Death toll from US storms rises to 29

Reuters 04/03/2023

The death toll from a violent storm that whipped up tornadoes in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the United States rose to at least 29 over the weekend, according to officials and media reports. In Memphis,…

Death toll tops 20 as storm takes aim at eastern U.S.

Reuters 04/02/2023

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas  – A violent storm packing high winds and heavy rains ripped through Southern and Midwestern sections of the United States as it headed east on Saturday, leaving 21 dead and scores injured, according to officials and…

Death toll from vessel fire off Basilan now 26

Jean Mangaluz, Julie S. Alipala, Leah D. Agonoy - @inquirerdotnet 03/30/2023

UPDATED ZAMBOANGA CITY —The death toll in the fire that hit a Sulu-bound vessel on Wednesday night had reached 26. Basilan Gov. Jim Hataman-Salliman said the count of fatalities increased after rescuers from the Philippine Coast Guard recovered…

Three rescued from Turkey rubble as earthquake death toll passes 45,000

Reuters 02/18/2023

ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey — Rescue teams pulled three people alive from under collapsed buildings in Turkey on Friday, 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 45,000, left millions homeless, and sparked a huge relief effort.…

Cyclone in New Zealand leaves 7 dead, trail of chaos

Reuters 02/17/2023

WELLINGTON — Recovery efforts continue in hard-hit areas of New Zealand on Friday after Cylcone Gabrielle caused chaos leaving at least seven people dead, displacing 10,000 people in the country’s most damaging storm in decades. Gabrielle, which…

Children plucked from ruins days after Turkey-Syria quake, but death tolls tops 22,000

Reuters 02/11/2023

ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria -Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have…

Death toll passes 5,000 as rescue work moves slowly

Reuters 02/07/2023

  ANTAKYA, Turkey — Overwhelmed rescuers struggled to save people trapped under the rubble as the death toll from a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose past 5,000 on Tuesday, with despair mounting and the scale…

Chinese pray for health in Lunar New Year as COVID death toll rises

Reuters 01/23/2023

BEIJING — China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under the pandemic, as officials reported almost 13,000 new deaths caused by…

Death toll from Indonesia’s earthquake rises to 252–local gov’t

Reuters 11/22/2022

JAKARTA — The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia’s Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 252, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. It also said 31 people are still missing and…

Paeng death toll jumps to 154 — NDRRMC

Dexter Cabalza 11/05/2022

Four days after Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” (international name: Nalgae) has left the country, the full extent of the damage it caused was still being assessed even as its death toll continued to rise and the destruction…

Pakistan monsoon flooding death toll tops 1,000

Agence France Presse 08/28/2022

ISLAMABAD — The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has reached 1,033, according to figures released Sunday by the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). It said 119 people had died in the previous…

Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000, toll expected to rise

Reuters 06/23/2022

KABUL  – The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages. Houses were…

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