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Three dead in landslide, flooding as cyclone lashes Oman
France24   03 October 2021   Oman  
Parts of the Omani capital, Muscat, were flooded on Sunday MOHAMMED MAHJOUB AFP
<p>Two people were killed by a landslide and a child died in flash flooding as Tropical Cyclone Shaheen pummelled Oman, authorities said Sunday.<br />Flights were suspended and schools closed as the storm, with wind speeds up to 139 kilometres (86 miles) an ...
Indonesia volcano erupts, spews red-hot lava
France24   19 February 2021   Indonesia   Jakarta  
Lava flows down from the crater of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia AGUNG SUPRIYANTO AFP
<p>Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Friday, belching out fiery red lava.<br />The volcano, close to Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta on Java island, had already spewed lava almost two dozen times over the ...
Genoa starts demolishing disaster bridge six months on
France24   08 February 2019   Italy   Genoa  
Thousands of tonnes of steel, concrete and asphalt have already been removed from the spectacularly truncated high-rise bridge to make it lighter before the "deconstruction" begins AFP
<p>Experts start the delicate task of taking apart Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge on Friday almost six months after its partial collapse during a storm killed 43 people and injured dozens.<br />Thousands of tonnes of steel, concrete and asphalt have already ...
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Thousands stranded after dam collapse triggers flash floods in Laos
France24   25 July 2018   Laos   Laos  
<p>Nineteen people have been confirmed dead and more than 3,000 need to be rescued after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos, local media reported on Wednesday.</p>