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Telangana: NDRF rescues 8 fishermen, SDRF personnel missing in Bethupalli Lake; no casualtiesEight fishermen and State Disaster Response Force personnel went missing during a rescue operation at Bethupalli Lake. They were stranded i...
More baby elephants, enough EC: It makes no sense to consume bad news, a world that feels good about good news should only stick to itThe baby elephant rescue in Siliguri elicited widespread positive sentiment, contrasting with negative political news. Public sentiment oft...
Smoke from charred ferry in Philippines hampers rescuers looking for 84 missingRescuers faced smoky conditions on a damaged ferry after a fire. Fifty-four people remain missing and at least thirty-five have died. The M...
Georgian Bay rescue: 23 fishermen airlifted after ice floe drifts two kilometres from shore, leaving some partially submergedGeorgian Bay ice rescue: Twenty-three ice fishermen were rescued from a drifting ice shelf in Georgian Bay on Sunday, March 8, after it bro...
Typhoon Ragasa batters Hong Kong and south China after killing dozens in Taiwan and the PhilippinesTyphoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms in years, caused widespread destruction across Asia. It brought intense winds and torrential ra...
Honduras plane crash: Aurelio Martinez, one of Central America's most gifted performers, killed. Check detailsHonduras plane crash: At least 12 people have been killed after a plane crashed off the Caribbean coast of Honduras on Monday evening, offi...
Dolphin gets new lease on life after crashing onto fishing boat off New Zealand's coastThe 11-foot long bottlenose dolphin jumped aboard the roughly 16-foot-long boat when Dean Harrison, the owner of the boat, was out on a fis...
Cyclone Dana update: Flights at Kolkata airport suspended, Odisha civil services prelims exam postponed, trains cancelledCyclone Dana live tracker: Ahead of the landfall of the severe cyclonic storm Dana, Odisha and West Bengal have been put on high alert. In ...
Philippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising concerns about a possible major spillA Philippine oil tanker, Terra Nova, sank in Manila Bay after encountering huge waves. The tanker was carrying 1.4 million liters of indust...
Hallucinations, thirst and desperation: How migrants endured 36 days at seaFor 38 men and boys, it was salvation. For the other 63, it was too late. Too often, migrants disappear without a trace, without witnesses,...
Fierce winds cause panic on ferry that capsizes in Philippines, killing at least 26, officials sayAt least 26 people have died and 40 others have been rescued after a small Philippine ferry was capsized on Laguna de Bay in Rizal province...
Cyclone Tauktae: Landfall process starts; 6 dead in MaharashtraTropical storm 'Tauktae' which had intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, lies close to the Gujarat coast, the India Meteorological...
Treasures of the sea: Everything that comes out of the captivating whales is preciousNothing beats the musical story of blue whale, the largest animal ever.
Typhoon, landslides leave 35 dead, dozens missing in VietnamThe immediate focus for rescuers was on three villages in the country's central region where landslides killed at least 19 people and are s...
View: Kerala plane crash response shows how locals play key role in disaster managementA veteran of disaster and humanitarian missions with the UN writes about how locals helped save many lives during the Kerala plane crash. A...
China launches two more satellites to beef up GPS-style systemThe satellites were launched from a Long March-3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan province.
Cyclone Ockhi casts a shadow as RK Nagar bypoll campaigning gains paceOf the 145 nominations received by the Returning Officer, 73 filings were rejected, including those of film actor Vishal and the niece of f...
China deploys anti-aircraft missiles on disputed South China Sea island: ReportSatellite images showed two batteries of eight surface-to-air HQ-9 missile launchers as well as a radar system on Woody Island.
- Typhoon pummels China, forcing nearly 1mn to flee
A typhoon pummeled China's eastern coast Sunday, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety.
- Over 40,000 evacuated as tropical storm hits south China
Typhoon Neoguri has weakened into a severe tropical storm after hitting the Hainan island province in south China forcing evacuation of ten...