Aug 15 Death toll rises to 11 in powerful explosion near the Dominican Republic’s capital; 11 still missing By Martín Adames, Dánica Coto, Associated Press More than 50 people were injured in Monday's explosion at a bustling commercial center in the city of San Cristobal. It is located just west of Santo Domingo, the country's capital. Continue reading
Jun 02 More than 280 killed, about 900 hurt after 2 trains derail in India By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people in one of the country's deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday. Continue reading
May 18 Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54, but full extent of damage still unknown By Grant Peck, Associated Press Cyclone Mocha roared in from the Bay of Bengal on Sunday with high winds and rain slamming a corner of neighboring Bangladesh and a wider swathe of western Myanmar's Rakhine state. Continue reading
Mar 17 Locals pick up pieces after Cyclone Freddy as death toll rises By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Vitus-Gregory Gondwe, Associated Press On Friday, Malawi authorities said Freddy killed at least 326 people, with 200 still missing. There are hundreds of makeshift camps set up across the country for survivors. Continue reading
Mar 13 Cyclone Freddy claims more lives as it slams Malawi, Mozambique By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Vitus-Gregory Gondwe, Associated Press An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 56 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both countries have confirmed. Continue reading
Feb 23 Death toll from massive Turkey, Syria earthquake tops 47,000 By Associated Press Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has raised the number of fatalities in Turkey from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake to 43,556. The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria now stands at 47,244. Continue reading
Feb 21 Brazil flooding toll hits 44 as search continues for missing By Tatiana Pollastri, Eléonore Hughes, Associated Press The death toll from flooding and landslides in Brazil’s southern state of Sao Paulo reached 44 on Tuesday as searches continued for dozens still missing. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 8:15 Western New York digs out of snow as winter storm death toll rises By John Yang, Alexis Cox, Tommy Walters, Mike Fritz The great blizzard of 2022 is passing into the history books, but its legacy lingers on the ground and in the air. Confirmed deaths from the storm topped 60 with more than half of those in western New York state. Continue watching
Oct 06 Hurricane Ian evacuees return to devastation as death toll hits 101 By Stephen Smith, Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press Hurricane Ian's death toll has climbed into the triple digits. The number of recorded storm-related deaths rose Thursday to at least 101 in the eight days since the storm made landfall in southwest Florida. Continue reading
Sep 13 Pakistan scrambles to deliver aid as flood death toll continues to rise By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Pakistan is scrambling to deliver aid and save lives as the death toll from record-breaking floods in this impoverished Islamic nation rose to 1,481, with 54 more people dying in rain-related incidents in the past 24 hours. Continue reading