Disaster

An explosion occurred in the early hour of Friday in Rumuekpe in the Emeoha Local Government Area of Rivers State, leaving many people, including women and children as well as vehicles burnt to ashes. It was gathered that the incident…

At least 36 people died on Carnival weekend in southeast Sao Paulo state as a result of flooding and landslides brought on by severe rain in Brazil, according to authorities. TV and social media footage from the municipality of São…

More than 5,000 victims- In a single city in southeast Turkey- of the devastating earthquake in Turkey were buried at a mass cemetery on Sunday. This is even as the total death toll rose above 34,000, with chances of finding more…

At least 5,894 people have died in Turkey while 2,470 deaths also recorded in Syria in the earthquake that hit the two countries on Monday morning. The figures increased the earthquake death toll to near 8,400 as race to find survivors…

Rescuers are racing to find survivors trapped beneath rubble either side of the Turkey-Syrian border as the death toll from one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in 100 years rose beyond 1,000 people. Thousands more were…

Gwarinpa Building Collapse: Search, rescue enter second day The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), says the ongoing search and rescue for persons trapped in the debris of a collapsed three-storey building at 4th Avenue, Gwarimpa,…

Ukrainian Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych have died in an helicopter crash near the country’s capital, Kyiv on Wednesday. According to…

Two boys have been identified as brothers – Finlay Butler and Samuel Butler among the four who fell into icy Babbs Mill Lake, in Kingshurst, Solihull, Birmingham on Sunday. According to The Standard, the Butler brothers also had their…

Police in Abuja has confirmed the death of a lady who was crushed to death along the Chikakore axis, in the Kubwa Area Council of the FCT, by a moving train, yesterday. The accident was said to have occurred when the car, carrying the…

Thousands of villagers living near Indonesia’s Mount Semeru were racing for refuge Sunday to the wail of emergency sirens as lava snaked towards their homes under a black sky after the volcano erupted. Locals fled on motorbikes sometimes…