Five dead after explosions collapse flats in The Hague
Police say a car sped away from the scene as rescuers searched the rubble for more missing residents.
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Storm Darragh kills two and leaves more than 1.5 million without power
The storm brought deadly winds and widespread outages across England, Ireland and the United Kingdom as emergency crews worked through the damage.
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New Zealand police presume three climbers dead after Aoraki fall
Police in New Zealand have ended the search for two Americans and a Canadian who went missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook, saying evidence indicates they died in a fall.
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Ivory Coast minibuses crash kills 26, injures 28
On ${rows[3].event.eventDate}, Ivory Coast authorities said a fiery collision between two minibuses in the village of Brokoua killed at least 26 people and injured 28 more, underscoring how deadly road accidents remain in the country.
Read report »Floods in Malaysia and southern Thailand kill more than 30 and displace tens of thousands
Monsoon rains inundated the region on December 3, 2024, forcing shelter openings and rescue deliveries by boat.
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Dozens are killed and more than 100 are missing after a boat capsizes on Nigeria’s Niger River
Authorities said the boat was carrying about 200 passengers to a market when it overturned in central Nigeria, leaving rescuers searching for the missing.
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Thailand construction collapse kills six on Rama II Road
On ${rows[7].event.eventDate}, a launching gantry crane and precast concrete segments collapsed on Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon province, killing six people and injuring eight others in one of Thailand’s latest construction-site disasters.
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North Sumatra floods and landslides kill 31 as rescue teams race to clear roads
Torrential rain triggered flash floods and landslides across four districts, trapping people in buried vehicles and overwhelming shelters.
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Malaysia braces for its worst floods in a decade after heavy monsoon rains kill three
Authorities in Malaysia moved disaster crews and froze ministerial leave after heavy monsoon rains displaced more than 90,000 people and flooded large parts of the country, with Kelantan hit hardest.
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Landslides in Uganda’s Bulambuli district kill at least 15 and leave 113 missing
Heavy rains triggered landslides across six villages in eastern Uganda, burying homes and forcing rescue crews to search for survivors and bodies.
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Sri Lanka storm kills at least 12 and forces more than 250,000 to flee
Floods and landslides linked to a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal left children among the dead and pushed the army into relief work.
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Record November Snow Disrupts Seoul Region and Leaves Six Dead
Heavy snow closed schools, cancelled more than 140 flights and strained roads and utilities across South Korea’s capital region.
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Four bodies recovered after tourist boat Sea Story capsizes in Egypt’s Red Sea
Egyptian naval forces found four dead and rescued five more people a day after the Sea Story sank in rough water off Marsa Alam.
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Five dead after small plane crashes near Costa Rica’s Pico Blanco mountain
A Cessna 206 on a diverted domestic flight crashed near San Jose on November 26, killing five people and leaving one woman critically injured.
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Tourist boat sinks off Marsa Alam, leaving 16 missing and 28 rescued
Sixteen people were missing after a tourist boat sank in Egypt’s Red Sea waters, while 28 passengers and crew were rescued from the wreck.
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Eight migrants, including six children, die in shipwreck off Samos
Greek authorities found eight bodies off Samos after a boat carrying about 50 migrants capsized, in the latest deadly crossing attempt in the Aegean.
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DHL cargo aircraft crash near Vilnius kills crew member
Three other people aboard the Swiftair-operated Boeing 737 were injured after the flight from Leipzig came down short of Lithuania’s main airport.
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North Sumatra Floods and Landslides Leave 16 Dead, Six Missing
Rescuers searched four districts after torrential rain sent mud, rocks and floodwater through mountain communities, homes and farmland.
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Second Australian teenager dies after Laos methanol poisoning outbreak, lifting toll to six
Holly Bowles died in a Bangkok hospital after methanol poisoning linked to drinks consumed in Vang Vieng, Laos, according to Australian media and officials.
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Five tourists die after suspected methanol poisoning in Laos
A British woman and an Australian teenager were among five confirmed deaths linked to a suspected tainted-alcohol incident in Vang Vieng.
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Bomb cyclone kills two and cuts power across Pacific Northwest
Destructive winds, fallen trees and wintry conditions struck Washington and neighboring regions as hundreds of thousands of customers lost electricity.
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Three killed in illegal fireworks factory blast in Ercolano, Italy
Italian media said an explosion at an illegal fireworks workshop in Ercolano killed three people and prompted a search through the rubble.
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Sara weakens after Belize landfall but flooding risk remains
The storm moved inland after flooding Honduras, but forecasters warned that heavy rain and mudslides could continue across the region.
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Super Typhoon Man-yi Strikes Storm-Weary Philippines
The sixth major storm to affect the country in less than a month made two landfalls, drove mass evacuations and later left at least eight people reported dead.
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