6 h. ago Rescuers in Indonesia search for hundreds of missing people likely buried under landslides

Rescuers are urgently searching for hundreds of missing people in the wake of devastating floods that hit Indonesia a week ago, following extreme weather caused by Cyclone Senyar.

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58 h. ago Death toll reaches 69 as Sri Lanka is hit by rising flood waters

Heavy rain from Cyclone Ditwah has left people stranded, with more than 18,000 evacuated to temporary sheltersTroops in Sri Lanka were racing to rescue hundreds of people marooned by rising flood waters on Friday as weather-related deaths rose to 69, with another 34 people declared missing.Helicopters and navy boats carried out rescue operations, plucking people from treetops, roofs and villages cut off by flood waters. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!

As L’Atalante is re-released, we count down the best movies set largely on ships, boats, barges, yachts, steamers and trimarans. Submarines banned, as they’re under waterStephen Sommers’ sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of scene-stealing character actors playing mercenaries hired to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica for insurance purposes. But a giant mutant octopus has got there first! Among the potential cephalopod fodder are Treat Williams, Kevin J O’Connor, and Famke Janssen as a jewel thief. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The bird people of Lake Manchar: surviving in a vanishing oasis

The Mohana of Pakistan’s Sindh province once thrived on the lake but pollution and drought have caused the fragile ecosystem to collapse, along with their way of lifeAt the mouth of Lake Manchar, gentle lapping disturbs the silence. A small boat cuts through the water, propelled by a bamboo pole scraping the muddy bottom of the canal.Bashir Ahmed manoeuvres his frail craft with agility. His slender boat is more than just a means of transport. It is the legacy of a people who live to the rhythm of water: the Mohana. They have lived for generations on the waters of Lake Manchar in Sindh province, a vast freshwater mirror covering nearly 250 sq km. The lake, once the largest in Pakistan, was long an oasis of life. Now, it is dying.Bashir Ahmed in his boat on the lake, next to simple huts built on top of the right bank outfall drain Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Truth behind dog rescuing cat pics in Thai floods that made people go 'animals are humans'

Southern Thailand is currently experiencing severe rain storms and flooding with at least 19 people reported to have died and 1.9million affected by the extreme weather

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1 week ago More bodies found after Indonesia landslides, raising toll to 23 with 28 missing

Officials say rescuers have recovered more bodies in the search for people buried under landslides in two areas of Indonesia’s main island of Java, raising the confirmed deaths to 23

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1 week ago British woman among four tourists killed in blizzard at nature reserve in Chile

Four people also rescued alive at popular Torres del Paine reserve in Patagonia amid heavy snowfall and strong winds A British woman and four other foreign tourists have been killed in a blizzard at a nature reserve in southern Chile.Nine people went missing on Monday in the Torres del Paine reserve in Patagonia, a popular tourist destination, amid heavy snowfall and winds reaching up to 120mph. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Indonesian rescuers search for nearly three dozen people after landslides killed at least 18 people

Rescue workers are digging through tons of mud and rubble as they searched for 34 missing people after two separate landslides in two different regions on Indonesia’s main island of Java that killed at least 18 people

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2 w. ago Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris

Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare?As autumn blurs into winter, the news is once again filling up with a familiar story: overflowing rivers, inundated streets and overwhelmed infrastructure. Since Friday, England, Wales and Ireland have been hit by the storm the Spanish meteorological agency has elegantly named Claudia, with grim results. One place in particular massively bore the brunt of it all: the Welsh border town of Monmouth, where the raging River Monnow spilled into the streets, people had to be rescued from their homes and drones captured aerial views of the scene, showing fragile-looking buildings suddenly surrounded by a huge clay-brown swamp.Claudia and her effects made it into the national headlines – but mostly, local and regional floods now seem too mundane to attract that kind of attention. Eleven days ago, Cumbria saw submerged roads, blocked drains and over 25...

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2 w. ago Snow and ice feared as temperatures are predicted to plunge to

The cold weather follows flooding from Storm Claudia on Friday, when a major incident was declared in Monmouth, south-east Wales, where people were rescued or evacuated from homes.

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2 w. ago Brothers who claimed they were fishing when they were attempting to smuggle £26.5million of cocaine into Britain are jailed

Craig Nuttall, 51, and his brother Raymond, 47, had arrived at Watchet Marina in July 2025 insisting they were planning a few quiet days on the water in their Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat, the Guzzla.

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2 w. ago Afghan data breach was 'farrago of errors and missteps' that could happen again, say MPs

Ministers met covertly to sign off £7billion including the secret Afghan airlift to rescue people imperilled by the British data leak - but MPs now say the data disaster could easily happen again.

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2 w. ago Sailing boat sinks 300 miles out to sea as five passengers beg for help

The Virginia Coast Guard said rescuers coordinated with one of the world's biggest warships in an operation to rescue five people stranded after their 'Magic Bus' boat took on water

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3 w. ago Hundreds feared dead as migrant boat sinks near Thailand with 7 bodies recovered and 13 rescued after vessel capsized

HUNDREDS of people are feared dead after a boat packed with migrants capsized near the coast of Thailand. Neighbouring Malaysian authorities said they recovered at least seven bodies and rescued 13 more people. Officials believe the boat was carrying undocumented migrants who departed from Myanmar. They were part of a group of at least 300...

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3 w. ago French coastguard defends letting small boat carry on to Britain — after helping to rescue its passengers

THE French coastguard has defended unloading some passengers from a small boat - then letting it carry on into British waters. On Thursday one boat was just meters from the beach in Dunkirk when it struck the breakwater wall - originally used to evacuate soldiers in 1940. Some people had been thrown overboard and some...

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3 w. ago French coastguard rescues 94 people from water after small boat breaks apart

The incident occurred four nautical miles off Dunkirk on Thursday morning.

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3 w. ago Norwegian Cruise ship diverted to rescue dozens of people near Greek island

Norwegian Epic altered its course to assist with the rescue mission, cancelling its port call in Santorini

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