Winter storm pushes Gulf Coast into rare cold and deadly disruption
CNN said at least nine people were believed dead as a once-in-a-generation storm brought dangerous cold and heavy snow to the Gulf Coast.
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India train disaster near Jalgaon kills 13 after fire rumour
2025-01-22 event: Passengers fled a Mumbai-bound train after an emergency cord was pulled, only to be struck by another train on the adjacent track.
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Hughes Fire Rapidly Expands Near Castaic Lake as Evacuations Shift With Containment
A wind-driven wildfire north of Castaic spread rapidly after igniting near Castaic Lake, prompting evacuation orders and warnings before conditions improved enough for some restrictions to be reduced.
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San Diego County fires force evacuations as violent winds batter Southern California
Brush fires in San Diego County erupted amid hurricane-force winds, adding to a regional wildfire emergency that kept crews and residents on alert.
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Cold wave deepens across North America as winter storm threatens the US South
A hard freeze spreading across Canada and the contiguous United States has already been linked to a death near Milwaukee, while forecasters warned of historic snow and dangerous blizzard conditions farther south.
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At least 17 dead in Ivory Coast bus and truck crash
A passenger bus carrying 70 people collided with a freight truck in Ponan-Ouinlo, leaving 23 injured and prompting an investigation into one of the latest deadly road crashes in the country.
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Boat capsizes in Bihar, leaving three dead and four missing
A boat carrying passengers on the Ganga capsized in Bihar's Katihar district, leaving three people dead and four still missing as rescue teams searched the river.
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Bus crash in Eastern Cape kills five and injures six
A bus struck a concrete centre barrier in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, killing five passengers and injuring six others.
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House fire in Ghaziabad kills four after short circuit, report says
A short circuit triggered a house fire in Ghaziabad, India, leaving four people dead, according to the supplied report.
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Ski lift collapse injures 10 at Spain’s Astún resort
A chairlift failure at the Astún resort in the Spanish Pyrenees sent skiers falling to the snow and left two young women in intensive care on the event date 2025-01-18.
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Eaton Fire holds at 95% containment after 17 deaths and more than 14,000 acres burned
CBS News said the Eaton Fire had not grown for nearly two weeks, while containment rose to 95% and officials continued damage inspections.
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Pakistan mourns feared mass drowning after migrant boat capsizes off Western Sahara
More than 40 Pakistanis are feared dead after a boat carrying 80 passengers, many from eastern Punjab, went down near Dakhla on a route to the Canary Islands.
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Two Cambodian deminers killed while clearing an old anti-tank mine in Oddar Meanchey
The January 16, 2025 blast hit workers removing a war-era mine from a rice field in the country’s northwest.
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AccuWeather puts Southern California wildfire losses at up to $275 billion
AccuWeather issued a preliminary damage estimate that would place the Southern California fires among the costliest disasters in U.S. history.
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Landslide at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 12, many missing
Rescuers said mud buried or damaged about 50 houses in Hpakant, where seasonal landslides have repeatedly struck miners and scavengers.
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Bus falls into gorge in Uttarakhand, killing six and injuring 22
A bus plunged into a gorge in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district, killing six people and injuring 22 others, according to local reporting.
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Avalanche in Trasquera kills three ski mountaineers and injures two
Five people were swept by an avalanche in the Val Grande area of Trasquera, Italy, with three confirmed dead and two taken to hospital.
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Deadly Flooding and Landslides Hit Ipatinga in Brazil’s Minas Gerais
Torrential rain triggered landslides and severe flooding in Ipatinga and nearby areas of Minas Gerais, killing at least 10 people and leaving many residents displaced.
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Los Angeles Wildfire Death Toll Rises to 24 as Winds Threaten New Spread
California officials warned that stronger Santa Ana winds could intensify the wildfire emergency around Los Angeles after the death toll rose to 24.
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Los Angeles Wildfires Grow Into a Regional Disaster as Death Toll, Losses and Evacuations Mount
As multiple fires tore through Los Angeles County, officials faced rising deaths, mass evacuations, major structural losses and the prospect that the disaster could rank among the most damaging in U.S. history.
Read report »Two Strasbourg trams collide, injuring 50
Emergency crews treated another 100 people for shock after the crash near the city's central station.
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Gas-station blast in Yemen kills at least 15 and leaves dozens injured
Health officials in central Yemen say an explosion and fire at a gas station killed at least 15 people and severely injured many others.
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Bus crash on German highway leaves two dead and several seriously hurt
Police in northeastern Germany said a bus crash on a highway near Prenzlau killed two people and injured 11 others, including several seriously.
Read report »California deploys 939 incarcerated firefighters as Los Angeles County wildfires spread
Nearly 1,000 incarcerated men and women were sent to the fire lines as record-breaking blazes destroyed homes and strained emergency crews across southern California.
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