RSOE EDIS - Event report
VI-20181203-65668-USA - Vehicle Accident - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-12-03 06:47:23 UTC-08:00
One child is dead and at least 40 others -- mostly children -- were injured after a youth football team bus traveling from Texas to Memphis, Tenn., crashed in Arkansas early Monday morning, police said. The charter bus was traveling on Interstate 30 near Benton, Ark., about 2:40 a.m. Monday when it careened off the road and overturned, Arkansas state police said in a statement. The bus was carrying the Orange Mound Youth Association's football team, which had attended an All-Star game in Dallas, Texas during the weekend. The team was on its way back to Memphis at the time of the incident, ...
EH-20181203-65667-MWI - Epidemic Hazard - Malawi - Africa
Posted:2018-12-02 21:11:03 UTC-08:00
Three people who were attacked by a rabid hyena in Ntcheu a few weeks ago have tested positive to rabies and are still in critical conditions in hospitals, police have said. Ntcheu police spokesperson Hastings Chigaru said two victims are at Ntcheu district hospital whilst one is at Queen Elizabeth Hospital receiving rabies medication and other medication related to their wounds. "They are all in critical conditions but they are receiving the rabies medication," he said. The hyena first attacked a 33-year-old man Chisomo Thembakako who was working in his field with his wife, critically ...
TO-20181203-65666-USA - Tornado - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-12-02 21:00:19 UTC-08:00
The Camden County Sheriff's Office has confirmed with Action News Jax that there are reports of two injured at the Kings Bay Naval base following a confirmed tornado Sunday afternoon. According to CCSO, the debris field from the tornado shows it extended to Cumberland Island and they are sending their marine patrol to the area. According to the CCSO a Coast Guard cutter vessel did flip at Kings Bay, however, the Coast Guard says that it is a Navy barge detached from the dock and flipped. Action News Jax is working to confirm these details. A spokesperson for the Kings Bay Naval station said ...
SPS-20181203-65665-FRA - Serious public security incident - France - Europe
Posted:2018-12-02 20:55:06 UTC-08:00
The French authorities are considering all options of countering street riots in Paris, including declaring a state of emergency, French Government Spokesman Benjamin Griveaux told Europe 1 radio station on Sunday. Several police trade unions have called on the government to impose a state of emergency to prevent violence next Saturday, the radio station reported. In comments to this report, Griveaux did not rule out this measure, saying that "all options are on the table." Mass protests, triggered by the rising fuel prices and taxes, flared up in France on November 17. The demonstrators are ...
EH-20181203-65664-THA - Epidemic Hazard - Thailand - Asia
Posted:2018-12-02 20:53:18 UTC-08:00
A school near the border in Tak's Mae Ramat district has been closed indefinitely after public-health officials found 13 students contagious with measles. Six of the students from New Road Learning Centre are in serious condition in hospital. Most of the school's students are Myanmar children and many have never been vaccinated. Health officials have advised parents to keep children at home if they show any measles symptoms. "And please take them to a doctor," said an official visiting the learning centre. Measles is an acute systemic viral infection that can cause fever, a rash and ...
LS-20181203-65663-IDN - Landslide - Indonesia - Indonesian Archipelago
Posted:2018-12-02 20:30:25 UTC-08:00
Seven university students were killed and nine others were injured in a landslide at a hot springs resort in Semangat Gunung village in Merdeka district, Karo regency, North Sumatra, on Sunday. The bodies of all the victims were moved to Amanda Hospital in Berastagi, Karo, where seven of the injured students are also being treated. The remaining two injured students were sent to Efarina Hospital. Karo Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Martin Sitepu said five of the seven deceased victims had been identified. They were Emelita Ginting, Mones, Emiya Tarigan, Sartika Teresia Pinem, and ...
ED-20181203-65662-LKA - Environment Pollution - Sri Lanka - Asia
Posted:2018-12-02 20:19:00 UTC-08:00
The Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy stated the Nuwara Eliya unit of the Central Environmental Authority has been informed about a possible oil leak into the Castlereigh reservoir. Media spokesperson of the Ministry Sulakshana Jayawardena said that engineers in charge of the reservoir had already been informed of this. He also said that a proper study should be carried out regarding the incident.
VIV-20181203-65661-IDN - Vehicle Incident - Indonesia - Indonesian Archipelago
Posted:2018-12-02 20:15:47 UTC-08:00
Ferry KM GERBANG SAMUDRA I caught fire early in the morning Dec 2 5 hours after leaving Surabaya, Java, bound for Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, in vicinity 06 35S 112 54E, Java sea, some 35 nm north of Surabaya, with 148 people on board. 145 people, passengers, and crew were rescued by nearby Indonesian ship, 3 are missing. The abandoned ferry is on fire, no details on firefighting and salvage yet. Passenger ro-ro ship KM GERBANG SAMUDRA I, IMO 880855588, length 84 meters, flag Indonesia.
HZ-20181203-65660-AUS - HAZMAT - Australia - Australia - New-Zealand
Posted:2018-12-02 20:10:59 UTC-08:00
Seven people, including four children - one in a serious condition - have been taken to hospital after being exposed to chemicals at a swimming pool near Campbelltown, south-west of Sydney. Emergency Services were called to the Wollondilly Community Leisure Centre on Argyle Street in Picton to a HAZMAT incident about 10 am on Monday. Twelve ambulance crews were at the scene and treated two adults and nine children, an ambulance spokesman said. A Fire and Rescue NSW spokesman said crews arrived following reports that premixed chemicals had been added to the pool and formed a gas cloud, with ...
VI-20181203-65659-NGA - Vehicle Accident - Nigeria - Africa
Posted:2018-12-02 20:04:25 UTC-08:00
Nineteen wedding guests have been confirmed drowned after a boat carrying them capsized late Saturday in western Nigeria, local police said on Sunday. The incident occurred when the victims, who were guests at a traditional wedding ceremony, were returning to their various homes, sailing across the River Niger, in Lafiagi area of the western state of Kwara. The police and other sources said 21 passengers were on board the boat at the time of the capsize. Only two were rescued. The bodies of the 19 victims were recovered by divers. Ajayi Okasanmi, a spokesman for the police in Kwara, told ...
EH-20181203-65658-IND - Epidemic Hazard - India - Asia
Posted:2018-12-02 20:02:34 UTC-08:00
At least three people including two children are dead and over 250 taken ill due to alleged food poisoning in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district. According to Kumaon Commissioner Rajeev Rautela, those dead include two children aged 10 and five years old and a woman. At a wedding ceremony on November 29 night, many guests consumed food and subsequently fell sick including the bride and groom. All have been admitted to different hospitals in Berinag, Kapkot, Bageshwar, Almora and Haldwani.
TO-20181203-65657-USA - Tornado - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-12-02 19:50:40 UTC-08:00
As daylight arrived Sunday, residents in Taylorville were getting their first good looks at the devastation a suspected tornado caused on Saturday evening. More than 20 people were injured and, according to very preliminary estimates, more than 100 homes were severely damaged after a line of storms cut through the Christian County city around 5 p.m. Saturday. The destructive spring-like storm system, which came less than a week after central Illinois was hit with a snowstorm, included at least a dozen reports of tornado touchdowns throughout central Illinois. Taylorville, located about 30 ...
VI-20181202-65656-ZAF - Vehicle Accident - South Africa - Africa
Posted:2018-12-02 12:16:54 UTC-08:00
Fifteen people were injured on Sunday morning, one of them critically, when a taxi and bus collided at the Snake and New Modder roads intersection in Benoni on the East Rand. "Paramedics and other services arrived on the scene to find the two vehicles in the slow lane of the road. Several people were found scattered around the scene," said ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring. He said paramedics had assessed the injured and found that one person had sustained numerous injuries and was in a critical condition, while 14 others had sustained minor to moderate injuries. "The patients were treated for ...
FF-20181202-65655-NZL - Flash Flood - New Zealand - Australia - New-Zealand
Posted:2018-12-02 12:08:19 UTC-08:00
The flood happened at about 2.30 pm on Whatawhata Road in Dinsdale, Fire and Emergency said. The drains were blocked and couldn't cope with the sudden heavy rain, the shift manager Scott Osmond said, but he added that no amount of drain maintenance would have stopped the flooding. "The fact that the rainfall was so localized and so heavy, was what made it worse." The knee-deep water will damage some properties and crew are onsite helping to clear it up. The water is now slowly subsiding but the evacuated residents likely won't be able to return home until tomorrow, Mr. Osmond said. "Civil ...
FR-20181202-65654-USA - Fire - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-12-02 12:05:45 UTC-08:00
Nine people were injured when a deck collapsed Saturday during a house fire. Birmingham Fire Capt. Sebastian Carrillo said that three of the injured were transported to UAB Hospital for treatment of first- and second-degree burns. The other six suffered minor injuries from the fall, and declined hospitalization. The incident occurred around 9:17 p.m. at a single-family residence in the 1300 block of 15 Court North. "They were having a gathering and the house caught fire," said Carrillo. "Everyone ran onto the deck. It put a (heavy) load onto the deck and it collapsed." The deck, Carrillo ...
VI-20181202-65653-ZAF - Vehicle Accident - South Africa - Africa
Posted:2018-12-01 23:22:52 UTC-08:00
Five people were killed and four others injured in a collision between two vehicles on the N8 in Mandela View, about 10km outside Bloemfontein in the Free State, on Saturday afternoon, paramedics said. ER24 spokesman Russel Meiring said ER24 paramedics were returning to their branch when they came across the accident at about 2.30pm. "On arrival, paramedics found one vehicle on the side of the road while the second vehicle was found in the road. "Upon closer inspection, paramedics found three people lying outside the one vehicle while two others were found lying trapped inside. Unfortunately, ...
FR-20181202-65652-USA - Fire - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-12-01 22:14:26 UTC-08:00
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of an early-morning blaze that tore through the Travel Inn, leaving three people - including a firefighter - hurt. Fort Wayne fire crews arrived at the hotel at 2712 Coliseum Blvd. W., about 1:10 a.m. Friday and found flames overwhelming a room, according to the fire department. A man at the location escaped the room, but paramedics took him to a hospital in serious condition with burns on his back. A firefighter needed hospitalization for minor injuries as well, officials said. Another guest at the lodge was taken to the hospital for smoke ...
HZ-20181202-65651-UKR - HAZMAT - Ukraine - Europe
Posted:2018-12-01 22:07:48 UTC-08:00
The investigation found that the level of gamma-radiation inside the transported container was ten times higher than the natural level, the local online newspaper Timer Odessa reported. The Ukrainian border security service has found radioactive cargo in the port of the city of Odessa, Timer Odessa reported Friday. During the procedures carried out by border control personnel, the Yantar radiation control system detected suspicious contents inside a container loaded with abrasive materials that had been transported there by car. According to the investigation, the level of gamma-radiation ...
BH-20181202-65650-USA - Biological Hazard - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-12-01 22:02:58 UTC-08:00
The death of the Oregon Zoo's youngest elephant was sudden, but not unusual: The virus that killed her is the leading cause death for young Asian elephants like Lily worldwide, affecting captive animals and animals in the wild. Lily had EEHV or elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus. Like herpesvirus in humans, it most often presents as small bumps on the skin. But sometimes, the virus causes severe internal bleeding. The virus was first identified in 1995 when an elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo died. Today, that zoo runs the National Elephant Herpesvirus Laboratory. Their lab manager ...
VI-20181202-65649-IND - Vehicle Accident - India - Asia
Posted:2018-12-01 21:04:23 UTC-08:00
At least 25 passengers got injured after a matador collided with a tipper in Kathua area on Saturday. As per the details, a matador (JK08AF-240) which was on its way to Kathua from Hatli collided with a tipper (PB06-2877) near Dhol Khad, Hatli of Lakhanpur area resulting into injuries to 25 passengers boarded in matador. The injured have been identified as Sohan singh son of Balwant Singh resident of Khanyari, Sonu son of Raju Din resident of Jasua Hatli, Ranuka daughter of Kuldeep Raj resident of Khaniyari, Sushma wife of Rakesh Singh resident of Hatli Morh, Guddu wife of balwant Singh, Niku ...
FF-20181202-65648-IDN - Flash Flood - Indonesia - Indonesian Archipelago
Posted:2018-12-01 20:59:11 UTC-08:00
A flash flood, triggered by heavy rains, swept through three villages in Southeast Aceh district on Friday, destroying 20 houses and carrying away a mosque. "Another flash flood hit Southeast Aceh. This time, it affected the three villages of Natam Baru, Kayu Metangur, and Natam Lama in Badar sub-district," acting chief of the Aceh Provincial Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBA), Teuku Ahmad Dadek, said here on Saturday. Dadek stated that 17 of the 20 houses and the mosque were located in Natam Baru, three in Kayu Metangur, and one in Natam Lama. The flash flood also destroyed a bridge, while ...
EH-20181202-65647-ZWE - Epidemic Hazard - Zimbabwe - Africa
Posted:2018-12-01 20:49:09 UTC-08:00
A deadly anthrax outbreak has ripped through the Midlands province with cases being reported in Gokwe North and South districts, where herds of cattle have been wiped out and human cases have also been recorded. Midlands veterinary services officer Munyaradzi Chigiji confirmed the development. He told NewsDayWeekender that samples to be tested to ascertain the cause of livestock deaths have since been sent to the department's laboratories in Harare. "I can confirm that lately there have been huge numbers of cattle dying in the 2 districts of Gokwe (Gokwe North and South). Villagers approached ...
CC-20181201-65646-NZL - Climate Change - New Zealand - Australia - New-Zealand
Posted:2018-12-01 08:43:24 UTC-08:00
More than 50 beached pilot whales perished in New Zealand Friday, the latest in a spate of mass strandings this week that experts have linked to rising ocean temperatures. The dead whales were part of a pod of 80-90 whales spotted late Thursday on the shore of remote Chatham Island, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of the South Island, the Department of Conservation said. It is the fifth stranding in New Zealand in less than a week, including 145 pilot whales which all died after they beached last weekend at Stewart Island, off the southern coast of the South Island. By the time rangers ...
HZ-20181201-65645-USA - HAZMAT - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-11-30 22:55:00 UTC-08:00
Officials say 22 people were hospitalized due to an ammonia leak at Koch Foods in Gadsden Friday night. At 4:23 p.m., the Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency was notified of an anhydrous ammonia leak at Koch Foods on Paden Road in Gadsden, EMA officials said. Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency officials said 22 people have been taken to area hospitals. EMA officials said those patients are "being monitored and or treated as a precautionary measure." The plant was evacuated soon after the leak was reported. Those employees who evacuated and were not hospitalized ...
WF-20181201-65644-USA - Forest / Wild Fire - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-11-30 22:50:35 UTC-08:00
Officials are keeping a close eye on a large brush fire burning in West Broward. The Florida Forest Service said they are monitoring an 800-acre forest fire about a mile north of Alligator Alley, near Mile Marker 44 of Interstate 75. Firefighters will not be trying to put out the blaze, officials said. The primary concern earlier was the wind direction, but that has since subsided. According to FFS officials, there are currently no structures being threatened, and roadways remain open. Motorists are advised to be on alert for smoke in the area.
BH-20181201-65643-PHL - Biological Hazard - Philippines - Pacific Ocean - West
Posted:2018-11-30 21:39:21 UTC-08:00
A dog believed to be rabid bit 7 people in Barangay Sumagdang, Isabela City, Basilan on Friday night. The victims, most of them were children, suffered bite wounds to the face, arms, and other parts of the body. Initial reports showed that the victims were at the street when they were suddenly attacked by the dog. Angry villagers bludgeoned the dog to death. An investigation is ongoing on what prompted the animal to attack.
VI-20181201-65642-USA - Vehicle Accident - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-11-30 21:37:51 UTC-08:00
Police say six people were hurt after a NICE bus was involved in a crash in front of the Nassau Coliseum Friday afternoon. Police say the accident occurred around 3 p.m. on Hempstead Turnpike and Earl Overington Boulevard. Nice officials say the Route N70 bus was struck from behind by a passenger vehicle while at a stop. NICE officials say there were approximately 30 people on the bus. Neither the bus driver or the driver of the other vehicle were injured, according to police. NICE officials had said earlier that 10 people were taken to the hospital after the crash.
VI-20181201-65641-BRA - Vehicle Accident - Brazil - South-America
Posted:2018-11-30 21:04:18 UTC-08:00
A small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in Brazil's biggest city Friday, killing at least two people and injuring a dozen, firefighters said. The charred remains of the single-plane spilled from a hole in one of the three homes it hit near Sao Paulo's small Campo do Marte airfield. Two cars in front of the building were also smashed. A firefighting spokesman told The Associated Press that the bodies of two people were pulled from the wreckage of the six-seat Cessna 210 Centurion. Spokesman Andre Elias said it wasn't immediately clear if the plane was carrying more than two ...
FF-20181130-65640-TUR - Flash Flood - Turkey - Asia
Posted:2018-11-30 11:47:10 UTC-08:00
For the second time in 10 days, flood water has surged through the streets of Bodrum. The Turkish city which is the gateway to nearby holiday resorts during the summer is currently a scene of flood damage. Heavy rainfall swept cars down the streets and left them either submerged or stacked. The downpour was preceded by a waterspout, seen to form under a thunderstorm and drift towards the beach. The following rain went on into the night. Bodrum Mayor Mehmet Kocadon emphasised that citizens were warned in advance of the heavy rain risk: "It was a very interesting situation. It was like a ...
VI-20181130-65639-USA - Vehicle Accident - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-11-30 11:25:41 UTC-08:00
A plane crashed Friday morning in southern Indiana, killing multiple people. According to WHAS, the ABC affiliate in Louisville, the crash happened in Borden, Indiana at about 11:30 a.m., in the 2600 block of Crone Road. The plane that crashed could hold about 10 passengers, Clark County Sheriff Jamie Noel said. No survivors have been located at this time, Noel said. The sheriff's office said there were multiple fatalities, WHAS reported. He said it was very difficult to access the scene of the crash due to it being in a wooded area.
VI-20181130-65638-USA - Vehicle Accident - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-11-30 11:24:12 UTC-08:00
Two men were recovering late Thursday night after their plane crashed onto the campus of Kennesaw State University. It happened in the area of Frey Lake Road at Campus Loop Road. The FAA said a Cirrus SR22 aircraft was involved in the crash around 6:50 p.m. Cobb County Police said the two men were transported to an area hospital for treatment but were talking with emergency workers when they were pulled from the wreckage. Authorities said the plane was headed to Fulton County Airport-Brown Field from Omaha, Nebraska. Initial indications point to engine failure as the cause. "We were actually ...
EQ-20181130-65637-USA - Earthquake - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-11-30 11:11:36 UTC-08:00
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the state of Alaska on Friday morning, churning up roads and sending office workers running to the streets. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was centered about 5 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. "It was anarchy," Brandon Slaton, a resident of nearby Kenai, Alaska, told the Associated Press. "There are no pictures left on the walls, there's no power, there's no fish tank left. Everything that's not tied down is broke." The National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning for the Cook Inlet and the Southern Kenai Peninsula shortly ...
CID-20181130-65636-CAN - Critical Infrastructure Disruption - Canada - North-America
Posted:2018-11-30 09:35:04 UTC-08:00
Quebec's public security minister says the government's priority is making sure people in the Magdalen Islands are safe, following a severe windstorm that knocked out power and telecommunications services Thursday. "My priority now is the safety and health of the people over there, and then it's to have people over there being able to feed us with precise information about what is needed," said Genevieve Guilbault. Power lines were knocked down and the two fibre optic cables that link the islands to the mainland were cut by the storm, which brought winds reaching speeds of 120 kilometers an ...
EH-20181130-65635-FIN - Epidemic Hazard - Finland - Europe
Posted:2018-11-30 09:31:13 UTC-08:00
Annika Saarikko (Centre), the Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, has urged parents to vaccinate their children following news that a case of measles has been confirmed in Ostrobothnia, Western Finland. "An infection in a region with low vaccination coverage. Community immunity is important. I wish the young patient a speedy recovery. A reminder from the bottom of my heart: mothers and fathers, vaccinate your children," she stated on Twitter on Thursday. Mediauutiset reported earlier yesterday that an unvaccinated preschool-aged child has been diagnosed with measles in Luoto, ...
VI-20181130-65634-CHN - Vehicle Accident - China - Asia
Posted:2018-11-30 02:22:39 UTC-08:00
At least five people are dead and more than 30 injured after a bus ferrying airport staff to work crashed into a stationary taxi on the island of Tsing Yi this morning. The horror collision happened on the North West Tsing Yi Interchange about 5am near exit of the the Nam Wan Tunnel as the bus approached the Tsing Ma bridge, according to reports. According to police, the dead include the male driver of the taxi and four passengers from the bus, including two men and two women. The coach was carrying workers from five companies providing services at the airport to their jobs, including staff ...
BH-20181130-65633-AUS - Biological Hazard - Australia - Australia - New-Zealand
Posted:2018-11-29 23:32:46 UTC-08:00
Beachgoers have been advised to avoid the water at a popular beach north of Brisbane due to an algae outbreak. Moreton Bay Regional Council said Trichodesmium bloom (also known as blue-green algae) has been detected along Redcliffe Peninsula foreshore at Scarborough extending past Queens Beach towards Redcliffe. A council spokeswoman said council officers were currently monitoring the foreshore. "Normally this type of algae will get washed away by the tide or rot quickly, some will be removed by beach cleans but it is naturally occurring and very difficult to remove," she said. "This type of ...
VI-20181130-65632-USA - Vehicle Accident - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-11-29 22:46:07 UTC-08:00
A plane crash in Marion killed one occupant Thursday afternoon, according to Fox59. Officials with the Grant County Emergency Management Agency say it happened just south of the Marion Municipal Airport. Witnesses indicate the scene is along Ind. 22, between Ind. 37 and Ind. 9. It's not clear at this time if anyone else was injured in the crash.
EH-20181130-65631-SSD - Epidemic Hazard - South Sudan - Africa
Posted:2018-11-29 22:41:33 UTC-08:00
South Sudan health officials on Thursday declared an outbreak of the deadly yellow fever viral disease in the southwestern part of the country bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Makur Matur Koriom, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, said a suspected Ebola case found in Nzara County, Gbudue State, near the DRC border has been confirmed positive with yellow fever after preliminary testing was conducted last week. "The ministry of health would like to inform the public that there is a confirmed outbreak of yellow fever in Supiri village in Nzara County of Gbudue State," ...
VI-20181130-65630-USA - Vehicle Accident - USA - North-America
Posted:2018-11-29 22:40:04 UTC-08:00
At least 13 students and two adults were injured after a multi-vehicle crash involving a school bus on Thursday afternoon. It happened around 3:30 p.m. on I-95 northbound near I-295 in Delaware. Police say the crash involves a total of four vehicles, one of which was a school bus that was transporting students from Delcastle Technical High School. A total of 13 students on board the bus and two adults from the other vehicles involved were transported to area hospitals with minor injuries. Lanes have reopened and the scene has cleared, but motorists should expect residual delays.
ST-20181130-65629-GBR - Extreme Weather - United Kingdom - Europe
Posted:2018-11-29 22:37:08 UTC-08:00
A school library has been closed after torrential rain cascaded through its roof and destroyed hundreds of books. An army of volunteers joined forces to help in the mammoth clean-up at Christ Church Junior School, in Downend. But despite their efforts, hundreds of books had to throw away following the flood, on Tuesday, November 27, at around 2:50 pm. And to make matters worse, headteacher Pippa Osborne confirmed the cost for repairing the roof would be around L40,000. She said: "There was a deluge of rain which all fell on the roof from three different angles at the same time. "There wasn't ...
