BEIJING — At least 10 people died and 33 were missing after flash foods in Yuzhong County in China’s northwestern Gansu province, Chinese state media reported Friday. Heavy rains since Thursday had triggered flash floods and at least one landslide in mountainous areas near the city of Lanzhou, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The downpour…
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Dozens of rescuers searched the banks of a mountain river Wednesday looking for people missing after monsoon floods swept away Nepal’s main bridge connecting to the country to China and caused at least nine deaths. Police said dozens of rescuers were already at the area and more are expected to join the…
BEIJING — Heavy flooding in central and southern China has killed at least nine people with and displaced tens of thousands as more rainfall was forecast on the way, state media reported Tuesday At least eight people were listed as missing in the worst-hit provinces of Henan, Hubei and Guizhou, where rivers overtopped dikes and…
Q: The tornado sirens once again wailed recently, warning the city when the threat was actually to the south of Mankato and moving east. There is nothing wrong with being overly cautious about severe weather conditions, but I suspect many people might be ignoring the siren or at minimum seeking localized information from the National…
Insurance may not be on the itinerary of all travellers, but those who do apply for coverage understandably expect greater peace of mind for their money. Therefore, it was worrying to learn that most plans sold in Hong Kong provided fewer benefits to older and younger travellers, even though they paid about the same as…
Days before a devastating magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Myanmar, flattening buildings and killing thousands, a team of Chinese seismologists published a study warning of a heightened risk of such disasters in the area. With the death toll now estimated to have passed 3,000, the seismologists have predicted the March 28 quake will not be the…
Myanmar’s military chief, Min Aung Hlaing, arrives to meet earthquake survivors gathered in the compound of a hospital in Naypyidaw. Hlaing said he expected the death toll to rise and urged ‘any country, any organisation’ to help with relief efforts. Photograph: Sai Aung Main/AFP/Getty Images Source link
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Myanmar’s deadly earthquake, Israel’s strikes on Beirut, and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s trip to the Philippines. Rising Death Toll in Myanmar A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, sending tremors through Southeast Asia that killed at least 150 people and damaged infrastructure. In…
Thai rescue workers arrive on scene at a construction building collapse in the Chatuchak area following an earthquake on March 28, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Lauren Decicca | Getty Images News | Getty Images Bangkok authorities declared the Thai capital a “disaster area” on Friday, after a powerful earthquake in Myanmar created tremors which caused…
BANGKOK — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least two people in Bangkok and burying an unknown number when a high-rise building under construction collapsed, and prompting Myanmar to declare a widespread state of emergency. The midday temblor with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city,…