7 h. ago Death toll from Typhoon Bualoi, Vietnam’s deadliest storm this year, rises to 51

Government report estimate property damage caused by typhoon and resultant flooding at around £447m

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27 h. ago Organisers call for sixth night of protest as Morocco death toll rises to three

Prime minister praises security response and says government is ready for talksMorocco’s prime minister, Aziz Akhannouch, has praised the security force reaction to protests over corruption and public spending and said the government was ready for talks, as organisers called for a sixth night of protests.In a statement, Akhannouch said the death toll in the protests had risen to three. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Mapped: Philippines earthquake death toll hits 69 as search for survivors continues

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded close to 800 aftershocks by Wednesday afternoon

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52 h. ago Philippines earthquake death toll rises to at least 69 as Cebu hospitals struggle

More than 700 aftershocks recorded – mostly minor – while rescuers search for casualties in coastal city of BogoThe death toll from a powerful earthquake in the Philippines has risen to at least 69, with the number of patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu.Injured children cried and adults screamed as they were treated on beds beneath blue tents outside the Cebu provincial hospital. They had been wheeled outside as a precaution against waves of aftershocks overnight. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Philippines earthquake mapped: Death toll rises to 69 in powerful quake as rescuers search for survivors

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded close to 800 aftershocks by Wednesday afternoon

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57 h. ago Philippines earthquake latest: Travel warning for Britons after 69 killed in powerful 6.9

Entire Cebu province declares 'state of calamity' after earthquake brings down homes, splits roads and destroys public buildings

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58 h. ago Philippines earthquake latest: Death toll rises to 69 after powerful 6.9

Entire Cebu province declares 'state of calamity' after earthquake brings down homes, splits roads and destroys public buildings

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60 h. ago Philippines earthquake latest: Death toll rises to 69 as Cebu province declares ‘state of calamity’

Earthquake collapses homes, roads and public buildings in a region still reeling from a deadly storm just days earlier

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61 h. ago Philippines earthquake latest: Death toll rises to 31 as Cebu province declares ‘state of calamity’

Earthquake collapses homes, roads and public buildings in a region still reeling from a deadly storm just days earlier

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3 d. ago Dozens trapped in deadly Indonesian school collapse as rescuers search for survivors

Hundreds of search and rescue personnel worked to save survivors after a school building collapsed in Indonesia on Monday (29 September).

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3 d. ago One dead and 65 trapped under rubble after Indonesia school collapse

Death toll expected to rise as rescue workers spot several bodies under rubble

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3 d. ago Typhoon Bualoi death toll rises to 19 as rescuers search for missing fishermen

Storm leaves 21 people missing, 88 injured and over 100,000 houses damaged

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3 d. ago Indonesia school collapse: one dead, 65 buried under rubble as rescuers race to find survivors

Death toll expected to rise as instability of building in East Java town hampers rescue efforts At least one student has been killed, dozens injured and 65 presumed buried under rubble after a school building collapsed in Indonesia on Monday, with rescuers running oxygen and water to those who remained trapped more than 12 hours later.Rescue workers, police and soldiers digging through the night pulled out eight weak and injured survivors hours after the building at Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in the East Java town of Sidoarjo collapsed while students were praying. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nepal protesters propose former chief justice for interim leader as death toll rises

Violent protests leave at least 31 people dead

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4 w. ago Lisbon funicular crash latest: Death toll rises to 17 in Gloria cable car derailment as police in Portugal investigate

Portugal declares national day of mourning to remember people killed in funicular crash

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4 w. ago Lisbon funicular crash latest: Death toll rises to 17 as brakeman among the victims of tourist attraction disaster

Foreign nationals are among the dead following the disaster in the Portuguese capital

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4 w. ago Death toll rises to 15 with many injured after Lisbon’s Gloria funicular derails: Latest updates

Images of the crash show the yellow-and-white street car lying on its side near the Avenida da Liberdade as emergency services respond

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4 w. ago Death toll rises to 15 with many more injured after Lisbon’s Gloria funicular derails: Latest updates

Images of the crash show the yellow-and-white street car lying on its side near the Avenida da Liberdade as emergency services respond

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