All posts tagged "Natural disaster"
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1.4KNewsTurkey earthquakes: Death toll could rise eight-fold, surpass 20,000, warns WHO
Following the back-to-back earthquakes in Turkey, near Syria’s border, that left more than four thousand people dead, the World Health Organisation has...
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1.5KNews
Fourth earthquake in Turkey, death toll reaches 4,372
At least 4,372 deaths have been confirmed and thousands injured in powerful earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, according to agencies and officials....
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1.1KNews
UN appeals for massive global support for flood-hit Pakistan, action on climate change
UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Pakistan on Friday to show solidarity with the people of the country following the destruction caused...
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1.8KNews
‘Serious climate catastrophe’: Over 1,000 killed in monsoon floods in Pakistan
Pakistan witnessed deadly floods since June this year and over one thousand people were killed with the country’s climate minister terming the...
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1.1KAfghanistan
280 killed in earthquake in Afghanistan, hundreds injured
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed at least 280 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, international media reported quoting officials. Hundreds of...
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1.1KJammu & Kashmir
Kishtwar cloudburst: No clue of missing persons yet
Jammu: Success continues to elude rescuers as there was still no trace of 19 persons who went missing following a cloudburst at...
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1.6KJammu & Kashmir
Kishtwar cloudburst: No trace of 19 missing persons as rescue Op continues for 6th day
Poonch: With rescue operations continuing on Monday for the sixth consecutive day at Honzar village in Kishtwar district, which was devastated by...
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2.2KDisaster
Kerala floods: Report reveals ‘lapses in dam management, builders acquiring eroded land’
A report on Kerala floods by an investigating committee from Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Special Centre for Disaster Research, who collaborated with the National Institute for...
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1.5KDisaster
Indonesia Tsunami-Earthquake: Death toll climbs to 832, authorities prepare for mass burials
The death toll in Indonesia’s Suwalesi island alarmingly climbed to 832, following an earthquake and a Tsunami that crashed the town of...
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3.2KDisaster
Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 357, expert says part of the problem ‘man-made’
The Indian Meterological Department has said that “heavy rainfall” is expected only in Kozhikode, Kannur and Idduki districts over the next four days....
