Death Toll Climbs to 11 in Florida Condo Collapse, 150 Missing June 30, 2021 By Gabriella Borter SURFSIDE, Fla. — Search-and-rescue teams pulled two more bodies from the concrete and steel rubble of a partially collapsed Florida...
Indonesia Landslides Death Toll Rises to 140, Dozens Missing April 8, 2021 By Ricko Wawo and Niniek Karmini LEMBATA, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from mudslides in eastern Indonesia has risen to 140 with dozens still missing,...
What’s Next? Devastating Fires Are Latest Challenge in West September 14, 2020 By Lindsay Whitehurst and Andrew Selsky SALEM, Ore. — The path of devastation spans thousands of miles where flames have consumed people, homes and cars while...
Australia Counts Wildfire Devastation After Calamitous Weekend January 6, 2020 By Jason Gale Hundreds of properties were destroyed across southeastern Australia after searing temperatures and strong winds exacerbated catastrophic wildfires Saturday in one...
More Bodies Recovered Near Japan Volcano; Toll now 36 September 30, 2014 By EMILY WANG Five more bodies were found near the summit of a Japanese volcano on Monday, bringing the total presumed dead to...
80 Dead in Nigeria Building Collapse September 19, 2014 By SUNDAY ALAMBA The death toll in a building collapse at a televangelist’s church complex in Nigeria has risen to 80, an official...
Southern China Quake Death Toll Rises to 589 August 7, 2014 By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN The death toll in southern China’s earthquake jumped from 410 to 589 on Wednesday as search and rescue teams found...
Typhoon Rammasun Kills 18 in South China July 21, 2014 The strongest typhoon to hit southern China in four decades has killed 18 people, the government said Sunday, while in...
Survivor Blames Owner in Turkish Mine Disaster May 20, 2014 By DESMOND BUTLER Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey’s worst mining disaster: company negligence....
Death Toll Unknown in South Korea Apartment Building Collapse May 19, 2014 By JUNG-YOON CHOI North Korean officials offered a rare public apology for the collapse of an apartment building under construction in Pyongyang, which...