Nearly 100,000 ordered to evacuate as Cyclone Arnab approaches India
Andhra Pradesh and Odisha opened shelters and moved residents before a forecast early-morning landfall with gusts reaching 150 kilometres per hour.
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Typhoon Champi leaves one dead and hundreds injured across Taiwan
The storm disrupted flights, cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and forced a second day of closures before weakening north of the island.
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Kolkata Tightens Festival Crowd Controls After Deadly Stampede
West Bengal assigned senior police officers and opened a safety review after 19 people died and 25 were injured at a Durga Puja venue.
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Two killed in light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond
A 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man died after a Piper Tomahawk II came down near Drymen, prompting an air-safety investigation.
Read report »Two killed after light aircraft crashes near Loch Lomond
A 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man died after a Piper Tomahawk II came down near Drymen in Scotland.
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Peshawar school collapse kills 33 students and a teacher
Nineteen people were injured after parts of the private Al-Khair school failed, as police arrested the owner and authorities promised an investigation.
Read report »Peshawar school collapse kills 34 as police investigate building safety
Thirty-three students and a teacher died when part of a private school collapsed in Peshawar, prompting an arrest and promises of a full investigation.
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Four killed and at least 17 injured in passenger-train derailment near Multan
Emergency crews sent 11 ambulances and 30 rescuers to the scene in Pakistan's Punjab province as investigators sought the cause.
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Isaias becomes post-tropical cyclone after Florida landfall
The storm weakened after striking near Destin as a Category 2 hurricane, but forecasters warned that damaging winds, flooding and storm surge risks continued inland.
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Teen charged after car hits Newcastle Knights supporters
Ten people were injured in Wallsend as supporters gathered to farewell the Newcastle Knights before the NRL grand final, with police saying the incident was not targeted.
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Hawaii’s Hōlei Sea Arch collapses into the Pacific
The National Park Service confirmed that the roughly 90-foot landmark in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park disappeared after years of erosion and instability.
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Floods kill 81 in Uttar Pradesh as Nepal reports 21 weather deaths
Days of heavy rain damaged more than 1,000 homes in northern India while floods and landslides also caused deaths and destruction in Nepal.
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Floods kill at least 16 across Thailand and Myanmar as Bangkok disruption grows
More than 1.7 million people in Thailand have been affected, while rescuers in southern Myanmar are searching for people missing after landslides.
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Bangkok declares flood disaster after nearly 300 millimetres of rain
All 50 districts were placed under disaster measures as overflowing canals inundated roads and homes, sending about 980 people to temporary shelters.
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Six missing after explosion collapses building in Athens' Plaka district
Rescuers searched through the night after a two-storey building collapsed in the Greek capital, with authorities examining a major gas leak as the likely cause.
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Two killed and 13 affected by smoke in Lucca apartment fire
Firefighters evacuated residents from a three-storey building in Lucca after a ground-floor blaze spread smoke through the property, leaving two people dead and forcing 16 residents from their homes.
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Hurricane Polo reaches Category 5 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast
The storm’s 165 mph winds made it an extremely dangerous hurricane as forecasters warned of flooding, landslides and hazardous coastal conditions.
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Tropical Depression Six forms southwest of the Azores
The Atlantic system carried 35 mph winds and posed no expected threat to land as forecasters assessed whether it could briefly strengthen.
Read report »Malaysia sends aircraft and firefighters to battle Indonesian wildfires
Indonesia accepted a Malaysian deployment as smoke from fires in Borneo and Sumatra spread hazardous haze across national borders.
Read report »At Least 70 Killed After Gold Mine Shafts Collapse in West Kordofan
Residents using basic tools searched for miners after adjoining shafts failed near al-Nuhud, while different sources reported a higher toll and dozens injured.
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Indonesia Extends Search for Eight Missing After Anak Krakatau Reporting Trip
Five journalists, two boat crew members and a guide have been missing since their speedboat lost contact in the Sunda Strait on September 7.
Read report »Search expands after Indonesian ferry capsizes in Java Sea
Authorities reported six deaths and 107 rescues as ships, a helicopter and hundreds of personnel searched for 130 people still missing.
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Nepal rescues two workers alive from flood-hit hydropower tunnel
Nine days after devastating floods, rescuers pulled two men from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower site in Rasuwa, while officials said many others were still missing.
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Nigeria pipeline fumes kill at least 37 in Rivers State, NGO says
A local NGO and police say at least 37 people died after inhaling fumes during an alleged fuel theft from an illegally tapped pipeline in Nigeria’s Rivers State.
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