorological Agency
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Views: 5 SKY NEWS A wildfire is burning just outside of Athens with hundreds of firefighters trying to bring the blaze under control. More than 400 firefighters, 110 fire engines and a large number of volunteers are fighting the blaze, which broke out around 3pm local time on Sunday about 22 miles from the Greek
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Views: 164 Authorities in Kampala said Saturday that they were investigating a structural failure in waste mass after a section of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Landfill in Kiteezi collapsed on houses and livestock in the early morning hours. The level of damage is still being assessed with no casualties confirmed by the time of
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Views: 8 AP NEWS SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni official said Wednesday that 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in the southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains. Hodeidah Gov. Mugammad Qahim told Houthi rebel-controlled Masirah TV that the floods displaced people from 500 homes. Five people
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Views: 1 Intense summer heat in Japan’s capital city for the month of July killed scores of people, many of whom were found inside their homes with an air conditioner installed but not turned on. More than 120 people died of heatstroke in the Tokyo metropolitan area in record-breaking July weather, Japanese authorities said on
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Views: 2 MALAY MAIL SHANGHAI, Aug 3 — Floods and mudslides destroyed village homes and part of a highway in China’s south-western province of Sichuan today, killing at least two people and leaving 17 missing in two incidents, state media reported today. Overnight in Kangding, a mountainous region in Sichuan’s western highlands, mudslides took down
Views: 2 Eco-minded Games hosts keep air con to a minimum as they rely on shade to keep things cool. At a Paris water fountain, Marcel, 11, ducks his baseball cap in water before adjusting it back on his head. After days of heavy rain that blighted the opening ceremony and wrecked the triathlon, a
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Views: 5 TIMES LIVE At least 41 people were killed and scores injured after landslides in the hills of India’s southern Kerala state, local media reported, with rescue operations obstructed after a main bridge collapsed in the region. State Health Minister Veena George said that over 70 people were injured and the Indian Express reported
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Views: 6 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited flood-hit areas near the Amnok River and guided an operation to rescue around 5,000 isolated residents with the military’s helicopters, Pyongyang’s state media reported Monday. Kim visited flood-ravaged areas in Sinuiju City and Uiju County of North Phyongan Province on Sunday, after a record downpour hit
