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Depressing news

22 Jan 2024

The landslide in the mountainous part of southwestern China in which reported 47 people died is sad and painful news (“47 buried in southwest China landslide,” Jan.22, Gulf Today...

Sad news

27 Dec 2023

The news about severe thunderstorms in which nine people were killed in Australia is sad and shocking (“Wild weather leaves at least 10 dead in Australian states of Queensland, Victoria,”...

Libya flood disaster displaces more than 43,000 people: IOM

21 Sep 2023

Libya's flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday. A tsunami-sized flash...

Horrifying report

27 Jul 2023

A new report from the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific about over 140 disasters that the world has faced last year because of climate change,...

Over 140 disasters hit 64m people, loss stands at $57b in Asia-Pacific region last year: Report

26 Jul 2023

According to a new report from the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in 2022 alone, over 140 disasters struck the region, leading to...

Disasters like Rolling Hills landslide are foreseeable

14 Jul 2023

Brett Sanders, Tribune News Service There’s a slow-motion disaster happening this week as houses collapse into a canyon in Rolling Hills Estates, a city in LA County. But to...

Avalanche sweeps away tourists in Indian state of Sikkim

04 Apr 2023

An avalanche swept away a group of tourists in the Himalayas in northeastern India on Tuesday, killing at least seven and injuring 11, officials said. Army spokesperson Lt. Col...

Natural disaster

28 Feb 2023

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake that rocked Turkey once again, killing one person and injuring more than 100 people is indeed sad news (“1 killed, over 100 injured as new quake...

Quakes are inevitable, huge death tolls are not

26 Feb 2023

Gearoid Reidy, Tribune News Service Earthquakes can neither be prevented nor predicted. If a Category 5 typhoon nears, evacuations are possible; there can be time to move to a...

Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake mount

09 Feb 2023

With hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by the world’s...

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