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Wildfires destroy 100 homes in S.Korea amid typhoon-class strong winds
Seoul : A wind-swept wildfire ripped through the South Korean coastal city of Gangneung on Tuesday, destroying about 100 homes and forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to evacuate.The wildfire broke out on a hill in Gangneung's…
7 tourists killed in Sikkim avalanche; 350 rescued
Gangtok : At least seven tourists were killed on Tuesday in Sikkim after a massive avalanche hit a section of National Highway 310, an official said.The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has managed to rescue at least 350 tourists stranded in…
Windstorm kills 7 in Syria
Damascus : A strong windstorm killed seven people, including three children, in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Six victims died as a result of wall collapses in the strong wind on Wednesday and a man in the…
14 killed by flash floods in Somalia : UN
Somalia : Flash floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 14 people, displaced thousands more, and destroyed property in southern Somalia, the United Nations humanitarian agency said.
The UN Office for the Coordination of…
Storm kills 5 people in San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco : Five people died from storm-related incidents in the US' San Francisco Bay Area, local authorities said. Two San Francisco residents died from injuries in separate incidents related to downed trees on Tuesday afternoon, city…
5 dead due to floods in quake-hit Turkish provinces
Turkey : At least five people were killed, and five others went missing in floods that hit Turkey's southern provinces, as the region is still struggling to recover from the effects of massive February 6 earthquakes.
At least four people…
Cyclone Freddy kills 99 in Malawi, rescue mission underway
Malawi : At least 99 people have been killed in Malawi after tropical cyclone Freddy lashed the east African nation, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that a rescue mission is currently underway.
Confirming the toll to reporters late…
Three foreign nationals killed in Canada avalanche
Canada : Three foreign nationals were killed in an avalanche near a mountain ski resort along the Alberta-British Columbia border in Canada, local media reported.
Ten people in total were caught in the avalanche, all foreign nationals…
February warmest in 122 years, summer to be hotter : IMD
New Delhi : February was the warmest in the past 122 years, since 1901, with average maximum temperatures 1.73 degrees above normal and average minimum temperatures 0.81 degrees above normal, the India Meteorological Department said on…
Tropical cyclone Freddy leaves at least 7 dead in Madagascar
Madagascar : The death toll from the tropical cyclone Freddy in Madagascar has risen to seven, and more than 13,000 people have been displaced, the National Disaster Risk Management Office (BNGRC) said.
According to the BNGRC, 68,809…