7 d. ago Rescuers search for dozens missing after deadly flash floods kill 4 in northern India

Rescuers are scouring a devastated Himalayan village in northern India's Uttarakhand state to find missing people, a day after flash floods killed at least four and left many others trapped under debris

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7 d. ago Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wilderness

Bad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national parkRescuers in Norway have resumed the search for an award-winning environmental journalist who has gone missing in bad weather during a solo hike in the remote Folgefonna national park, home to one of the country’s biggest glaciers.Alec Luhn, a US-born reporter who has worked for the New York Times and the Atlantic and was a regular Russia correspondent for the Guardian from 2013 to 2017, was reported missing on Monday after he failed to catch a flight from Bergen. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Rescuers call off search for 11 people presumed dead in Pakistan floods

Rescuers in northern Pakistan have called off a two-week search for at least 11 people swept away by flash floods last month, saying they are now presumed dead

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1 week ago Body found in collapsed Chile mine as search continues for trapped miners

At least 100 people involved in rescue operation at El Teniente copper mine, which partially collapsed after ‘seismic event’One of five miners trapped after a partial collapse at the world’s largest underground copper mine has been found dead, Chile’s state-owned Codelco group announced on Saturday, as rescuers continued their search for survivors.The collapse took place on Thursday at the El Teniente mine in Rancagua, 100km south of Santiago, after a “seismic event.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Weather tracker: Heavy monsoon rain leaves many dead in Pakistan

Low-lying areas of Punjab province hit by significant flooding after rivers overflow their banksThe south-west monsoon continued a deadly streak in Pakistan this week, with torrential rain on Wednesday killing at least 63 people. After beginning life as showers and thunderstorms in north-west India this week, a more organised area of low pressure developed, merging showers into a larger area of heavy rain as they moved into the Pakistani province of Punjab. This rain tracked roughly north across Punjab on Tuesday night and into Wednesday, hitting several major cities including Lahore and the capital, Islamabad. The greatest rainfall was in the city of Chakwal, which recorded 423mm (16.6in), more than double the July average.Rivers overflowed their banks, significantly flooding low-lying areas of Punjab. Though several of the deaths were attributed to drowning, most were the result of building collapses. A number of deaths were reportedly from electrocution. This latest deluge takes ...

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4 w. ago Rescuers search for 11 missing after speedboat capsized in western Indonesia

Indonesian rescuers are searching for 11 people, including three children, still missing after a speedboat capsized during a storm the previous day off Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands

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last month Search ends for missing crew of ship sunk by Houthis in Red Sea

Four people presumed dead and 11 unaccounted for after Yemeni forces sink bulk carrier Eternity C

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last month Search ends for those missing after Yemen's Houthi rebels sink ship in Red Sea

The search for those missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank a ship in the Red Sea has ended as at least four people are presumed dead and 11 others remain unaccounted for

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