Category: Disaster

Yangon, June 1 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck about 22 miles (35.41 km) northwest of Hopin in northern Myanmar's Kachin state at 5:50 p.m. local time, according to Myanmar's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH). The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially deter […]

Sanaa, May 31 : A UN ship arrived at the site of the decaying super oil tanker, named Safer, off the coast of Ras Issa in western Yemen. The UN office in Yemen said in a statement that the ship, an engineering vessel called "Ndeavor", had arrived from the east African country of Djibouti acros […]

Jammu, May 30 : At least 10 people were killed and 55 others injured on Tuesday after a bus plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu district, police said. According to the police, the accident took place in the Jhajjar Kotli area after the driver lost control of the vehicle which was on its way to […]

Bengaluru, May 29 : Rescue workers on Monday fished out the bodies of remaining two out of four youths, who drowned in the Ramanathapura lake in Devanahalli taluk in Chikkaballapura district close to Bengaluru, said officials. The bodies of two youths were found late Sunday night. The de […]

Lima, May 29 : The Peruvian government has declared a 60-day state of emergency in 131 districts due to the "imminent danger" of the possible arrival of the El Nino phenomenon. According to a decree published in the official gazette "El Peruano", the districts were in nine departments includin […]