Home News Cyclone Remal Aftermath: Trail Of Death And Destruction In Nagaland, West Bengal South Coast The incessant rain has caused mudslides in Kikruma village in Phek district. A vehicle damaged by a tree that fell on it amid strong winds following landfall of Cyclone Remal, at Bishalgarh near Agartala, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (PTI … Read more
By Rod McGuirk | Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and bodies trapped beneath the tons of debris that swept over a village. Thousands are being told to prepare to evacuate, officials … Read more
A quiet outing with his dogs and drone turned into a rescue mission for one life-saving photographer. Mike Busch planned to take his dogs to the beach when he first noticed two kayakers in the water, the Long Island Press reports. On his Great South Bay Images Facebook page, Busch said he was looking for … Read more
NEW DELHI: A team of around 24 Delhi cops doggedly went after a kidnapper — poring over CCTV footage, camping in agricultural fields, temples, and dhabas, tapping into local informers and conducting door-to-door search — before swooping on him at a railway station between Bulandshahr and Sambhal last Sunday. The gripping chase that spanned 100km … Read more
NEW DELHI: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev Monday thanked PM Narendra Modi for Indian Navy’s anti-piracy operation that saw it successfully rescuing seven Bulgarians who were part of a crew that was being held hostage by pirates aboard a hijacked ship.“My sincere gratitude to PM@narendramodi for the brave action of Navy rescuing the hijacked Bulgarian ship … Read more
By Joshua A. Bickel and John Seewer | Associated Press LAKEVIEW, Ohio — Blaine Schmidt sifted through the broken glass and splintered wood throughout his Ohio home Friday, salvaging a guitar and a bundle of diapers. His couch and a crib had been ripped apart by one of many tornadoes that tore through the central … Read more
Bay Area residents early Monday were able to enjoy sunnier skies, calmer winds and the departure of a deadly storm cell brought on by the second and final wave of an “atmospheric river” weather system. Still, the chaos wrought by the storm lingered, with hundreds of thousands of customers lacking power, and authorities cleaning up … Read more
AI-generated via DALL-E. A photographer stuck in the snow ingeniously attached a note to his drone and sent it to a nearby residence for help. The Taylor family got a shock when they noticed a drone hovering outside of the window just after they had finished up dinner. “I noticed that there were a couple … Read more
Associated Press BEIJING — Rescuers evacuated tourists on Tuesday from a remote skiing area in northwestern China where dozens of avalanches triggered by heavy snow have trapped more than 1,000 people for a week, state media said. The avalanches have blocked roads, stranding both tourists and residents in a village in Altay prefecture in the … Read more
GENEVA: The United Nations called Saturday for the urgent rescue of 185 people, mainly women and children, on a distressed boat last heard to be near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean.Around 70 of those onboard are children and 88 are women, the UNHCR refugee agency said in a statement.“At least a … Read more