Natural disasters
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Moment earthquake strikes captured on cameras across Taiwan – video
Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years has killed nine and injured at least 900. The moment it started was …
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Woman in 90s pulled alive from rubble five days after Japan earthquake
Boy, five, among 126 people dead, after boiling water spilled on him during Monday’s 7.6 magnitude quakeA woma…
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Japan earthquake: footage shows residents escaping Wajima landslide – video
Footage from 1 January shows Wajima residents running from a landslide after a deadly earthquake struck the Ja…
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Japan’s deadly earthquakes spark fires and destroy buildings – in pictures
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida says the country is facing a ‘battle against time’ to find people affect…
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China earthquake: death toll rises to 134 as freezing weather hinders rescue efforts
Temperatures are as low as -16C in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, where the magnitude-6.2 quake struck on Monday…
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Rescuers search for survivors after deadly earthquake in China – video
At least 116 people have been killed and about 500 injured in an earthquake in China’s north-west Gansu and Qi…
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China earthquake: rescue efforts hampered by cold weather
Officials say at least 126 killed and more than 500 injured after 6.2-magnitude quake in Gansu and Qinghai pro…
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India unveils ‘flatpack’ field hospital with mini x-ray for use in disaster zones
The portable unit, comprising mini cubes of medical equipment, enables surgeons to be operating within an hour…
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Philippines earthquake: authorities report deaths from falling debris
Shopping mall ceiling collapse among reported damage after earthquake of 6.7 magnitude hits Mindanao regionThe…
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‘I survived. My family did not’: Nepal’s quake victims mourn and wait for aid
While the earthquake killed at least 153 people, fears are rising for 12,000 families left without shelter in …
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Nepal earthquake: buildings reduced to rubble in worst quake in eight years – video
Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands on Saturday…
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Afghanistan earthquake has killed more than 2,000, Taliban say
Magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck near Herat on Saturday, with hundreds of houses reported destroyedThe death to…
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Rivers burst their banks and flooded thousand of homes in China causing dozens bridge collapse
Rivers burst their banks and flooded thousand of homes in China causing dozens bridge collapse
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Mudslide in north-western Chinese city leaves 21 dead and six missing
Officials say 900 homes in Xi’an were left without power in disaster that struck after unusually high rainfall…
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India floods: monsoon rains leave 22 dead in north as New Delhi sees wettest July day in decades
Residents in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand warned not to go outside and Delhi schools closed amid flooding …