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    Syria’s displaced living in ‘disaster’ conditions

    25 Jan 2022

    Many of Syria's nearly three million displaced people face dire winter conditions with a brutal snow storm hammering the region, the United Nations warned on Monday as it urged the international community do more to protect them.

    Toll hits 259 in South Africa's deadliest floods on record

    13 Apr 2022

    "Bridges have collapsed. Roads have collapsed. People have died... this is a catastrophe of enormous proportions," South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said, addressing a local community after inspecting the damage from the floods.

    US President declares disaster in New Mexico wildfire zone

    05 May 2022

    Fire bosses said they are seizing upon an interlude of relatively calm and cool weather to keep the fire from pushing any closer to the small New Mexico city of Las Vegas and other villages scattered along the fire’s shifting fronts.

    The Halloween disaster in Seoul

    31 Oct 2022

    It would be presumptuous to say that the surge in the teenage crowd on Saturday to mark Halloween celebrations in the congested district of Itaewon in Seoul , the capital city of South Korea, that killed more than 150 and left hundreds more injured was waiting to happen.

    Heartbreak and shock at Afghan quake hospital

    23 Jun 2022

    "It was a horrible situation," recalls Arup Khan, 22, talking of the moments after the quake. "There were cries everywhere. The children and my family were under the mud."

    VIDEO: 1,000 killed, 1,500 injured as powerful quake jolts Afghanistan

    23 Jun 2022

    Houses were reduced to rubble and bodies swathed in blankets lay on the ground after the magnitude 6.1 earthquake, photographs on Afghan media showed.

    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 over 7,500 deaths.

    Fishing boat sinks in New Zealand storm; 4 dead, 1 missing

    21 Mar 2022

    Two bodies in the water were recovered by helicopter on Monday morning, and another two were recovered by search vessels, police said. The five rescued people were admitted to Kaitaia Hospital in stable condition and were later discharged.

    Xi tells Biden confrontation would be disaster for both countries

    11 Feb 2021

    Xi reiterated during the call that cooperation was the only choice and that the two countries need to properly manage disputes in a constructive manner, according to an account of the conversation reported by Chinese state television.

    Death toll in Ghana church collapse rises to 21

    23 Oct 2020

    The Church of Prosperity collapsed Tuesday in the town of Akyem Batabi just after worshippers had concluded a prayer meeting. One survivor told local media that some 60 people were inside the building when it came down.

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