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Albania earthquake: Fresh tremors as rescue effort intensifies
BBC NEWS   27 November 2019   Albania   Tirana  
Firefighters extracted this injured man from the rubble in Thumane
<p>Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors under the rubble of buildings in Albania, where a strong earthquake has killed 26 people and injured 650.<br />The magnitude-6.4 tremor struck 34km (21 miles) north-west of the capital, Tirana, as people slept in ...
Albania earthquake: at least nine dead and hundreds injured
The Guardian   26 November 2019   Albania   Tirana  
A damaged building in Thumanë. Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters
<p>At least nine people have died and 600 people have been injured after a powerful earthquake hit Albania in the early hours of Tuesday, causing damage along the country&rsquo;s Adriatic coastline and in the capital, Tirana. Several buildings collapsed, burying ...
At least six dead as Europe battered by storms, floods and a landslide
Euronews   25 November 2019   Italy, French  
The A6 bridge near Savona Italy was swept away by a huge landslip on Sunday REUTERS
<p>Six people have been killed following a weekend of storms, floods and a landslide across parts of Europe.<br />In France and Italy, torrential rain killed four people and left one missing after it caused flooding and a landslide that swept away a motorway ...
Venice is flooding -- what lies ahead for its cultural and historical sites?
CNN   16 November 2019   Italy   Venice  
A man walks across the flooded St. Mark's Square on November 15, 2019. Credit: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images
<p>Images of the flooded St. Mark's Basilica in Venice have shocked many across the world this week. Since Tuesday, parts of the city were damaged by the most severe high waters Venice has seen in over half a century, with six-foot high tide levels engulfing ...
Dramatic images show impact of deadly earthquakes in Philippines
CNN   01 November 2019   Philippines  
A damaged building after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Kidapawan town, north Cotabato province, on the southern island of Mindanao on October 31, 2019
<p>(CNN) At least 14 people have died after a series of earthquakes rattled the southern Philippines.<br />A 6.5 magnitude quake struck on Thursday morning, local time, in the Tulunan area of Cotabato province on the southern island of Mindanao. That jolt ...
Deadly Earthquake Strikes Southern Philippine Island
The New York Times   29 October 2019   Philippines   Mindanao  
Cerilo Ebrano/EPA, via Shutterstock
<p>MANILA &mdash; A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Tuesday, sending people fleeing from their homes in panic, causing structural damage to buildings and killing at least three people.<br />The quake struck about ...
Bridge in Taiwan collapses onto fishing boats, trapping crews
DW   01 October 2019   Taiwan   Nanfangao  
<p>At least 10 people were hospitalized Tuesday morning when an arched bridge in Nanfangao collapsed onto fishing boats, hours after a typhoon swept through. Rescuers are searching for workers trapped in the wreckage.</p>
Maximum landslide deaths in India
Deccan Herald   30 September 2019   India  
A scene of landsliding, at Malemane, near Kottigehara, Mudigere Taluk. (DH Photo)
<p>Landslides are silent killers. They are as deadly as any other natural catastrophes but receive far less attention in the public space. This could possibly be the reason for people not considering the threats and consequences of a landslide while going ...
30 meter landslide in Henoko near ammunition depot
Ryukyu Shimpo   25 September 2019   China   Okinawa  
The coast near the U.S. military’s Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot where the landslide occurred.
<p>September 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo<br />(Nago) As of September 16, it was confirmed that a landslide occurred near the U.S. military&rsquo;s Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot facing Oura Bay in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.<br />The landslide occurred right next ...
Pakistan earthquake leaves 19 dead and 300 injured in Kashmir region
The Guardian   25 September 2019   Pakistan   Kashmir  
Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
<p>At least 19 people have been killed and 300 injured after a shallow earthquake struck north-eastern Pakistan, tearing car-sized cracks into roads and heavily damaging infrastructure.<br />The quake sent people in Lahore and Islamabad running into the streets. ...