Major Bushfires Prompt Road Closures, Evacuation Orders In Western Australia

SYDNEY, Jan 23 (NNN-AAP) – Major bushfires, burning in the south of Western Australia (WA) have prompted road closures and evacuation orders for nearby towns. The WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES), said in a warning, issued this morning, that, a fire burning in the Fitzgerald River National…

Gas Flaring Recorded Following Fire At Kazakhstan’s Tengiz Oil Field

ALMATY, Jan 23 (NNN-KTA) – Gas from equipment at Kazakhstan’s Tengiz oil field was diverted and burned through a flare, operated by a gas processing plant, to reduce pressure, Kazinform reported yesterday, citing regional authorities. Yerlan Yessenov, deputy head of the ecology department of the Atyrau region, said that, the…

Sri Lanka To Create Integrated Framework To Rebuild Cyclone-Hit Central Highlands

COLOMBO, Jan 22 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka will establish a new integrated framework, to safeguard and rebuild the Central Highlands, following widespread damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said, yesterday. The president said, the institutions responsible for construction and land management, agriculture, livestock and environmental conservation work…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Hit Volcano Islands, Japan – GFZ

TOKYO, Jan 22 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.8, jolted Volcano Islands, Japan, at 1637 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 23.07 degrees north latitude, and 142.86 degrees east…

Japan’s TEPCO Restarted First Nuclear Reactor Since Fukushima Disaster Despite Local Opposition

TOKYO, Jan 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), yesterday, restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, in Niigata Prefecture, despite local opposition, marking the first operated by TEPCO to go back online, since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Reactor No. 6, at the seven-unit complex,…

5.1-Magnitude Quake Hit Mindanao, Philippines – GFZ

MANILA, Jan 20 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.1, jolted Mindanao, Philippines, at 1853 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 6.43 degrees north latitude, and 123.78 degrees east longitude.–…

Emergency Warning Issued Over South Australian Grass Fire

CANBERRA, Jan 19 (NNN-AAP) – Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed, to contain an out-of-control grass fire that is threatening lives and homes, south of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia. The fire started near the small town of Tooperang, 50 km south of Adelaide, yesterday afternoon, and had…

Philippine Landfill Landslide Death Toll Reaches 36 As Last Missing Worker Found

MANILA, Jan 18 (NNN-PNA) – The body of the last remaining missing person in the Jan 8 landfill landslide in the central Philippine city of Cebu was retrieved early today, bringing the total number of victims who perished in the tragedy to 36, the country’s Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)…

Flash Flooding Prompts Evacuations In Northern Sydney As Houses Impacted By Landslide

SYDNEY, Jan 18 (NNN-AAP) – A landslide impacted three houses in northern Sydney, as life-threatening flash flooding prompted evacuation orders, last night. Residents of the Narrabeen Lagoon area, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, around 19 km north of the central business district, were told to evacuate, shortly before 11,00 p.m. local…

Two Killed In Landslide As Tropical Storm Nokaen Batters Philippines

MANILA, Jan 18 (NNN-PNA) – Two people were killed in a rain-induced landslide in Sorsogon province, south-east of the Philippine capital, yesterday, as tropical storm Nokaen, locally named Ada, battered large parts of the country, police said. Police identified the victims as a 22-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman, who…
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