The death toll from the twin earthquakes that turned entire residential neighbourhoods into piles of rubble in Venezuela has risen to 1,943. AFP reports that the disaster also injured more than 10,500 people and displaced around 15,000 Venezuelans. The earthquakes, which measured 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, struck Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, and the…
An 11-year-old girl has died of injuries sustained in a school shooting in southern Turkey more than two weeks ago, bringing the death toll to 10, media reported Monday. Almina Agaoglu died in hospital, the private NTV television reported. A 14-year-old opened fire at a school in the Kahramanmaras province on April 15, killing…
The death toll from floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Thailand rose to seven, authorities said Saturday, as relief efforts continued. More than 260,000 people across several provinces along the Chao Phraya river were impacted by flooding this week, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said in a statement. The nation’s disaster…
Volunteers and rescuers were pulling more bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, four days after an earthquake that inflicted a death toll that was already at nearly 1,470 people, Taliban authorities said. The magnitude-6.0 earthquake that jolted the mountainous region bordering Pakistan late Sunday is one of the…
Lagos—The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) yesterday confirmed that the death toll from the building collapse in the Ojodu-Berger area has risen to five. Recall that the three-storey building located at 9 & 10 Oremeta Street collapsed on Saturday, trapping restaurant employees and customers beneath the debris. LASEMA had initially reported one death and…
The death toll in Thursday’s attacks by suspected herdsmen on Ukum and Logo local government areas in Benue State has increased to 56. The attackers in the early hours of that day stormed communities in the two LGAs and killed 17 people. They killed five people in Ukum and 12 in Logo LGAs. Several people…
The death toll from an earthquake in Myanmar passed 1,000 on Saturday as the military government declared a state of emergency and appealed for blood donations The junta said 1,002 people had been killed and 2,376 injured with 30 more declared missing, according to Myanmar state media, though those figures are expected to rise. The…
The death toll has climbed to 37 after Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful storms to strike the United States, made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane before being downgraded to a tropical storm. The hurricane, with wind gusts reaching 140 mph (225 km/h), caused widespread destruction across Florida and other southeastern…
