Franklin Fire grows in Malibu as evacuations widen
Firefighters are battling a fast-moving blaze near Pepperdine University that has scorched thousands of acres, damaged homes and pushed tens of thousands to evacuate.
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Kanlaon eruption pushes Philippine volcano to Alert Level 3 after ash plume and PDCs
PHIVOLCS raised Kanlaon to Alert Level 3 after a Monday eruption sent a 4-kilometer plume skyward, triggered ashfall reports, and prompted evacuation warnings for communities near the volcano.
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Eni explosion in Calenzano kills five and injures 26 in factory blast
A blast at an Eni site in Calenzano, near Florence, killed five workers and injured 26, with investigators examining maintenance work being carried out at the time.
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South Korea Fishing Boat Capsizes After Barge Collision, Killing Seven
2024-12-09 event: Coast guard and fire officials said a fishing boat sank after striking a sand barge near Gyeongju, leaving seven crew members dead and one missing.
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Landslides and flash floods in Indonesia’s Java island kill 10 and leave 2 missing
Rescuers in West Java’s Sukabumi district were still searching on December 9, 2024 after torrential rains destroyed villages and infrastructure.
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Mumbai bus crash kills at least six after driver loses control in Kurla
A BEST bus smashed into vehicles and pedestrians in Mumbai on December 9, killing at least six people, injuring dozens and triggering a chaotic scene in the city’s Kurla area.
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Six Killed After Turkish Military Helicopters Collide During Training
One helicopter crashed in Isparta province while the other landed safely, prompting an investigation into the cause of the midair contact.
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Five dead after explosions collapse flats in The Hague
Police say a car sped away from the scene as rescuers searched the rubble for more missing residents.
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Storm Darragh kills two and leaves more than 1.5 million without power
The storm brought deadly winds and widespread outages across England, Ireland and the United Kingdom as emergency crews worked through the damage.
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New Zealand police presume three climbers dead after Aoraki fall
Police in New Zealand have ended the search for two Americans and a Canadian who went missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook, saying evidence indicates they died in a fall.
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Ivory Coast minibuses crash kills 26, injures 28
On ${rows[3].event.eventDate}, Ivory Coast authorities said a fiery collision between two minibuses in the village of Brokoua killed at least 26 people and injured 28 more, underscoring how deadly road accidents remain in the country.
Read report »Floods in Malaysia and southern Thailand kill more than 30 and displace tens of thousands
Monsoon rains inundated the region on December 3, 2024, forcing shelter openings and rescue deliveries by boat.
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Dozens are killed and more than 100 are missing after a boat capsizes on Nigeria’s Niger River
Authorities said the boat was carrying about 200 passengers to a market when it overturned in central Nigeria, leaving rescuers searching for the missing.
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Thailand construction collapse kills six on Rama II Road
On ${rows[7].event.eventDate}, a launching gantry crane and precast concrete segments collapsed on Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon province, killing six people and injuring eight others in one of Thailand’s latest construction-site disasters.
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North Sumatra floods and landslides kill 31 as rescue teams race to clear roads
Torrential rain triggered flash floods and landslides across four districts, trapping people in buried vehicles and overwhelming shelters.
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Malaysia braces for its worst floods in a decade after heavy monsoon rains kill three
Authorities in Malaysia moved disaster crews and froze ministerial leave after heavy monsoon rains displaced more than 90,000 people and flooded large parts of the country, with Kelantan hit hardest.
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Landslides in Uganda’s Bulambuli district kill at least 15 and leave 113 missing
Heavy rains triggered landslides across six villages in eastern Uganda, burying homes and forcing rescue crews to search for survivors and bodies.
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Sri Lanka storm kills at least 12 and forces more than 250,000 to flee
Floods and landslides linked to a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal left children among the dead and pushed the army into relief work.
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Record November Snow Disrupts Seoul Region and Leaves Six Dead
Heavy snow closed schools, cancelled more than 140 flights and strained roads and utilities across South Korea’s capital region.
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Four bodies recovered after tourist boat Sea Story capsizes in Egypt’s Red Sea
Egyptian naval forces found four dead and rescued five more people a day after the Sea Story sank in rough water off Marsa Alam.
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Five dead after small plane crashes near Costa Rica’s Pico Blanco mountain
A Cessna 206 on a diverted domestic flight crashed near San Jose on November 26, killing five people and leaving one woman critically injured.
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Tourist boat sinks off Marsa Alam, leaving 16 missing and 28 rescued
Sixteen people were missing after a tourist boat sank in Egypt’s Red Sea waters, while 28 passengers and crew were rescued from the wreck.
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Eight migrants, including six children, die in shipwreck off Samos
Greek authorities found eight bodies off Samos after a boat carrying about 50 migrants capsized, in the latest deadly crossing attempt in the Aegean.
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DHL cargo aircraft crash near Vilnius kills crew member
Three other people aboard the Swiftair-operated Boeing 737 were injured after the flight from Leipzig came down short of Lithuania’s main airport.
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