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'Took a few seconds': survivors recount how sudden storm drowned dozens in Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 21/07/2025
» HA LONG - The thunderstorm came so suddenly that it overturned the boat within seconds, said two survivors of the shipwreck which killed at least 35 people in Vietnam's top tourist spot of Ha Long Bay and left another four missing.
Vietnam hunts 4 missing after sudden thunderstorm capsized tourist boat
Reuters, Published on 20/07/2025
» HA LONG BAY/HANOI, Vietnam - Dozens of rescuers were scrambling in Vietnam on Sunday to trace four missing people after retrieving the bodies of dozens killed when a thunderstorm capsized a boat in the top tourist destination of Ha Long Bay, authorities said.
Dozens dead in Vietnam after Ha Long Bay tourist ferry sinks
AFP, Published on 20/07/2025
» HALONG BAY (VIETNAM) - Rescuers were desperately searching for five people still missing on Sunday after 37 were killed when a boat capsized in one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations.
Tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, leaving 34 dead
AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» HANOI - A tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam's Ha Long Bay capsized in a storm on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least 34 people dead, according to state media reports, as rescuers scrambled to locate the missing.
500 tourists evacuated from Grand Canyon wildfires
AFP, Published on 12/07/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Fast-spreading wildfires have forced the evacuation of part of the Grand Canyon, with the US National Park Service saying at least 500 people had been guided out of the danger zone.
At least 12 dead in China bridge collapse
News Agencies, Published on 20/07/2024
» BEIJING - President Xi Jinping has urged all-out rescue efforts after a highway bridge collapse in Shaanxi province killed at least 12 people and left many more missing, state media reported on Saturday.
At least 14 killed after billboard collapses in India
Reuters, Published on 14/05/2024
» MUMBAI - At least 14 people have died and dozens were injured after a huge billboard fell on them during a thunderstorm in India's financial capital Mumbai, according to local authorities.
China issues 'once in a century' flood warning for Guangdong's Bei River zone
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/04/2024
» Residents in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are on high alert for flooding, with authorities forecasting water flows in a major river to hit "once-in-100-year" levels on Monday morning.
Verstappen wins Dutch GP for record-equalling ninth successive victory
AFP, Published on 27/08/2023
» ZANDVOORT (NETHERLANDS) - Max Verstappen won a chaotic, deluge-hit and red-flagged Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday to match Sebastian Vettel's record run of nine consecutive victories.
Pope Francis beatifies 'Smiling' John Paul I
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» VATICAN CITY - Thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Francis presided over the beatification of John Paul I, the so-called "Smiling Pope" who led the Catholic Church for just 33 days before dying in contested circumstances.