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Three fire engines and a helicopter were deployed for Wednesday's rescue. The driver, who had mobility issues, was safely airlifted and appeared to be unharmed. Torrential rain caused chaos, flooding homes and streets and prompting around 400 emergency calls. The State Meteorological Agency - AEMET in the region announced that in Murcia, more rain fell in about twenty minutes than the average for the entire summer (June, July, and August). Specifically, 43.8 litres per square metre were recorded, with 32.8 litres falling in just 10 minutes. This amount is close to the 40.6 litres per square me...
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Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 274 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air and ground raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas. The ministry said on Sunday that around 700 people were also wounded in Saturday’s operation. The United Nations and other international institutions and experts, as well as Palestinian authorities in the West Bank — rivals of Hamas — say the Gaza ministry has long made a good-faith effort to account for the dead under the most difficult conditions. The EU's top foreign affairs chief posted that "the bloodbath must end immediately." The operation deep i...
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TV images showed firefighters shifting rubble by hand from the flattened three-story building in Kucukcekmece on the city’s European side. Two injured people were pulled from the debris, broadcaster CNN Turk reported. The Istanbul governor’s office said the structure collapsed at 8:40am local time. The cause was not immediately clear. More than 59,000 people were killed last year when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck parts of southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria. The disaster highlighted the poor enforcement of building regulations in Turkey.
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Humanitarian organisations in Papua New Guinea have warned of a possible second landslide and a disease outbreak at the scene of the country's largest mass-casualty disaster in recent memory, which saw hundreds injured and killed by a massive landslide. A UN official said the water streams and scores of bodies buried by the tons of debris that swept over a village on May 24 are together posing a major risk of further catastrophe even as rescuers struggle to help those still trapped. A mass of boulders, earth and splintered trees devastated Yambali in the South Pacific nation's remote highlands...
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Heavy rains have caused catastrophic flooding in southern Brazil killing at least 100 people and leaving thousands more homeless. The southern state of Rio Grande do Sul was hit by heavy rain last week and subsequent flooding has washed away roads, collapsed bridges and caused landslides across the state. The latest estimates from the state civil defence authority say that 372 people have been injured and as many as 128 are still unaccounted for. More than 1.45 million people across 417 of the state’s 497 cities have been affected and the latest estimates suggest more than 200,000 people have ...
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Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities have announced. At least 155 people were injured, while damage from the rains forced more than 88,000 people from their homes. Approximately 16,000 took refuge in schools, gymnasiums and other temporary shelters. The floods left a wake of devastation, including landslides, washed-out roads and collapsed bridges across the state. Operators reported electricity and communications cuts. More than 800,000 people are without a ...
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Almost 90 migrants in an overcrowded boat adrift in the Mediterranean Sea have been saved by a humanitarian group. A rescue ship from the Italian NGO 'Emergency' rescued 87 people stranded in the sea on Friday evening. They had departed from Zawiya, Libya 20 hours earlier. They were without food and water and their boat was adrift and overcrowded. When the rescue crew arrived, they found the boat taking on water and with its tubes deflated. Among the group was a pregnant woman and fourteen unaccompanied minors. "We immediately took in the most vulnerable cases: a pregnant woman in her fourth m...
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Up to 160 long-finned pilot whales were stranded on the western Australian coast on Thursday. At least 26 casualties were reported before wildlife authorities could begin a rescue attempt, officials said. The stranded whales were from four pods spread across 500 metres of shore, according to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. An additional 20 whales were in a pod about 1.5 kilometres offshore and 110 whales formed a pod closer to the beach. “Our team is making every effort to safely respond and keep volunteers and staff safe, while also acting in the best interests o...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Sometimes all you have to do is ask for "HELP": That's what three men stranded on a deserted Pacific island learned earlier this week, writing the message in palm fronds which were spotted by US rescuers. The trio, all experienced mariners in their 40s, became stranded on a lonely island after setting off from Micronesia's Polowat Atoll on March 31 in their motor-powered skiff which subsequently experienced damage. They were reported missing last Saturday by a woman who told the US Coast Guard her three uncles never returned from Pikelot Atoll, a tiny island in the remote W...
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