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Rescuers race against time as Morocco quake death toll mounts
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» TALAT NYACOUB (MOROCCO) - Moroccan rescuers supported by foreign teams on Monday faced an intensifying race against time to dig out any survivors from the rubble of mountain villages after the country's strongest-ever earthquake.
127 perish as flooding hits Rwanda
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» KIGALI - At least 127 people have died as floods and landslides engulfed several parts of Rwanda after torrential rains, destroying homes and cutting off roads, the presidency said Wednesday.
Malawians dig through mud for cyclone dead
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» BLANTYRE, Malawi: Lacking sniffer dogs and armed just with shovels, rescuers in storm-ravaged Malawi on Thursday went on a grim hunt for buried bodies after Cyclone Freddy struck the southern African country, killing more than 200 people.
Rescuers scramble to find Malawi cyclone survivors
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» BLANTYRE, Malawi: Rescuers scrambled on Wednesday to reach survivors in Malawi's battered city of Blantyre, after Cyclone Freddy struck southern Africa for a second time triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 200 people.
Ten deadliest quakes of the past 100 years
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» PARIS - With the estimated death toll still mounting, the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 is among the 10 deadliest of the past 100 years, with over 41,000 dead as of Friday.
Eight killed, dozens missing in Malaysia landslide
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR: At least eight people died after a landslide struck a Malaysian campsite Friday, officials said, as rescuers searched for dozens who were still missing.
Italy declares state of emergency after deadly landslide
AFP, Published on 27/11/2022
» CASAMICCIOLA TERME (ITALY) - Italy's government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after a landslide on the southern island of Ischia killed at least one person and left a dozen missing.
Roslyn weakens to tropical storm after Mexico landfall
AFP, Published on 24/10/2022
» MEXICO CITY - Hurricane Roslyn weakened rapidly Sunday after making landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast, nonetheless leaving damage from high winds, landslides and flooding.
Hope fading in search for Venezuela landslide survivors
AFP, Published on 12/10/2022
» LAS TEJERíAS (VENEZUELA) - Hopes were fading Tuesday of finding alive any of 56 people missing after a devastating landslide swept through a Venezuelan town with 36 confirmed deaths to date.
Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran Amazon
AFP, Published on 01/02/2022
» QUITO: An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that supplies water to indigenous communities, the country's environmental ministry said Monday.