India’s Assam Flood Situation Worsens As Death Toll Rises To 31

NEW DELHI, Jun 19 (NNN-PTI) – The ongoing flood situation in India’s north-eastern state of Assam continues to worsen, and so far has claimed 31 lives, officials said today. According to police last night, a landslide, triggered by rains, killed five people, including a minor, in the Badarpur area of…

Heavy Rains In El Salvador Leave 11 Dead, 800 Displaced

SAN SALVADOR, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Torrential downpours hitting El Salvador since Friday, have claimed 11 lives and forced over 880 people to evacuate, the National Civil Protection Commission said, yesterday. Luis Alonso Amaya, director of the National Civil Protection System, told a press conference that, three minors were among…

Extreme Weather Leaves 126 Homeless In Ecuador

QUITO, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Some 126 people in Ecuador have been left homeless since mid-June, when extreme weather hit the country, especially its central and Amazonian provinces, said the National Risk Management Secretariat, yesterday. Some 54 extreme weather-related disasters have been registered in 10 of the country’s 24 provinces,…

Philippines Tallies 197 Dengue Deaths Since Jan

MANILA, Jun 16 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines has tallied 197 deaths due to dengue, from Jan to Jun 1, this year, the Department of Health (DOH) said, yesterday. The DOH said, it recorded nearly 70,500 cases of mosquito-borne disease from Jan 1 to Jun 1. The health department said, it…

Singapore’s Sentosa Closes Waters To Clean Oil Leakage

SINGAPORE, Jun 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Oil spillage was observed along beaches on Singapore’s resort Sentosa island, and the waters were closed for clean-up works, the island management authority said, yesterday. A Netherlands-flagged dredger, collided with a Singapore-flagged bunker vessel, at Pasir Panjang Terminal near Sentosa on Friday, leading to oil…

Worker Confirmed Dead After Collapsing At Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant

TOKYO, Jun 15 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), said that, a worker from a subsidiary was found collapsed, at a rest area at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and later confirmed dead. The male worker, an employee of TEPCO subsidiary, Tokyo Power Technology Ltd. in his 50s,…

Myanmar Designates New Protected Public Forest Areas

YANGON, Jun 15 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar has designated two new protected public forest areas, in Chin and Shan states, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, yesterday. The two designations have been completed and three more are awaiting approval, with notifications to be released before the end…

Fisherman Discovers War-Left U.S. Aerial Bomb MK-82 In Cambodian Capital: Official

PHNOM PENH, Jun 15 (NNN-AKP) – A fisherman found a war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb in a pit lake, on the western outskirts of Phnom Penh, a mine clearance chief said, yesterday. Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s director-general, Heng Ratana, said, the MK-82 aerial bomb, weighing around 230 kg, had…

Four Dead In Nepal Landslide

KATHMANDU, Jun 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four members of a family were killed last night, in a landslide in Taplejung district, in north-eastern Nepal, a local official said, today. A couple and their twin daughters died in Phaktanglung Rural Municipality, after their house was buried in the debris. “All four were…

5.0-Magnitude Quake Hit Mindanao, Philippines

NEW YORK, Jun 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0, jolted Mindanao, Philippines, at 21:45:22 GMT last night, the GFZ – German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 9.10 degrees north latitude, and 126.69…
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