The death toll from a powerful storm that triggered flooding and landslides across the Philippines has reached 150, disaster officials said Thursday, as more rain was forecast in some of the hardest-hit areas. More than 355,400 people fled their homes…
Two people were killed after a firefighting helicopter with four crew members aboard crashed into the sea off Greece, the coastguard and fire service has said. The two men, from Romania and Moldova, had been recovered unconscious in the water…
Heavy floods and landslides triggered by pre-monsoon rains in India's northeastern state of Assam have killed at least 10 people and affected more than 700,000, authorities said Thursday. One of the world's largest rivers, the Brahmaputra, which flows into India…
A night-time fire in a shopping centre in the Syrian capital Damascus has killed at least 11 people, the interior ministry said, in one of the deadliest blazes in recent years. Many of those killed on Tuesday were security guards…
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 18 people, authorities reported late Tuesday. There was widespread concern that the death toll could surge…
Three firefighters were killed on Monday and another was critically injured after part of a vacant Baltimore rowhouse collapsed, trapping them inside as they battled a blaze, the authorities said. The Baltimore Fire Department responded to a call just before…
A large house fire that tore through a building in Philadelphia early on Wednesday has killed 12 people, including eight children, fire officials said. At least two people were sent to hospitals, and officials warned the toll could grow as firefighters searched the…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Canadian Pacific coast province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency Wednesday following floods and mudslides caused by extremely heavy rainfall, and officials said they expected to find more dead. Every major route…
A fire which enveloped a Covid isolation unit in southern Iraq killed 64 people, a medical source told AFP in an updated toll on Tuesday. "Sixty-four (bodies) were retrieved and 39 identified and handed over to their families," the source…
A five-story building being demolished in South Korea collapsed on Wednesday, burying a bus under the debris and killing nine people. Eight other people were seriously injured during the incident in the southern city of Gwangju. The reason for the collapse is…