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Posted:2018-10-13 09:08:53 UTC-07:00
At least 11 students have died while another 10 are missing after a flash flood inundated a school building in Muara Saladi village in Mandailing Natal Regency, North Sumatra, on Friday afternoon. The deluge that was preceded by downpours since Thursday also damaged 22 houses and electricity poles in the province's southern regency. Mandailing Natal Disaster Management Agency head Yasir Nasution said the flood suddenly arrived at 4 p.m. while the students were in class at SD No. 235 state elementary school. "Eleven students were found dead, while dozens are still missing," Yasir told The ...
Posted:2018-10-13 09:07:26 UTC-07:00
Eleven fishermen remained missing two days after a fishing boat capsized in big waves in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, authorities said Saturday. The fishing boat, "Mindongyu61648", from Fujian Province keeled over at about 10 a.m. Thursday in central Taiwan Strait and 13 crew members on board fell into the waters, according to the provincial maritime search and rescue center. Two people were saved by a passing fishing boat at about 6 p.m. Friday and turned to the maritime search and rescue center for help. Rescuers from Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and the East China Sea Rescue Bureau were ...
Posted:2018-10-13 09:00:42 UTC-07:00
The high-speed train line between the German cities of Cologne and Frankfurt has been closed after fire engulfed two carriages of an express. All 510 passengers were evacuated safely, with some slight injuries reported. A high-speed train traveling from the western German city of Cologne to Munich in the south caught fire early on Friday, prompting a large-scale rescue operation, in which all 510 passengers escaped to safety. A police spokesperson said on Saturday that the fire may have broken out in the second-to-last carriage and then jumped over to the end of the train. A technical fault ...
Posted:2018-10-13 08:50:59 UTC-07:00
A group of five South Korean climbers and four Nepali climbers and porters has been reported missing after a storm hit a camp on a Himalayan peak in west Nepal, officials said on Saturday. Tourism Ministry official Rameshwar Niraula said the storm struck the group at the base camp of Mount Gurja, a mountain of 7,913 metres (25,961 feet), on Saturday. The official said the camp had been destroyed. Wangchu Sherpa, head of the Trekking Camp Nepal agency that provided local support to the South Korean team, said the camp had been devastated, citing the pilot of a rescue helicopter that was sent ...
Posted:2018-10-13 08:48:06 UTC-07:00
Staff at Grand River Conservation Authority say there is blue-green algae in the reservoir at Belwood Lake. GRCA said the algae bloom was found near the Wellington Road 26 bridge in Belwood Village. Staff have are asking people to keep pets and children away from the algae and to avoid touching it. Boating is still allowed, but staff are warning people to avoid swimming in the lake and avoid drinking water from the lake. Blue-green algae normally form during late summer or early fall, when water is slow moving and warm. Certain kinds of algae can cause illness in human and animals.
Posted:2018-10-13 08:34:42 UTC-07:00
Hurricane Michael's eyewall came through Panama City shortly after noon Wednesday. It sheared trees in half, twisted roofs from their supports and tossed truck trailers and RVs like toys. The Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart had the roof, structural and water damage. Michael left substantially broken glass, caused cooling and plumbing issues and knocked out information systems. Officials in Bay County have told evacuees to stay where they are while first responders assess the damage. On Twitter, pictures of schools and businesses missing roofs began to circulate. Panama City was expected to ...
Posted:2018-10-13 02:12:47 UTC-07:00
At least 12 tribals including three children in Gajapati district who had taken shelter in a cave near a hillock to escape the tail end of Cyclone Titli, were killed and four others are still missing after being swept away by a rockslide on Thursday. Local officials said 22 tribals of Baraghara village of Gajapati's Rayagada block had taken shelter in a cave near their village on the morning after gale force wind blew away the roofs of their huts. But the hillock caved in due to incessant rain and the resultant rockslide swept away 16 of the villagers. Rayagada block chairman Dhaleswar Bhuyan ...
Posted:2018-10-13 02:08:06 UTC-07:00
Eleven people died and eight were injured when a bus collided with a truck late in Russia's Chuvashia region, around 700 km to the east of Moscow on Thursday (October 11). Local emergency services released video of destroyed vehicles and emergency services at the scene, saying that the bus traveling from the town of Kanash to Moscow was carrying 19 passengers and crashed at around 19:00 local time (1600 GMT).
Posted:2018-10-13 02:04:54 UTC-07:00
In a follow-up to a report two weeks ago about a New Jersey man who was reportedly infected by the 'brain-eating amoeba', Naegleria fowleri while surfing in a wave pool at BSR Cable Park's Surf Resort in Waco, Texas, the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District (WMCPHD) reported Friday that results of environmental sampling conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found evidence of Naegleria fowleri at the BSR Cable Park and Surf Resort (BSR). The report states N. fowleri was identified in the Cable Park but not specifically found in the Surf Resort, Lazy River, or ...
Posted:2018-10-12 22:26:36 UTC-07:00
Two suspected cases of a mysterious polio-like illness have been reported in Kansas City. Children's Mercy Hospital said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been notified. For privacy reasons, doctors are not able to give specifics about the two patients, but they do have the same polio-like symptoms that have shown up in more than 16 other states. Acute flaccid myelitis is called a mystery illness because doctors do not know what causes it. The spike in AFM cases is causing concern in part because the symptoms are so severe. "Potentially, you have a viral infection of some ...
Posted:2018-10-12 22:20:02 UTC-07:00
Harmful blue-green algae containing cyanotoxins was found on the North Shore of the Salton Sea, according to the Imperial County Public Health Department. Algal blooms containing cyanotoxins have been observed at least 5 times in the last 6 months, according to the California Water Quality Monitoring Council. "Due to the levels recently detected of cyanobacteria [blue-green algae] in the Salton Sea, it is important that the community is informed so that individuals know to limit exposure to themselves and their pets," said Imperial County Health Officer Dr. Stephen Munday. Exposure to ...
Posted:2018-10-12 22:17:57 UTC-07:00
The Israeli Health Ministry reported today (computer translated) on a imported monkeypox case in an Israeli who lives and works in the Port Harcourt area of southern Nigeria. The man got sick about a week after his return and was diagnosed today according to a report from Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Hospital. This follows two imported monkeypox cases in England, also from travelers from Nigeria. Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease indigenous to Central Africa. In humans, the disease is similar to smallpox, though milder. According to the CDC, the symptoms of monkeypox are as follows: About 12 days ...
Posted:2018-10-12 22:00:19 UTC-07:00
Power outages have dropped to under 85,000 in Guilford County after reaching a height of more than 94,000 this morning. As of 3:15 p.m., 84,988 Duke Energy customers were still without power following Tropical Storm Michael's visit Thursday that downed trees and power lines all across the county. Scores of residents across the Triad spent Friday assessing damage to their homes and properties and beginning to process of cleaning up from wind and water damage from the storm. Power is slowly being restored across the Triad.
Posted:2018-10-12 21:56:22 UTC-07:00
Storm Callum has struck Ireland overnight, leaving thousands without electricity, canceling flights and closing some schools as it tears across the country. Over two dozen flights to and from Dublin Airport were canceled as strong winds of up to 130kmh tore across Ireland. And there are fears that similar conditions may be on the way this weekend. Met Eireann forecaster Joanna Donnelly said the west of Ireland "is still not out of the woods". Status Orange warnings were issued for 13 coastal counties and a Status Yellow warning for inland counties. Gusts of up to 130 km/h were forecast and ...
Posted:2018-10-12 21:45:45 UTC-07:00
Shack operators along South Goa's coast have for the past few days halted the work of building the structures owing to the unseasonal rise in sea level. Due to the rise in sea level, the tourism department is also expected to delay its process of issuing permanent licences to the shack operators. Since Wednesday, Goa's beach stretch saw an unprecedented rise in sea level as an effect of cyclones Luban and Titli, causing inconvenience to the tourists visiting the beaches as well as shack operators setting up their shacks. The sea level rise had compelled the government to issue an advisory to ...
Posted:2018-10-12 21:32:45 UTC-07:00
Increased volcanic activity over the last 24 hours could release tons of fiery volcanic material and force evacuations of mountain villages, warned Guatemala's disaster management agency CONRED. A powerful June 3 eruption of the Fuego volcano-located 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of the capital-rained rocks, ash and toxic gases on several villages and left 190 people dead and 235 missing. CONRED had yet to issue evacuation orders for mountain communities early Friday, but spokesman David de Leon said: "Considering how the volcano is behaving some communities could make decisions to ...
Posted:2018-10-12 02:50:26 UTC-07:00
A Dubai-bound Air India flight hit a compound wall at Tiruchirappalli International Airport early on Friday and was diverted to Mumbai, reported ANI. The aircraft, with 136 passengers and crew on board, was damaged on its belly. There were no casualties. The flight, which took off from Tiruchirappalli airport at 1.20 am, arrived in Mumbai at 5.35 am, The Times of India reported. The pilots, were reportedly unaware of the damage and reported that all systems were functioning normally. However, they were asked to divert to Mumbai anyway as a precaution, NDTV reported. The aircraft was declared ...
Posted:2018-10-12 01:23:52 UTC-07:00
Storm Callum is starting to make itself felt ahead of the arrival of torrential downpours and winds of up to 70mph over parts of the UK on Friday. Heavy rainfall could present a risk to life, the Met Office said, as it issued a 36-hour amber warning for Wales where nearly a month's rain could fall over 48 hours. The forecast deluge poses a risk of communities being cut off by flooding, while high winds are expected to cause disruption across western areas of the UK. The Met Office has issued a series of weather warnings stretching from the north-west coast of Scotland to Land's End, including ...
Posted:2018-10-12 01:20:03 UTC-07:00
An F-16 aircraft has caught fire and exploded at the Floreness military airbase near the Walloon municipality in the South of Belgium, injuring two people nearby. The aircraft was completely destroyed while a second F-16 was heavily damaged from the explosion. Two people were wounded and treated at the scene. Injuries sustained were mainly related to hearing damage from the huge explosive noise. The F-16 military aircraft caught fire near a hangar during routine ground maintenance. Some reports have claimed the jet ignited during a technical manoeuvre. Several explosions followed with plumes ...
Posted:2018-10-12 01:08:48 UTC-07:00
At least 20 people were evacuated from their homes in the Hempsted community in Irmo on Thursday morning because of flooding caused by Tropical Storm Michael, according to Irmo Fire Marshal Brian Haley. Water rose up to knee- and waist-high in some areas, including along Broken Hill Road, which runs along Kinley Creek just off Piney Grove Road. Irmo fire rescuers were helping people walk out of their homes through the water. A rescue boat was on standby but hadn't been used, Haley said. Rescuers had checked on about 20 houses in the neighborhood by 10:30 a.m. Some of those houses were vacant, ...
Posted:2018-10-12 01:02:25 UTC-07:00
The Chautauqua County Health Department is warning residents after two confirmed cases of West Nile virus are found. County officials also say a horse was found with the virus in the town of Portland and had to be euthanized. They say the best ways to avoid contracting the virus is to always use bug spray or wear long sleeve shirts and pants when going outside. Residents should also get rid of any standing water near their home.
Posted:2018-10-11 23:12:26 UTC-07:00
Thirteen persons have been injured, two of them are said to be seriously hurt, in a bus accident at Bagalthok in Putalibazaar Municipality-11, Syangja on Thursday. The accident occurred when the bus (Lu 1Kha 4877) heading towards Sunauli from Pokhara hit a wall this afternoon, the District Police Office, Syangja, said. The injured have been taken to District Hospital, Syangja, for treatment. Sadang Pariyar, 24, of Putalibazaar, Yam Bahadur Gaha, 21, of Galyang-3, and Goma Gurung, 52, of Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City, Kaski, are said to be in critical condition. They have been referred to the ...
Posted:2018-10-11 23:05:02 UTC-07:00
A bus carrying over 30 tourists from Australia, Canada and the United States crashed into a truck filled with car tires near Heidelberg, Germany on Thursday, leaving nine people seriously injured, local police said. Five rescue helicopters and seven ambulances raced to the scene in the small southwestern town of Hockenheim, about 20 km from Heidelberg, to carry off injured passengers, a police spokesman said. He said the road was shut for several hours. Broadcaster SWR said a total of 35 people were injured in the accident, including the drivers of the bus and the lorry, and four people were ...
Posted:2018-10-11 23:02:53 UTC-07:00
City employees were evacuated from Defiance's wastewater treatment plant Wednesday morning following a chlorine leak. The Defiance Fire Department was initially called to the plant, located next to General Motors on Ohio 281, at 9:42 a.m. Capt. Todd Ham reported that there was a chlorine leak that set off an alarm. The valve was shut off, and employees evacuated to the conference room as part of their procedure. "They caught it right away," said Ham, of Wednesday's incident. Ham added that the county's hazardous materials team also responded to the scene. The building was then ventilated. ...
Posted:2018-10-11 21:36:58 UTC-07:00
A case of varicella, or 'chicken pox,' has been confirmed in a school-aged child in the Lopez Island community. San Juan County Health and Community Services has alerted medical providers and is working closely with the Lopez School District, preschools and families to investigate the varicella case, and identify others who may have been exposed. Varicella is a highly contagious infection, and symptoms include fever, fatigue and a rash that typically progresses from the head to other parts of the body. The incubation period is 10-21 days, most commonly 14-16 days and one can be contagious ...
Posted:2018-10-11 21:32:49 UTC-07:00
At least 56 people have been sickened by salmonella in a kindergarten in Netishyn city in Ukraine's western Khmelnytsky region, local authorities said on Thursday. The regional department of the Ukrainian Health Ministry said in a statement that 44 children were among those affected. According to local media, salmonella bacteria were found not only in the kitchen, but also in other parts of the kindergarten. The source of the infection remains unknown. Symptoms of salmonella infection include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps and typically occur within 72 hours after exposure to the ...
Posted:2018-10-11 21:25:07 UTC-07:00
At least 15 people drowned when an overcrowded and dilapidated riverboat sank in the northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said Thursday, in the latest shipwreck disaster to hit the vast central African country. The death toll may be much higher, with differing reports of how many people were aboard the boat, which had traveled from the Central African Republic before capsizing in the Ubangi River on Saturday night. "Fifteen of my constituents drowned in the shipwreck," Gbodi Kete, an official for the Bosobolo territory in DRC's North Ubangi province, told AFP. However, Kete ...
Posted:2018-10-11 21:22:21 UTC-07:00
At or near record flooding in Reno County keeps emergency crews busy with road closures, water rescues, and a few home evacuations. Reno County Emergency Management says first responders have conducted several water rescues since flooding began late last week. This includes three water rescues and three home evacuations to rescue eight people. The Hutchinson Fire Department Thursday morning said crews have executed seven water rescues since the flooding started. "We applaud their bravery and dedication to our citizens," Reno County Emergency Management says. Thursday afternoon, crews worked ...
Posted:2018-10-11 21:17:55 UTC-07:00
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Nearly 200,000 electric customers in Central Virginia are without power Thursday night following Hurricane Michael's path through the Commonwealth. As of 10 p.m. Thursday, more than 188,000 Dominion Energy customers were left in the dark. Rappahannock Electric reported more than 10,000 customers impacted as of 10 p.m. Thursday. Utility company officials anticipated the storm to bring tropical-force winds and torrential rain, which could bring down tree and power lines. Much of the area is under a flash flood warning until 2:15 a.m. Friday. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has ...
Posted:2018-10-11 20:52:10 UTC-07:00
A partially completed building collapsed on a construction site in the Cumbres del Sol community of Monterrey, Mexico, on October 11, killing at least seven people. The Civil Protection (Proteccion Civil) force of Monterrey was seen working to rescue people trapped in the collapse. At least nine people were missing after the accident on the construction site of a shopping mall. Monterrey's mayor, Adrian de la Garza, said he and the attorney general would "use all the elements [in their] power so that those responsible are detained and punished." This video, shared by the Mexican Office for ...
Posted:2018-10-11 20:49:07 UTC-07:00
At least seven people were killed in a 'massive landslide' after heavy rains in eastern Uganda Thursday, the local Red Cross said. 'The preliminary report indicates that the number is likely to increase from the reported seven but we are yet to establish the actual numbers','Uganda Red Cross spokeswoman Irene Nakasiita said in a statement. Nakasiita described the situation as tense with "community members... scared and fleeing from their homes." "In the meantime, the whole district, Bududa is still experiencing heavy downpour and we are expecting more of the same in other landslide-prone ...
Posted:2018-10-11 10:14:46 UTC-07:00
An overnight landslide caused by heavy rains killed 11 people, including four children, in the central Colombian town of Marquetalia, the country's disaster relief agency said on Thursday. The landslide, which occurred around 2:30 a.m. local time, sent part of a hillside onto several houses, photos posted on Twitter by the disaster relief agency for Caldas province showed. "The official information of what occurred in Marquetalia is of 11 people dead, the number of the missing is still not exact and the terrain is being evaluated for a preventative evacuation of families," the provincial ...
Posted:2018-10-11 10:11:29 UTC-07:00
In Italy, the Cagliari area of Sardinia was also hit by bad weather, and one woman was found dead on Thursday. Her car had got trapped by the flooding. Italian news agency Ansa named her as 45-year-old Tamara Maccario and said she and her family had left their home near a river over fear of the impending floodwater. The vehicle was swept away at about midnight on Wednesday. Ansa reports that one of the woman's daughters was found clinging to a tree, while two other children and their father were found in two separate homes nearby. Ms Maccario's body was found on Thursday morning. Another man ...
Posted:2018-10-11 10:09:13 UTC-07:00
In southern France the rise of the River Garonnette in Saint-Maxime swept five cars towards the nearby sea. Two bodies were found in one of the cars, which had been tossed upside down in the water. Saint-Maxime lies in the Var region, where local authorities had urged people not to take to the flooded roads and to seek shelter during the heavy rainfall. According to the BFMTV news site, 210mm (8in) of rain fell on Wednesday night - two months' worth of normal rainfall.
Posted:2018-10-11 02:25:59 UTC-07:00
Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia are making an emergency landing after a Russian booster rocket carrying them into orbit to the International Space Station has failed after launch. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos' Alexei Ovchinin lifted off as scheduled at 2:40 p.m. (0840 GMT; 4:40 a.m. EDT) Thursday from the Russia-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz booster rocket. They were to dock at the orbiting outpost six hours later, but the booster suffered a failure minutes after the launch.
Posted:2018-10-10 21:40:16 UTC-07:00
Three people have died and more than 40 injured after a residential building collapsed in Bahrain last night following a gas cylinder explosion. A large rescue operation was underway to free people trapped in the rubble of the building in the residential Manama neighborhood of Salmaniyah. Many of the injured were transported to the hospital. The building is believed to have collapsed when a cooking gas cylinder exploded. The rescue teams retrieved two bodies from the rubble and a third person found alive later died in hospital, the Interior Ministry reported on Wednesday morning. Local ...
Posted:2018-10-10 21:30:40 UTC-07:00
Watching out for you and your family, there are concerns spreading across the country about a rare virus affecting children. The virus called AFM can cause paralysis. There have been more than a dozen cases in Colorado, but none in El Paso or Pueblo counties. So far this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms 38 cases of AFM in 16 states across the country. Of the 14 cases here in Colorado, 12 of the patients were treated at Children's Hospital. Dr. Dominguez of Children's Hospital says the CDC started monitoring AFM after a respiratory illness outbreak in 2014. ...
Posted:2018-10-10 21:29:01 UTC-07:00
A fox in Kent County that came into contact with a human has tested positive for rabies. Delaware's Division of Public Health said the fox was found in the area of Still Road between Pony Track and Mahan Corner roads. The fox reportedly attacked a chicken on the victim's property and then bit the victim's leg. That person has begun treatment for rabies exposure. Since Jan. 1, DPH has performed rabies tests on 18 animals, 12 of which were confirmed to be rabid. Those rabid animals include four foxes, three raccoons, two cats, one dog, one horse and one donkey. Tests were performed on five ...
Posted:2018-10-10 21:25:20 UTC-07:00
Panic gripped the residents of Kenduguda in Sindrimal panchayat in this district after two children died of pneumonia within three days. Ten children are reported to be suffering from the fever in the village. The deceased were Liza Madkami (2), daughter of Sukra Madkami, and Indu Padiami (3), daughter of Deba Padiami. Liza was admitted to Pandripani primary health centre with fever and doctors shifted her to the district headquarters hospital in Malkangiri after preliminary treatment. She succumbed on the way while being shifted to the district hospital. Her three-year-old sister Sunali ...
Posted:2018-10-10 21:07:21 UTC-07:00
