At least 21 killed in floods due to heavy rain in Indonesia, tens of thousands evacuated

The natural disaster has been marked as the worst flooding since 2013 when dozens were killed due to monsoon rainfall.

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· Jan 02, 2020 · 06:58 pm

At least 19 dead, 300 injured after earthquake hits PoK, tremors felt in Delhi-NCR, Punjab and Jammu

The India Meteorological Department said the epicentre was in the Pakistan-India border region in Jammu and Kashmir at a depth of 40 km.

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· Sep 24, 2019 · 05:05 pm

United States: At least 23 killed, 50 injured after tornadoes strike Alabama

Authorities said the twisters caused the most deaths since a storm in Oklahoma in May 2013 killed 24 people and injured 375.

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· Mar 05, 2019 · 09:55 am

India suffered losses of $79.5 billion due to natural disasters in last two decades: UN report

Globally, climate-related and geophysical disasters killed 1.3 million people between 1998 and 2017.

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· Oct 11, 2018 · 03:52 pm

Indonesia tsunami: Jakarta ready to receive international help, volunteers dig mass graves

Meanwhile, at least 1,200 inmates in three detention facilities in Sulawesi have fled.

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· Oct 01, 2018 · 12:19 pm

Mexico: At least seven killed, five missing in flash floods in Periban town

Torrential rainfall in the region led to the swelling of Cutio river, which overflowed and released a wall of mud and water.

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· Sep 25, 2018 · 07:03 pm

Japan: Toll in Hokkaido earthquake goes up to 42, power supply restored to the island

While there were no plans to implement rolling blackouts, the government asked residents and businesses to use 20% less power to help save energy.

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· Sep 10, 2018 · 02:53 pm

Japan: Toll in Hokkaido earthquake rises to 16, transport services resume in parts of the island

Almost 22,000 rescue workers worked through the night to search for survivors, said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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· Sep 07, 2018 · 03:18 pm

North Korea: 76 people killed, 75 missing in floods

Flooding and landslides have also destroyed over 800 homes, clinics and schools in North and South Hwanghae provinces.

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· Sep 06, 2018 · 07:19 pm

Eleven months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico raises toll from 64 to nearly 3,000

The revised toll is also an approximation, and not a concrete list of names, Governor Ricardo Rossello said.

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· Aug 29, 2018 · 01:12 pm

Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes Peru-Brazil border areas

The quake hit at a depth of 609 kilometres. The epicentre was 138 km west of the Peruvian town of Inapari and 226 km west of Bolivia’s Cobija.

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· Aug 24, 2018 · 05:11 pm

Indonesia: At least 14 dead as 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Lombok island

About 162 people are injured and more than 1,000 houses were damaged in the quake.

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· Jul 29, 2018 · 09:45 am