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Nine days after devastating floods, rescuers pulled two men from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower site in Rasuwa, while officials said many others were still missing.
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Turkish authorities said the mv Tugberk Imamoglu sank rapidly after colliding with a tanker in the Marmara Sea, with rescue teams still searching for the missing crew.
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A tugboat carrying eight crew members overturned in waters off Busan on Wednesday, leaving one person dead, six missing and one rescued as South Korean authorities deployed vessels, aircraft and navy assets.
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A passenger bus overturned on a desert highway in South Sinai, killing 22 people and injuring 28 others, with 10 Jordanian nationals among the dead, according to AFP via France 24.
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A passenger bus overturned on a desert highway in South Sinai, killing 22 people and injuring 28 others, with 10 Jordanian nationals among the dead.
Open story ↗An overnight blast near Augsburg’s main train station injured two people, triggered a temporary shutdown of the transport hub, and led investigators to examine a separate object that was later declared harmless.
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An overnight explosion near Augsburg's main train station left two people with minor injuries, and a later security alert briefly closed the transport hub before police declared it safe.
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Police in Augsburg said a pre-dawn explosion near the main station injured two young people before the station reopened later in the morning after a suspicious object was found harmless.
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Turkish authorities said the Tuğberk İmamoğlu sank after colliding with an oil tanker in the Marmara Sea, prompting a search for the 10 people believed to have been aboard.
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Turkish rescuers searched for 10 people after a cargo ship carrying rolled steel sank near Istanbul following a collision with an empty oil tanker before dawn on Wednesday, officials said.
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Turkish authorities launched a major search after a cargo ship carrying rolled steel sank following a pre-dawn collision with an empty tanker west of Istanbul.
Open story ↗Turkish rescuers searched the Marmara Sea on the event date after a cargo ship sank following a collision with another vessel off Istanbul province.
Open story ↗Turkish authorities launched a large search after a steel-laden cargo ship sank following a pre-dawn collision with an empty tanker west of Istanbul.
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A British national was among the 119 rescued, but officials say more than 4,000 people remain missing after deadly flash floods near the Tibet border.
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A British man was among 119 people rescued as teams worked through debris after floods triggered by a glacier collapse.
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South Korea will deploy a 44-member disaster relief team to Nepal after flash floods in the northern Rasuwa district triggered a wider search-and-rescue response.
Open story ↗Air quality in parts of Indonesia’s Borneo reached hazardous levels on August 31, with Palangkaraya posting an AQI of 780 as firefighting support continued to build.
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Park rangers say most of the people initially feared missing after the Grand Canyon flash flood have been accounted for, but recovery efforts are still under way and damage to park infrastructure is mounting.
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Rajendra Dawadi acted on a flood warning in Nepal and got hundreds of students and staff out before the school was swept away.
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Indonesian officials raised the alert level for Mount Sinabung after an eruption sent ash 3,500 metres into the air, with no casualties reported in the available account.
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Rajendra Dawadi says a rapid evacuation at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nepal moved hundreds of children out just before flash floods destroyed the campus.
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Nepalese officials said 903 bodies had been recovered after glacier-linked flooding, while the number of missing people nearly doubled within two days.
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Emergency teams in Nepal intensified efforts to reach hundreds of workers believed trapped inside mud-filled hydropower tunnels after catastrophic Himalayan flooding.
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Aid agencies and governments have pledged millions in emergency help after flash floods in Nepal and China’s Tibet region left nearly 800 people dead and more than 3,000 missing.
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Park officials said a 46-year-old man was recovered near the Colorado River as crews searched for people still unaccounted for after severe flooding at Bright Angel Creek.
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The deployment is Japan’s first overseas firefighting mission and will carry helicopters and about 600 personnel to Indonesia.
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A farmer in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, found a weak orangutan on a palm-oil plantation near wildfires, prompting a rescue and emergency treatment for the animal named Sampurna.
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The Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship JS Kunisaki departed Kure carrying three CH-47 helicopters for Japan’s first overseas firefighting mission, aimed at helping Indonesia battle forest fires.
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Residents were urged to remain alert while rescue teams worked through destroyed roads, bridges and power networks along the Nepal-Tibet flood corridor.
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The National Park Service says a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park left about 15 people missing, forced the evacuation of 62 people and damaged a key water pipeline.
Open story ↗Authorities in Nepal say the disaster has killed at least 734 people and left nearly 2,500 missing, with rescue crews still struggling to reach cut-off communities.
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Nepali and Chinese authorities widened rescue efforts after a Himalayan flash flood killed at least 579 people in Nepal, left hundreds missing across the border region, and raised new fears about flooding from an upstream lake.
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British Columbia ended the emergency order imposed on August 8, though evacuation alerts, active fires and major transportation disruptions were still shaping the province’s wildfire season.
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A pump boat overturned in Mapanuepe Lake in San Marcelino, Zambales, killing six Aetas, including three minors, in a tragedy reported on 2026-08-27.
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President Abdelmadjid Tebboune moved after fires in Jijel left dozens injured and more than 40 blazes were still burning.
Open story ↗The declaration was lifted early on emergency officials' advice, though evacuation orders remained and about 200 fires were still active across the province.
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Authorities said the Aug. 15 magnitude 7.7 earthquake in East Nusa Tenggara injured 1,678 people and damaged more than 36,000 homes and public buildings.
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The fourth named storm of the 2026 Atlantic season carried 40 mph winds and was forecast to stay broadly steady while moving west toward the region.
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Two women lost consciousness and required surgery after riding the extreme roller coaster six days apart, according to a report cited by The Hollywood Reporter.
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A two-kilometre section south of Boston Bar resumed escorted, single-lane traffic while crews continued repairs to wildfire-damaged power infrastructure.
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The seismic signal came from collapsing ice and rock before a destructive debris flow swept through communities on both sides of the Nepal-Tibet border.
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The U.S. State Department reported no known American deaths and said three citizens had been rescued as families sought news of missing pilgrims and travellers.
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At least 160 people were killed and hundreds remained missing after an ice-and-rock avalanche sent destructive floodwaters through Himalayan communities and transport corridors.
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Roads, bridges, power facilities and villages were swept away after an ice-rock avalanche unleashed destructive flooding across the Nepal-Tibet border region.
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Pakistan's prime minister ordered an investigation and suspended the health secretary after a nursery blaze whose reported toll differed between official and broadcaster accounts.
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