Days of heavy monsoon rain has caused rivers, including the Brahmaputra, to overflow, inundating communities, disrupting livelihoods and damaging infrastructure.
Days of heavy monsoon rain has caused rivers, including the Brahmaputra, to overflow, inundating communities, disrupting livelihoods and damaging infrastructure.Open
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia have intensified, affecting multiple regions and causing heavy damage and casualties.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Ukraine launched a significant drone attack on Russia overnight, targeting 18 regions and the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow has annexed to the Russian Federation but is regarded as occupied territory internationally. Two Turkish-owned civilian cargo ships en route to Turkey were also struck, drawing protests from the Turkish government. The attacks have resulted in at least six deaths and multiple injuries. DETAIL: The attacks led to fires at warehouses near Moscow and St Petersburg, including those belonging to the e-commerce giant Wildberries. In the Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, a woman was reportedly killed, and two others were injured when a drone hit a car. Meanwhile, Russian strikes in…Open
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near Naples, southern Italy, leaving dozens injured, causing power outages, disrupting train and metro services, and damaging some buildings. Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 2 , [...]
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in southwestern Japan has killed 34 people and left thousands sleeping in cars and crowded shelters without water, and now a heat wave is compounding the misery. Three days after the quake struck Kyushu, Japan's southern main island, rescuers with search dogs were still combing collapsed buildings in Kumamoto Prefecture on […] The post Kumamoto earthquake survivors endure 97-degree heat in cars as Japan's death toll hits 34 appeared first on American Almanac .
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in southwestern Japan has killed 34 people and left thousands sleeping in cars and crowded shelters without water, and now a heat wave is compounding the misery. Three days after the quake struck Kyushu, Japan's southern main island, rescuers with search dogs were still combing collapsed buildings in Kumamoto Prefecture on Friday while survivors faced temperatures that peaked at 36 degrees Celsius, 97 degrees Fahrenheit. Japan's weather agency and Ministry of the Environment issued an extreme heat alert for Kumamoto city, where more than 9,000 displaced residents were packed into shelters and an unknown number of others had nowhere to go but their vehicles. The Kumamoto prefectural government confirmed the…Open
Searchers continued to work in the Kumamoto area, including at the site of the collapsed mall, where some of the most serious damage was recorded.
Searchers continued to work in the Kumamoto area, including at the site of the collapsed mall, where some of the most serious damage was recorded.Open
A powerful earthquake struck Japan's southern Kyushu island on Monday afternoon, collapsing the second floor of a shopping mall, trapping workers at a paper factory, and leaving police reporting "a lot of deaths" as rescue crews worked into the night. The quake hit at 4:27 p.m. local time, 2:27 a.m. Eastern, and registered magnitude 7.1 […] The post Magnitude 7.1 earthquake collapses mall in southern Japan, leaves at least nine missing and feared dead appeared first on American Almanac .
A powerful earthquake struck Japan's southern Kyushu island on Monday afternoon, collapsing the second floor of a shopping mall, trapping workers at a paper factory, and leaving police reporting "a lot of deaths" as rescue crews worked into the night. The quake hit at 4:27 p.m. local time, 2:27 a.m. Eastern, and registered magnitude 7.1 on the Japan Meteorological Agency's scale, the agency's highest possible intensity rating of 7 on the Shindo scale. The U.S. Geological Survey measured it slightly lower, at 6.8. Either reading placed it among the strongest to strike the country this year, and the damage on the ground bore that out within minutes. In Kashima, a city in Kumamoto prefecture, the second floor of an Aeon Mall shopping center…Open
A powerful earthquake struck Japan's southern Kyushu island on Tuesday afternoon, collapsing the second floor of a shopping mall and trapping an unknown number of people inside, with police telling Japanese media there were "a lot of deaths" at the site. The magnitude 7.1 quake hit the Kumamoto region at 4:27 p.m. local time, according […] The post Magnitude 7.1 earthquake collapses shopping mall in southern Japan, leaves dozens trapped or missing appeared first on American Almanac .
A powerful earthquake struck Japan's southern Kyushu island on Tuesday afternoon, collapsing the second floor of a shopping mall and trapping an unknown number of people inside, with police telling Japanese media there were "a lot of deaths" at the site. The magnitude 7.1 quake hit the Kumamoto region at 4:27 p.m. local time, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, sending violent shaking across the southern end of the country's main island chain. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the event at a lower magnitude of 6.8, a discrepancy that remains unresolved between the two agencies. By either measure, the quake registered at the highest possible level, 7, on Japan's Shindo intensity scale, a reading that signals catastrophic ground…Open
(AP) A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu July 28. Part of a shopping center in Kashima Town collapsed, leaving dozens of people missing or injured, officials and reports said.
The quake shook Kumamoto, on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu, late Tuesday afternoon local time, causing damage and injuries.
The quake shook Kumamoto, on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu, late Tuesday afternoon local time, causing damage and injuries.Open