/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/RJD43BCCGRIX7PC3NVPMNUUOWA.jpg "Seychelles declares state of emergency after explosion, flooding")
Wavel Ramkalawan President of Seychelles addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/ File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NAIROBI, Dec 7 (Reuters) – A blast at an explosives store wrecked buildings and caused “massive damage” to an industrial zone on the Seychelles’ main island …
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/UVIMVVUILZK6NPEYACXYDFMJIM.jpg "Chennai flooded as heavy rains from cyclone Michaung batter south India")
[1/2]Members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) evacuate people from a water-logged residential area following heavy rains due to Cyclone Michaung, in Chennai, India, December 6, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer Acquire Licensing Rights CHENNAI/HYDERABAD, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Rescuers used boats to reach people stranded in their homes amid widespread flooding in the India’s Chennai on …
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BHUBANESWAR, India, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Cyclone Michaung barrelled into the southern Indian coast on Tuesday with intense winds, its arrival preceded by torrential rains and flooding that killed at least 13 people, as officials assessed the damage. Tall waves crashed into southern coastal towns over the last two days as the cyclone approached, submerging …
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/I2XGLJXQGBJVLMLA5DTAXAM64Y.jpg "Indonesia’s Marapi volcano eruption leaves 22 dead; one still missing")
[1/4]Indonesia rescue team evacuate the body of a victim of the Mount Marapi eruption in Agam, West Sumatra province, in Indonesia, in this handout picture released on December 5, 2023. Basarnas/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights JAKARTA, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The death toll from Indonesia’s Marapi volcano eruption jumped to 22 on Tuesday as …
CHENNAI, Dec 4 (Reuters) – At least four people died, factories closed and the runway of one of India’s busiest airports lay submerged due to torrential rain, as two southern states were braced on Monday for the impact of a severe cyclone. Cyclone Michaung was expected to make landfall on the coast of the southern …
BEIJING, Nov 16 (Reuters) – A fire that erupted in the office of a coal company in northern China has now killed 26 people, state media said on Thursday, raising the death toll from the latest in a series of deadly accidents to befall the coal industry. President Xi Jinping, on a trip to the …
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TOKYO, Nov 16 (Reuters) – A 53-year-old man was arrested in Tokyo on Thursday after crashing a car into a barricade near the entrance of the Israeli embassy and injuring a police officer, authorities said. Police said the suspect was a member of a right-wing organisation, without elaborating, and that a policeman in his 20s …
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/5MF4R3IHMZOFZEV52RW253JVSI.jpg "Falling debris hampers rescue of 40 workers trapped in Indian tunnel")
[1/6]A supply truck loaded with augers prepares to enter a tunnel where 40 road workers are trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Shankar Prasad Nautiyal Acquire Licensing Rights LUCKNOW, India, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Falling debris are hampering efforts to pull …
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LUCKNOW, India, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Rescue workers on Tuesday battled to reach 40 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan highway tunnel for almost 60 hours, drilling through debris to fix a wide steel pipe which they hope can be used to pull the men out. The trapped men are safe and healthy, authorities …
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/FT6VRYF35BJHLMUH3RYWFHW42E.jpg "Hurricane Lidia kills one in Mexico before storm dissipates rapidly")
People walk by a restaurant damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Lidia, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Ruano Acquire Licensing Rights PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Mexican rescue workers on Wednesday toiled to clean up damage left by powerful Hurricane Lidia, which battered Mexico’s Pacific coast overnight, killing at least …