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Early 2000 Madagascar floods | In early 2000, severe flooding occurred in the African nation of Madagascar after Cyclone Leon–Eline and Severe Tropical Storm Gloria struck the nation within a two-week period. The first storm, Eline, formed on February 1, and took an extended track across the Indian Ocean, eventually making landfall near Mahanoro on ... | Floods | null | null |
Asbestos removed from Brisbane dam site without warning to nearby residents |
Dam operator Seqwater has admitted residents living near Leslie Harrison Dam on Brisbane's bayside were not warned about asbestos-contaminated soil being removed from the area yesterday.
Seqwater said up to 300 cubic metres of contaminated soil had been illegally dumped around the Capalaba dam site.
Local resident Joh... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Murdochville strike |
The Murdochville strike was a mining strike on March 10, 1957 in Quebec, during the regime of Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis. It provided the impetus and inspiration for other labour leaders to emerge and future calls for labour rights to become vocalized. [1]
One thousand copper miners struck at the Gaspé Copper M... | Strike | null | null |
Aerocon Flight 238 crash | On 6 September 2011, Aerocon Flight 238, a Fairchild Metro III regional passenger aircraft on a service from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Trinidad, Bolivia, crashed on approach to Trinidad, killing eight of the nine people on board. [1]
The aircraft had taken off from El Trompillo Airport, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, for i... | Air crash | null | null |
2020 Kyushu floods |
The 2020 Kyushu floods were a series of floods in July 2020 brought on when record-breaking heavy rain hit the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, on 4 July 2020 in the middle of the East Asian rainy season. The event is officially referred to as Reiwa ni-nen shichi-gatsu... | Floods | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 721 crash | Aeroflot Flight 721 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Moscow and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the Russian SFSR. On Wednesday, 2 September 1964, the aircraft flying this route, an Ilyushin Il-18V, crashed into the side of a hill on approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, killing 87 of the 93 people on board. At the time ... | Air crash | null | null |
South Canyon Fire | The South Canyon Fire was a 1994 wildfire that took the lives of 14 wildland firefighters on Storm King Mountain, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on July 6, 1994. It is often also referred to as the "Storm King" fire. It was the subject of John Maclean's book Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fi... | Fire | null | null |
The quiet financial crisis | Tech's positive impact on the economy, Gordon Brown on why we have to share vaccines with the rest of the world, Brazil's macho-man leader Jair Bolsonaro, and what it's really like growing up poor in the countryside. Plus, is it OK for protestors to break the law?, the women who took on Oxford phil... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
1975 Cricket World Cup Final |
The 1975 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International cricket match played at Lord's, London on 21 June 1975 to determine the winner of the 1975 Cricket World Cup was played in Lord's, London on 21 June. It was the second time that the West Indies and Australia had met in the tournament after playing against e... | Sports Competition | null | null |
GridWise Alliance Establishes Advisory Council to Aid Drive for Investments in Power System | Update 5:30 PM EDT – After this morning’s announcement regarding the formation of the Grid Infrastructure Advisory Council, the White House recognized the launch of the Council this afternoon in their Fact Sheet on the Biden Administration Advancing Expansion & Modernization of the Electrical Grid. WASHINGTON, D.C., Ap... | Organization Established | null | null |
Opinion: Poisoning was preventable. Pass legislation to make carbon monoxide detectors mandatory. | Use gas-powered generators with care, keeping it outdoors and away from windows and being mindful of carbon monoxide poisoning.
The epidemic of carbon monoxide poisoning that occurred in Texas during the week of Feb. 15 was shocking, appalling and incredibly sad. It was also largely preventable.
A major winter storm re... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Brazil Dam Disaster: 60 People Are Dead, With Hundreds More Missing | The Vale mining company says that Dam I of the Córrego de Feijão mine was more than 280 feet high and 2,360 feet wide, holding a volume of 11.7 million cubic meters. The ruined mine near Brumadinho, Brazil, is seen here in a satellite photo from Jan. 26. ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
1966 Aerolineas Argentinas DC-4 hijacking crash | The hijacking of Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 (also known as Operativo Cóndor; Spanish for "Operation Condor") occurred on 28 and 29 September 1966 when a group of Argentine nationalists hijacked a civilian Aerolíneas Argentinas aircraft en route from Buenos Aires to Río Gallegos and forced the captain at gunpoint ... | Air crash | null | null |
Major milestones in Chinese space exploration | China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts to the main module of the country's space station, its first crewed mission in nearly five years. read more China's first full-fledged space station is still under construction. When completed, it will be the only rival to the International Space Stati... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Goolwa North man arrested for alleged Victor Habor bank robbery | A 53-year-old Goolwa North man has been arrested in relation to a bank robbery south of Adelaide on Thursday. The man was arrested at his property at about 8:30pm last night and taken to Victor Harbor police station where he was charged with aggravated robbery. Police said the man entered the BankSA on Ocean Street at ... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1971 Indian Airlines hijacking crash | On 30 January 1971, an Indian Airlines domestic passenger airliner named Ganga, flying from Srinagar Airport to the Jammu-Satwari Airport, was hijacked by two Kashmiri separatists belonging to the National Liberation Front (NLF, the antecedent of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front). The hijackers were Hashim Qureshi an... | Air crash | null | null |
Only one of the world's best hurdlers could win the Olympic gold medal | Only one of the world's best hurdlers could win the Olympic gold medal -- and McLaughlin came out ahead in the latest installment of the best rivalry in track.
The 21-year-old from New Jersey won the 400-meter hurdles title Wednesday, finishing in 51.46 seconds in yet another history-making day on the speedy Olympic ov... | Break historical records | null | null |
Polk deputies nab killer, released early from prison, wanted for new murder in New Jersey | Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff's Office WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Deputies in Polk County say they tracked down a convicted killer from New Jersey who was wanted for a new murder in September. Prosecutors in New Jersey say James Lewis fatally shot a man back on September 18 during a carjacking in the community of East Orange... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Full text: Xi Jinping's speech at the COP15 leaders' summit | Xinhua | Updated: 2021-10-12 15:00 Share - WeChat CLOSE President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech via video link at the leaders' summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) on Oct 12, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] President Xi Jinping delivered a... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Hope turns to anguish after Brazil dam collapse; 40 dead, hundreds missing | Hope that loved ones had survived a tsunami of iron ore mine waste from a dam collapse in Brazil was turning to anguish and anger over the increasing likelihood that many of the hundreds of people missing had died. By Saturday night, when authorities called off rescue efforts until day break, the death toll stood at 40... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Two people dead, one injured after carbon monoxide poisoning in Callaway County | Two people are dead and one person is recovering after a medical emergency call to the 7000 block of Kenny Drive, just south of Fulton.
Officials report the deaths were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, however the investigation is ongoing.
Officials report EMS personnel found two adults dead and a third adult was f... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
2014 May Day protests |
The 2014 May Day protests were a series of international protests involving millions of people that took place worldwide on May Day (1 May 2014) over the ongoing global economic crisis including austerity measures and poor working conditions. Tens of thousands of Moroccans marched demanding better wages and condemnin... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak | The 2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak was an outbreak of legionellosis in multiple cities of the Lisbon district in Portugal, caused by the release of Legionella bacteria from the cooling towers of a fertilizer plant in Forte da Casa, Vila Franca de Xira. [2][3] It began on 7 November 2014 and affected mostly people... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Quarantined teenagers in hospital for food poisoning | Two teenage students were rushed to hospital with food poisoning on Saturday after being served undercooked chicken while in quarantine at a Pembroke residential facility run by a language school.
The Slovakian girls, both 17 years old, were taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance where they were diagnosed with gastro... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Johnstown flood of 1936 | The Johnstown flood of 1936, also collectively with other areas referred to as the Saint Patrick's Day Flood, was a devastating flood in Cambria County, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania proper, referred to as "Greater Johnstown". The flood was preceded by heavy rains beginning March 9, 1936, which did not stop until March 2... | Floods | null | null |
1985–86 Hormel strike |
The 1985–1986 Hormel strike was a labor strike that involved approximately 1,500 workers of the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota in the United States. The strike, beginning August 17, 1985 and lasting until September 13 of the following year, is considered one of the longest strikes in Minnesota history ... | Strike | null | null |
Severe drought threatens Hoover dam reservoir – and water for US west | The wellspring of Lake Mead created by the dam’s blocking of the Colorado River has plummeted to a historic low as states in the west face hefty cuts in their water supplies First published on Tue 13 Jul 2021 12.00 BST Had the formidable white arc of the Hoover dam never held back the Colorado River, the US west would ... | Droughts | null | null |
Almost 1,500 tonnes of netting waste creates headache for recycling and fishing industries |
The ghost netting Matt Waller hauled out of seemingly pristine waters near Boston Island, in South Australia last year was the last straw.
The tourism operator spends his days showing tourists the beauty of the islands south of Port Lincoln as they head out to dive with the ultimate ocean predator, great white sharks,... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
1989 Miami riot | The 1989 Miami riot was sparked after police officer William Lozano shot Clement Lloyd, who was fleeing another officer and trying to run over Officer Lozano on his motorcycle. He crashed into a car and his passenger, Allan Blanchard, was also killed. Four days of rioting later took place in Overtown. [2] On January 21... | Riot | null | null |
1948 Airborne Transport DC-3 (DST) disappearance crash | The disappearance of a Douglas DST airliner, registered NC16002, occurred on the night of 28 December 1948 near the end of a scheduled flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami, Florida. The aircraft carried 29 passengers and 3 crew members. [1] No probable cause for the loss was determined by the official investigati... | Air crash | null | null |
a remote South Pacific island as having the most polluted beaches on earth | As you brush your teeth this morning, you may want to think about where your plastic toothbrush will end up.
Scientists have identified a remote South Pacific island as having the most polluted beaches on earth.
The research shows uninhabited Henderson Island, part of the Pitcairn group, has the highest density of plas... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Melinda Gates Divorce Documents Include Order to Prevent Bill, Herself From Selling Property | Divorce documents filed by Melinda Gates include an order that prevent both her and her husband, Bill, from selling property.
Among the documents filed in King County, Washington, on Monday was an automatic temporary order setting financial restraints, which limit Melinda's and Bill's ability to dispose of property or ... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
2018 Venezuelan protest movement |
The 2018 Venezuelan protests began in the first days of January as a result of high levels of hunger by desperate Venezuelans. Within the first two weeks of the year, hundreds of protests and looting incidents occurred throughout the country. [1] By late-February, protests against the Venezuelan presidential el... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Chasing the Lava Flow in Iceland | By mid-March, the people of Grindavík, a commercial fishing town at the western end of Iceland’s southern coast, were exhausted. For the previous three weeks, a strong seismic swarm had produced thousands of earthquakes per day, ranging from gentle tremors to tectonic disruptions powerful enough to jolt a person awake ... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
The Government of Republic of Côte d’Ivoire has declared a case of an Ebola Virus Disease in Abidjan | Addis Ababa, 14 August 2021- the Government of Republic of Côte d’Ivoire has declared the presence of a case of an Ebola virus disease (EVD) infection in the capital city of Abidjan. The case is 18-year-old Guinean girl who travelled from Labe in Guinea to Abidjan by road on 11August 2021 and hospitalized on the night ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Qantas to ban toxic foam use Australia-wide after Brisbane airport spill |
Qantas will stop using potentially toxic firefighting foam nationally after a spill in the Brisbane River.
In April, 22,000 litres of a firefighting foam with the chemical PFAS leaked from a Qantas hangar at Brisbane Airport.
Some made its way into the river causing up to 30 fish to die and prompting warnings not to e... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Salesforce buys Slack in a $27.7B megadeal | Salesforce, the CRM powerhouse that recently surpassed $20 billion in annual revenue, announced today it is wading deeper into enterprise social by acquiring Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal. Rumors of a pending deal surfaced last week, causing Slack’s stock price to spike. Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff d... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Are Reportedly Filing for Divorce 'Imminently' | Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s marriage is about to end, Page Six is reporting. The outlet claimed multiple sources told them that a divorce filing "is imminent." "They are keeping it low-key but ... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze (+109KG) Scores Three World Records at 2020 Olympic Games | On August 4, 2021, at the final weightlifting event of the 2020 Olympic Games, Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze set a slew of new records in the Men’s +109-kilogram category. By lifting a combined total of 488 kilograms (1075.8 pounds) via a 223-kilogram (491.6-pound) snatch and 265-kilogram (584.2-pound) clean &... | Break historical records | null | null |
The Berkeley Beacon | More than 17 years before Joe Biden became the President-elect, he received an honorary doctorate degree from Emerson and commended the college’s graduating seniors to “stand on principle and move to action” in his 2003 Commencement speech.
The then-senator of Delaware donned a black robe with a deep-purple collar whi... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Meadow Fire | The Meadow Fire was a wildfire which burned areas near Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California. Park officials believe it was started near Starr King Lake, during a lightning storm, on July 19, 2014. [1][2] On Sunday, September 7, 2014 the fire forced authorities to order the evacuation by helicopter of dozens ... | Fire | null | null |
C.I.A. Officer Suffers Havana Syndrome Symptoms | The officer, who had been traveling in India with the agency’s director, was given medical attention after an unexplained incident triggered injuries.
By Julian E. Barnes
WASHINGTON — An intelligence officer traveling in India this month with the C.I.A. director reported symptoms consistent with the so-called Havana sy... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
Tsunami threat to Whittier less severe than early estimates, scientists say | Geologists have warned Alaskans for over a year that a tsunami could hit Whittier following a potential landslide at Barry Arm in Prince William Sound. They’re still ringing the alarm bells, but new research suggests a wave could be a lot smaller than originally expected. The new data has allowed researchers to drop th... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Angara Airlines Flight 9007 crash | On 11 July 2011, Angara Airlines Flight 9007, an Antonov An-24 turboprop passenger aircraft on a domestic service from Tomsk to Surgut, Russia, ditched into the Ob River, after suffering an engine fire. Seven of the 37 people on board died. [1]
Angara Airlines flight IK9007 (reported also as flight SP5007) took off fr... | Air crash | null | null |
1999 UNAM strike | The 1999–2000 strike and shutdown of the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico, the largest university in Latin America) had its origins in the January 1999 announcement by its latest rector that tuition would increase significantly and graduation requirements would become more restrictive. In response, a larg... | Strike | null | null |
2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash | On 10 December 2011, a twin-engine Beechcraft Queen Air light aircraft crashed into a slum and burst into flames in Parañaque, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines, killing all three people on board and eleven on the ground. Twenty more people on the ground were injured. [1][2][3]
The subsequent investigation found that ... | Air crash | null | null |
1923 Great Kantō earthquake | The Great Kantō earthquake (関東大地震, Kantō dai-jishin; Kantō ō-jishin)[11][12] struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes. [13] Extensive firestorms and... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Central Queensland mine death tragic 'reminder about complacency' | Another mineworker has gone to work and will never come home amid a safety reset of Queensland's mining industry. The 60-year-old man, who died in an underground coal mine collapse overnight, was the ninth person killed in a Queensland mining incident since July 2018. A mining safety expert said the simple answer to th... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Southwest Airlines Flight 345 crash | Southwest Airlines Flight 345 was a scheduled flight from Nashville International Airport, Tennessee, to New York City's LaGuardia Airport. On July 22, 2013, the Boeing 737 operating the route suffered a front landing gear collapse while landing at LaGuardia Airport, injuring 9 people on board. [1][2] The aircraft, whi... | Air crash | null | null |
1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
The 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Scotland, in April 1993. This tournament was the inaugural Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament. The International Rugby Board invited the established rugby union nations but also were keen to involve emerging nations in the event, recognising the fac... | Sports Competition | null | null |
UK family resolve US claim on son's death | Harry Dunn's parents have settled a civil lawsuit they filed in the US against a diplomat's wife. The family of a UK teenager killed in a car crash involving a US diplomat's wife say they have reached a resolution in a civil damages claim over the 2019 accident and could now focus on a separate criminal case. Harry Dun... | Road Crash | null | null |
Airship N.S.11 crash | The Airship NS11 crash was an airship accident which occurred on 15 July 1919. The Royal Air Force (RAF) airship exploded off the east coast of England over the North Sea, killing all nine crew on board. NS11 was one of 14 North Sea-class airships ordered by the Royal Navy for the Royal Naval Air Service, but by the ti... | Air crash | null | null |
2007 Kent earthquake |
The 2007 Kent earthquake registered 4.3 on the Richter scale and struck south east Kent, South East England on 28 April 2007 at 07:18:12 UTC (08:18:12 local time), at a shallow depth of 5.3 km. [1]
The worst affected area was the town of Folkestone, although the towns of Deal, Dover and Ashford were also affected. T... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Sheriff’s office investigating dog poisoning in Hugo | Rain and snow this morning. The rain and snow will change to rain showers by the afternoon hours. High around 40F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precip 60%..
Cloudy. Low 28F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.
Updated: November 12, 2021 @ 10:01 am
HUGO — Now that most of the data is in for the 2020 U.S. cen…
HUGO — Afte... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
October 2006 Yakima hops fire | The October 2006 Yakima hops fire was a large-scale fire that destroyed a significant amount of the US total hops production, in a warehouse located in Yakima, Washington. The fire started shortly before noon local time on October 2, 2006 in a 40,000-square-foot (3,600-square-meter) warehouse operated by S.S. Steiner I... | Fire | null | null |
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms | OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires. But the mighty lake — a linchpin in a ... | Droughts | null | null |
TWA Flight 355 crash | TWA Flight 355 was a domestic Trans World Airlines flight that was hijacked on September 10, 1976 by five "Fighters for Free Croatia",[1] a group seeking Croatian independence from Yugoslavia. In a coincidence, the incident occurred on the same day as the Zagreb mid-air collision. The Boeing 727 plane took off from New... | Air crash | null | null |
2016 Ecuadorian Army Arava crash | On 15 March 2016, an IAI Arava transport aircraft of the Ecuadorian Army crashed in the eastern part of the country. [1][2][3] The accident is the deadliest involving an IAI Arava,[4] and the single deadliest incident suffered by the Ecuadorian military. The Arava plane took off from the Río Amazonas military airport i... | Air crash | null | null |
2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak | In mid-2007, an outbreak of classical swine fever or hog cholera had affected the Central Luzon region of the Philippines, particularly in the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga, as confirmed by the Department of Agriculture. Bulacan, which lies immediately north of Metro Manila, is the center of hog raising in the Phil... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900 | The St. Louis streetcar strike of 1900 was a labor action, and resulting civil disruption, against the St. Louis Transit Company by a group of three thousand workers unionized by the Amalgamated Street Railway Employees of America. Between May 7 and the end of the strike in September, 14 people had been killed, and 200... | Strike | null | null |
Covid LIVE: Kerala govt decides to re-open schools from Nov 1 | With 35,662 more people testing positive for COVID-19, India's overall infection tally has increased to 33,417,390, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 444,529, with 281 more fatalities being recorded, it said. The number of active cases has ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Trees' spiritual value imbued in bronze relic | In the hit film "Avatar," there is a giant tree called Hometree, which is a point of extreme spiritual significance to the Na'vi clans on Pandora. In the real world, trees have long been involved in a number of religious practices, such as the bronze holy tree found at Sanxingdui. Sanxingdui is an archeological site in... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
1999 Cricket World Cup |
The 1999 Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup '99) was the seventh edition of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted primarily by England, with Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands acting as co-hosts. The tournament was won by Austral... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Pest attacks on rise across India, yet no discussion on ... | Pest attacks on rise across India, yet no discussion on spurious pesticides
As allegedly fake pesticides prove ineffective in controlling pests, farmers resort to indiscriminate spraying
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Published: Tuesday 07 November 2017
For several years, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat have seen high pest incide... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
2017 Benue State flooding |
The 2017 Benue State flooding took place in September in Central Nigeria. [1] It displaced 100,000 people,[2][3] and damaged around 2,000 homes. [4] Flooding in the area is common due to heavy rains and the Benue River, which runs through the area. [5]
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United Airlines Flight 553 crash | United Airlines Flight 553 was a scheduled flight from Washington National Airport to Omaha, Nebraska, via Chicago Midway International Airport. On December 8, 1972, the Boeing 737-222 serving the flight, City of Lincoln, registration N9031U,[2][1]:2 crashed during an aborted landing and go around while approaching Mid... | Air crash | null | null |
The vicious cycle of drought | Drought usually takes a long time to develop, but once you find yourself in one, it can take a while to end, leading to devastating impacts. The National Drought Mitigation Center states that drought is "an insidious hazard of nature," but in basic terms, drought comes from dry weather and lack of rainfall over an exte... | Droughts | null | null |
Pandemic hit labour market harder than financial crisis | THE economic crisis brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic is different from the Asian financial crisis in 1997/98 and expected to bring long-lasting effects. In this article, I describe some significant labour market implications induced by Covid-19 last year. The severity of the economic contraction induced by the ... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Trio of exercises had soldiers and airmen island-hopping in the Pacific this summer | Over the weekend, U.S. soldiers and airmen in the Pacific saw the conclusion of what their commanders termed an “agile combat deployment” of at least 4,000 troops across the islands of Oceania. More than 150 soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Special Forces Group and allies in the Japan Ground Self-Defense F... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Panic of 1884 | The Panic of 1884 was an economic panic during the Depression of 1882–1885. [1] It was unusual in that it struck at the end rather than the beginning of the recession. The panic created a credit shortage that led to a significant economic decline in the United States, turning a recession into a depression. [2]
In the ... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
1950s Texas drought | The 1950s Texas drought was a period between 1949 and 1957 in which the state received 30 to 50% less rain than normal, while temperatures rose above average. During this time, Texans experienced the second-, third-, and eighth-driest single years ever in the state – 1956, 1954, and 1951, respectively. [1] The drought ... | Droughts | null | null |
Tsunamis, earthquakes, nuclear meltdowns and COVID-19 – what Japan has and hasn’t learned from centuries of disaster | Elizabeth Maly does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. A decade on from 3/11 – the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe that ... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Srirangam marriage hall fire |
The Srirangam marriage hall fire was a fire accident that happened on 23 January 2004 during a Hindu marriage function in Padmapriya Marriage Hall in Srirangam, a town in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A day after the accident, there were 42 victims, but a total of 64 people, including the groom, were killed o... | Fire | null | null |
Invisible bursts of electricity from volcanoes signal explosive eruptions | Lightning flashes and ash and lava spew as Sakurajima volcano erupts in Japan. A new study distinguishes between lightning and smaller, more mysterious surges of electrical activity produced by the volcano. Mike Lyvers/Moment/Getty Images By Alka Tripathy-Lang July 1, 2021 at 6:00 am As one of Japan’s most active volca... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
West German student movement |
The West German student movement or sometimes called the 1968 movement in West Germany was a social movement that consisted of mass student protests in West Germany in 1968; participants in the movement would later come to be known as 68ers. The movement was characterized by the protesting students' rejection of trad... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Northern Lights illuminate skies farther south than usual this week | The northern lights above Kirkjufell mountain in Iceland’s Snæfellsnes Peninsula. This week more people in the U.S. will be able to see the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis. According to CNN , this expansion of one of nature's most dazzling spectacles was made possible when a flare of solar energy hit Earth a few ... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Virgin Galactic Surges on Successful Test Flight to Space | Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. climbed as much as 21% after the company founded by billionaire Richard Branson conducted a test flight to space for the first time in more than two years. The VSS Unity flight from New Mexico on Saturday marks a critical step on the path toward the start of commercial space tourism, helpi... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Locust swarms growing in the west, say officials - The New ... | Locust swarms growing in the west, say officials
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Ethiopia has began spraying chemicals to battle growing swarms of desert locusts that were recently spotted in the far western Tigray and Amhara regions, officials said on Monday.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that the... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Weekend Rain Brings Mudslides To Several Forests In Idaho | Cooler weather in Boise over the weekend ended a 45-day streak of 90-degree or hotter temperatures, according to the National Weather Service in Boise. And with that break came heavy rains. In several forests in the state, that meant mudslides that officials were still evaluating on Monday. Debris and mud washed over f... | Mudslides | null | null |
Critically endangered 'bum-breathing' turtles found where Santos wants untreated water to go |
Gas giant Santos has lodged a plan to release untreated coal seam gas wastewater during flooding events into a river system that is home to two rare "bum-breathing" turtle species.
The proposal also seeks federal approval to release 18 megalitres – equivalent to more than seven Olympic-sized swimming pools – of desali... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
'It's mind-boggling': Party balloons found by researchers floating 250km out to sea |
Scientists on a research voyage off Australia's east coast have been shocked to discover party balloons hundreds of kilometres from shore.
Dr Eric Woehler from Birdlife Tasmania has been aboard the CSIRO vessel, RV Investigator, observing sea birds and marine mammals.
On Sunday they made a startling discovery.
"We saw... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Trump executive order pulls out of TPP trade deal | President Donald Trump has fulfilled a campaign pledge by signing an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The 12-nation trade deal was a linchpin of former President Barack Obama's Asia policy. "Great thing for the American worker what we just did," said Mr Trump as he dumped the pact w... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Downtown Mesquite earns statewide honors for small business project | Downtown Mesquite earned the prominent Texas Downtown Association (TDA) Best Digital Promotion award for its Small Business Saturday digital marketing project. The award was presented at the President’s Awards Gala during the TDA’s annual downtown revitalization conference in Denton.(City of Mesquite) By Leah Waters 4... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
1967 Mudurnu earthquake |
The 1967 Mudurnu earthquake or more correctly, the 1967 Mudurnu Valley earthquake occurred at about 18:57 local time on 22 July near Mudurnu, Bolu Province, north-western Turkey. [6] The magnitude 7.4 Mw[7] earthquake (but only 6.0 on the mb scale. [8]) was one of a series of major and intermediate quakes that have o... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Day Fire |
The Day Fire was a devastating wildfire that burned 162,702 acres (658 km2) of land in the Topatopa Mountains, within the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County, southern California. As of 2020, the Day Fire is the 20th largest wildfire in modern California history as of 09-09-2020. The fire, which was the lar... | Fire | null | null |
1987 Black Dragon fire | The Black Dragon fire, also known as the 1987 Daxing'anling wildfire (Chinese: 大兴安岭特大森林火灾) or the May 6 fire (Chinese: 5·6大火) was a major wildfire that began in the northeast Daxing'anling Prefecture, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China on May 6, 1987. [1] It also spread into the Soviet Union. The burning lasted a... | Fire | null | null |
A major interstate highway is closed after mudslides washed out | A major interstate highway is closed after mudslides washed out a portion of I-70 west of Denver. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis pointed to "burn scars" from wildfires as part of the reason why the land was susceptible to landslides after recent flooding. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Lesli Wood, professor of geolog... | Mudslides | null | null |
Fatbergs targeted by SA Water jingle and social media campaign about what waste to flush | They are not pleasant to look at, and they are even less pleasant to remove. They are the clumps of waste that form in drains and sewers from items that should never have been flushed in the first place.
Known as fatbergs, they are made out of wet wipes, condoms and tampons, which then cause fats and oils to congeal ar... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Firefighters search mud after Brazil dam collapse; 60 dead | BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian firefighters on Monday carefully moved over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies, four days after a dam collapse buried mine buildings and surrounding neighborhoods with iron ore waste. The confirmed death toll rose to 60, with 292 ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Jaffa riots (April 1936) | The Jaffa riots of April 1936, refers to a spate of violent attacks on Jews that began on 19 April 1936 in Jaffa. A total of 14 Jews and 2 Arabs were killed during the riots. The event is often described as marking the start of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. British Mandatory authorities and other contemporary... | Riot | null | null |
All accounted for, four injured after 'explosion' at Dunwoody apartments, firefighters say | Four people were injured and several dozen displaced after an explosion at a Dunwoody apartment complex.
DUNWOODY, Ga. - Four people were injured after an "explosion" at a Dunwoody apartment complex on Sunday afternoon believed to have been caused by some sort of gas line issue, DeKalb County Fire Rescue said. Official... | Gas explosion | null | null |
US notifies UN of withdrawal from World Health Organization | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Washington. July 8, 2020, 3:53 AM António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
'A Disaster Within A Disaster': Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Cases Are Surging In Texas | People in Houston wait in line to fill their propane tanks on Wednesday amidst widespread power outages related to the winter storm. Cases of carbon monoxide poisoning in the state have increased in recent days, with officials attributing most to the improper use of heating devices like charcoal gri... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Police appeal for witnesses to bank robbery in Middleton | Barclays Bank, Middleton Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery at Barclays Bank in Middleton this morning (1 April). Police were called at 11.15am to the bank on Long Street to reports a man was armed and making threats. The man stole a quantity of cash from the bank before making off on foot. Enquiries are ... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1987 Indianapolis Ramada Inn A-7D Corsair II crash | The Ramada Inn crash was an aircraft accident in which a United States Air Force pilot failed to reach the runway at Indianapolis International Airport and crashed into the Airport Ramada Inn in Indianapolis, Indiana. On the morning of October 20, 1987, a United States Air Force A-7D-4-CV Corsair II, serial 69-6207, pi... | Air crash | null | null |
'Special gentleman' Elliot Bourne dies of carbon monoxide poisoning in Hythe after falling asleep near fireplace | | Updated: 16:11, 28 July 2021
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An immensely popular 27-year-old man died of carbon monoxide poisoning after falling asleep by the fireplace at his mum's house.
Elliot Bourne, a computer-aided designer from Sidcup, tragically lost his life in Hythe when he settled down and rested on the sof... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
1988 IMF/World Bank protests |
The 1988 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank were met with an international protest in West Berlin. Whereas the organizations' earlier meetings were met with smaller, national protests, the 1988 meetings attracted protesters internationally against what was the largest assembly of ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2015 East Malaysian floods |
High intensity rainfall since 17 January 2015 caused major flooding across several parts of Sarawak and Sabah. Around 13,878 people had been evacuated with one teenage girl became the only casualty. [3][4][5][6]
According to a paper published by Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD) in 2012 titled "Malaysia Clim... | Floods | null | null |
Coal mining disaster kills seven in south-west Pakistan | The fire broke at a mine in the Tor Ghar area of Harnai district, approximately 170km west of the provincial capital Quetta. Harnai District deputy commissioner Sohail Anwar Hashmi told Reuters that the methane gas build-up in the coal mine had triggered an explosion resulting in the death of workers inside. ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak | A New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak that began in September 2012 sickened 798 individuals and resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people. [2][3][4] In September 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Admin... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
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