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Landslide kills 6 in North Sumatra, Indonesia

Six people have been killed and five others injured in a landslide that occurred in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, a senior official at Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.   The official, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho,…

Severe hailstorm causes mayhem in Scottsbluff, USA

Photo by: Irene North/Star-Herald Large balls of hail rained down on Scottsbluff Monday evening. The hail was accompanied by wind gusts of up to 60 mph and several areas reported flash flooding. The storm lasted less about 10 minutes, causing…

Massive chemical explosion injures more than 100 in Northern Nigeria

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that 112 injured persons were still on admission in hospital following Saturday’s explosion of a chlorine cylinder used for water treatment at Lamingo plant of the Plateau Water Board in Plateau State.…

Severe flooding kills 36 in Pakistan

A bus passes through the flooded streets of Peshawar, Pakistan, July 23, 2015. Photo: REUTERS / Khuram Parvez Torrential rains and floods in Pakistan have left 36 dead and affected more than 250,000 people, disaster management officials said Saturday, with…

Chemical Plant Fire kills 1 and injures 4 in NW China

Heavy smoke is seen when a facility leaks and catches fire at the Qingyang Petrochemical Company owned by PetroChina in northwest China’s Gansu Province on July 26, 2015. [Photo: Chinanews.com] One person was killed, four were injured and another two…

Gas cylinders explode in Norfolk riverside village, UK

Homes were evacuated for two hours after a gas cylinder exploded in a Norfolk riverside village.   Three fire engines were called just before 11:00 BST to a fire in a shed containing gas cylinders in Riverdale Court, Brundall.  …