The 984-foot-long cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on the island of Giglio, Italy, killing at least three people. More than 4,000 people have been evacuated, but 50 are still missing. The night photos remind me of the sinking Titanic. The accident didn't involve an iceberg, but it sounds pretty similar: passengers heard a loud crash ...
Typhoon Nesat hit Hainan island in south China on Thursday after it swept past Hong Kong, closing financial markets, schools and most businesses in one of Asia's most biggest financial centers. China recalled ships, suspended flights and ferry services in preparation for the typhoon, the official Xinhua news agency said, after it passed through the Philippines ...
With 20 more bodies recovered in quake hit Sikkim since last night, the toll mounted to 73 on Wednesday amidst fears that the casualty could go up significantly as the rescue party were yet to reach about 15 major villages in worst hit North district. Official sources said members of the rescue party found six bodies ...
Rescue workers dug through mudslides as they struggled Monday to reach thousands of villagers cut off by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 53 people and damaged more than 100,000 homes in mountainous northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet. Heavy rains slowed the relief effort and made conditions miserable for many homeless villagers as they prepared ...
Rescue workers raced Monday to clear roads blocked by mudslides as they scrambled to reach remote villages cut off after a powerful earthquake killed at least 50 people in northeast India, Nepal and Tibet. Hundreds of paramilitary soldiers and local police working through the night cleared away concrete slabs, bricks and mud to rescue scores of ...
Panic gripped people in Uttar Pradesh when an earthquake said to be measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale with epicentre in Sikkim jolted north India at 6.17 pm on Sunday. The state Meteorological department described the quake as of "moderate intensity" in UP. It has not ruled out the possibility of after shocks. Earlier, on September 7, tremors had ...
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit northern India on Sunday, with epicentre in Sikkim. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage to buildings. According to the IMD, the epicentre of the quake, which struck at around 6:11pm, was located just over 60 kilometres northwest of the state capital Gangtok. Tremors were felt in Delhi and many ...
President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in Texas, making federal funding available to those affected by wildfires in Bastrop County. "Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster," ...
A strong tremor lasting 5-6 seconds shook the capital at 11.28pm on Wednesday, forcing residents to run out of their houses in various parts of the city. The Met department said the quake measured 4.2 on the Richter scale and its epicenter was Sonipat in Haryana. There were no reports of damage to life and property ...
Blizzards. Tornadoes. Floods. Record heat and drought, followed by wildfires. The first eight months of 2011 have brought strange and destructive weather to the United States. From the blizzard that dumped almost two feet of snow on Chicago, to killer tornadoes and heat waves in the south, to record flooding, to wildfires that have burned more than ...
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