12 h. ago Mount Semeru erupts sending ash 3,900ft into air as flowing mud devastates towns

Mount Semeru, in East Java, Indonesia, has been on a high level active alert for several years. The eruption has left torrents of mud flowing through towns

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6 d. ago Pictures show scale of devastation in Welsh town where residents are staying in hotels

The town hadn't flooded for decades but now, days before Christmas, folk here are beginning a long rebuild

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6 d. ago Mother appeals for help to find daughter abducted from UK to Jamaica

Tau Rodriguez-Fairplay, five, taken in February by mother’s former spouse, is believed to be in town hit by hurricaneA UK-based mother whose five-year old daughter was abducted and taken to Jamaica is appealing for help to locate the missing child. Tau Rodriguez-Fairplay is believed to have been hidden in the town of Black River, which was devastated by Hurricane Melissa in October.Her mother, Samar Rodriguez, a London School of Economics lecturer in human rights and gender, said Tau had been missing since early February. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Drone video shows devastated Ukrainian town nearly encircled by Russian forces

Military leaders said they are relying on ground-robot drones to carry food and water to remaining soldiers

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2 w. ago Exclusive drone footage shows devastated Ukrainian town almost encircled by Russian forces

Exclusive drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows a devastated Ukrainian town nearly encircled by Russian forces near the city that Moscow this week claimed to now control

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3 w. ago UK ‘ghost town’ where high street lies abandoned is hit by ANOTHER ‘devastating’ blow putting 400 jobs at risk

A UK "ghost town" with an abandoned high street is hit by another "devastating" blow which puts 400 jobs at risk. It has been announced that a major employer in the area is shutting down in the New Year. The struggling town of Cowdenbeath in Fife lies on the edge of Exxon Mobil's petrochemical plant...

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4 w. ago ‘We’ve got to find answers’: Corby families affected by cancer searching for truth about toxic waste sites

Alison Gaffney believes her son’s rare leukaemia was caused by dumped toxic waste from the town’s steelworksAlison Gaffney and Andy Hinde received the devastating news that their 17-month-old son, Fraser, had a rare type of leukaemia in 2018.Two years of gruelling treatment followed, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, before a stem cell transplant. Fraser, then aged three, made a “miraculous recovery” from the surgery, before doctors declared the cancer in remission. Continue reading...

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