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3 charred to death in car-autorickshaw collision in Tripura
Three persons were charred to death and five others injured when a CNG-run autorickshaw collided with a car on National Highway-8 at Amtali, near here, police said on Sunday. Around 8pm on Saturday, the speeding autorickshaw rammed into the Agartala-bound four-wheeler, following which its CNG cylinder exploded, West Tripura Superintendent Ajit Pratap Singh told reporters. "Three passengers in the auto rickshaw were burned to death on spot, while the driver managed to jump out with heavy burn injuries. One bike rider, behind the autorickshaw, also suffered injuries. Three other passengers in the four-wheeler sustained cuts and bruises," he said. Two deceased have been identified as Pradip Biswas (18) and Litan Shukla Das (32). The police are yet to ascertain the identity of third passenger who died in the autorickshaw, the SP said. All five injured have been admitted to Gobinda Ballav Panth hospital here, Singh said, adding that the condition of two were stated to be ...
Angry 'Child of Krakatoa' rumbles on
The volcano that apparently triggered a deadly tsunami in Indonesia late Saturday emerged from the sea around the legendary Krakatoa 90 years ago and has been on a high-level eruption watchlist for the past decade. Anak Krakatoa (the "Child of Krakatoa") has been particularly active since June, occasionally sending massive plumes of ash high into the sky and in October a tour boat was nearly hit by lava bombs from the erupting volcano. Experts say Anak Krakatoa emerged around 1928 in the caldera of Krakatoa, a volcanic island that violently erupted in 1883. With subsequent lava flows it grew from a submarine setting to become a small volcanic island, with the cone now standing at an altitude of around 300 metres (1,000 feet) above sea level. Since its birth, Anak Krakatoa has been in a "state of semi-continuous eruptive activity", growing bigger as it experiences eruptions every two to three years, volcanology professor Ray Cas from Monash University in Australia told AFP. "Most of ...
3 dead, 8 injured in Mumbai's under-construction building collapse
At least, three persons were killed and eight others sustained injuries after an under-construction building near Azad Maidan in Mumbai's Goregaon collapsed on Sunday.The incident took place in the morning when three-storey Mhada Chawl located in Motilal Nagar suddenly came crashing down. One of the deceased has been identified as 22-year-old Ramu. He was rushed to a local hospital where the doctor declared him brought dead.A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has reached the spot, and the rescue operation has been launched. The injured have been admitted Siddharth Hospital for treatment. The condition of those injured is said to be stable.The reason for the collapse of the building is yet to be ascertained.
Tsunami set off by volcano sweeps Indonesia beach; 168 dead
During a busy holiday weekend, a tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed more than 160 people around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing ashore and sweeping away people attending a beach concert along with hundreds of houses including hotels, the government and witnesses said. More than 700 people have been reported injured since the tsunami hit at 9:27 p.m. Saturday, the Disaster Management Agency said. At least 30 others are unaccounted for. The disaster could have been caused by undersea landslides from the eruption of Anak Krakatau, a volcanic island formed over years from the nearby Krakatau volcano, scientists from Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. They also cited tidal waves caused by the full moon. Footage posted on social media showed a pop band named "Seventeen" performing for employees from a local electric company under a tent on a beach as dozens of people sat listening at tables covered in white ...
4.7 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal
An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale jolted Sindhupalchowk district in Nepal early Sunday morning, creating panic among the residents. The quake was felt at 5.06 am (local time) in Sindhupalchowk district, 80-km east of Kathmandu, according to the National Seismological Department of Nepal. The tremor was also felt in Kathmandu, the capital city of the country. However, there were no reports of any loss of lives or properties due to the quake.
Deadly 'volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia, 62 dead
At least 62 people have been killed and 584 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait possibly following undersea landslides after the Krakatoa volcano erupted, government officials say.
'Volcano' tsunami kills at least 62 in Indonesia
A tsunami following a volcanic eruption killed 62 people and injured hundreds more as it slammed without warning into tourist beaches and coastal areas around Indonesia's Sunda Strait on Saturday night, sending panicked holidaymakers and residents fleeing. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit the coast of southern Sumatra and the western tip of Java about 9.30 pm (1430 GMT) following the eruption of a volcano known as the "child" of the legendary Krakatoa, national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. Search and rescue teams were scouring rubble for survivors, with at least 584 people injured and twenty reported missing across three regions. Images broadcast on television showed the wave pushed a tangled mess of corrugated steel roofing, timber, rubble and flotsam inland from the coast at Carita beach, a popular day-tripping spot on the west coast of Java. Elsewhere it uprooted trees and left a trail of debris strewn across the ground. Muhammad ..
Indonesia tsunami: Death toll mounts to 43
At least 43 people were killed in the tsunami that struck Sunda Strait, an official from Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Sunday.Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the head of public relations at Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency, tweeted that 43 people died, 584 sustained injuries and two people are said to be missing.Furthermore, Nugroho said 430 houses were damaged, while nine hotels and ten vehicles were heavily damaged in the calamity.It is speculated that the tsunami was caused by activity around a volcanic island in the strait, Krakatoa, which is 156km west of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
'Volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia after Krakatoa eruption, 43 killed
At least 43 people have been killed and 584 injured after a tsunami hit the coast around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, officials said.
'Volcano' tsunami kills at least 20 in Indonesia
At least 20 people have been killed and more than one hundred injured in a tsunami in Indonesia that may have been caused by a volcano known as the "child" of the legendary Krakatoa, officials said early Sunday. Dozens of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit beaches without warning in South Sumatra and the western tip of Java about 9.30 pm local time (1430 GMT) on Saturday, national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement. Twenty people died, 165 people were injured and two people were missing in three regions. Authorities say the tsunami may have been triggered by an abnormal tidal surge due to a new moon and an underwater landslide following the eruption of Anak Krakatoa, which forms a small island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. "The combination caused a sudden tsunami that hit the coast," Nugroho said, but added that Indonesia's geological agency was working to ascertain exactly how it happened. He added that the death toll would
Indonesia: Tsunami kills 20
At least 20 people were killed after Tsunami hit the beaches around Sunda Strait in Indonesia on Saturday night.The Sydney Morning Herald quoted the Indonesian Disaster Mitigation Agency as stating that as many as 165 people have been injured in the calamity.It is speculated that the tsunami was caused by an activity around a volcanic island in the strait, Krakatoa, which is 156km west of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in the world which claimed more than 36,000 lives.In September, the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was struck by two powerful earthquakes, measuring 7.7 and 6.1 on the Richter scale, and a tsunami causing multitudinous loss of human lives and widespread displacement.As many as 1,944 people were reported dead following the disaster.The archipelago nation of Indonesia is situated in the Ring of Fire, an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean, vulnerable to ..
'Volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia after Krakatoa eruption, 20 killed
At least 20 people have been killed and 165 injured after a tsunami hit the coast around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials say.
At least 20 killed, 165 wounded after tsunami hits Indonesia
Government officials say that at least 20 people were killed after a tsunami hit the coast around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, the BBC reports. The national disaster management agency says 165 people were hurt and dozens of buildings were damaged early Sunday morning, according to the BBC. The agency says the possible cause of the tsunami were undersea landslides after the Krakatoa volcano erupted. The Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean. The BBC reports that footage posted by the head of the disaster management agency showed the aftermath of the tsunami, with flooded streets and an overturned car. In September, at least 832 people were killed by a quake and tsunami that hit the city of Palu on the island of Sulawesi, which is just east of Borneo.
Nine feared dead in Russian mine fire
Nine workers were feared dead Saturday after a fire in a Russian potash mine in the Urals town of Solikamsk, local officials said. "Smoke appeared during the construction of a well. Nine workers were in the zone, and there is reason to believe that these people have died," said a statement issued by an enquiry commission in the Perm region, about 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) east of Moscow. The commission said that eight other people who were also underground when smoke appeared were evacuated without injury, while Russian television showed smoke billowing from the mine. The Russian group Uralkali, a leading potash producer, operates the mine but said in a statement that the nine missing workers were employed by a subcontractor. Potash is a common ingredient in fertiliser. The last major Russian mining accident occurred in August 2017, when eight workers disappeared during a flood in a Siberian diamond mine.
Casualties feared in container-truck collision
Casualties are feared in an explosion that followed a collision between a truck and a container vehicle carrying inflammable chemical in Sangli district of western Maharashtra Saturday, police said. The incident occurred on Vita-Myni road around 2 PM, a police official said, adding that a burnt body has been found on the spot. The fire is still not extinguished as flames leapt high after the collision, he said, adding that the police feared the death toll may go up. Furher details are awaited.
Emirates flight makes emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport
A mid-air medical emergency on board a Yangon-bound Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai forced the aircraft to divert to the city airport here Saturday where it made a priority landing, a statement said. The aircraft contacted the Ahmedabad Air Traffic Control (ATC) this afternoon after a 5-year-old boy on board the flight developed medical complications, the airport authorities said in the statement. The flight was headed to Myanmar's capital city Yangon from Dubai. "Ahmedabad ATC immediately approved the diversion and initiated priority landing procedures. At that time, the aircraft was flying at 35,000 feet", the statement said. On landing, the child, a British national, was taken to a private hospital near the airport in an Airports of Authority of India (AAI) ambulance, said the authorities. The boy is still undergoing treatment at the hospital, it said, adding that the flight departed for its destination Yangon at around 3 pm.
Emirates Airlines flight makes emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport
An Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai to Yangon in Myanmar made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad Airport on Saturday due to a medical emergency to a 5-year-old passenger.At 1.03 pm, fight UAE388, Boeing B777-300 requested Ahmedabad Air Traffic Control (ATC) for diversion to Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Ahmedabad ATC immediately approved the diversion and initiated priority landing procedures.Two ambulances were made available when the flight landed at the airport and the child named Zack Jesionek, a British national was shifted to Apollo hospital here..
Potash mine fire in Russia leaves 9 trapped underground
Russian emergency teams struggled Saturday to reach nine construction workers trapped inside a burning potash mine in the Perm region near the Ural Mountains. Officials said the fire erupted Saturday when 17 workers were inside the mine in Solikamsk, which is located 1,200 kilometers east of Moscow. Eight workers were quickly evacuated but the blaze cut access to another nine workers in a different section of the mine. The Russian company Uralkali, which owns the mine producing the potassium-rich salt potash, said the trapped workers were employees of a subcontractor who were doing maintenance work in the mine. Emergency teams made repeated attempts to reach the trapped workers but were blocked by the fire and heavy smoke. Reinforcements for the rescue teams were being sent to the mine from all around the mining region. The head of the subcontracting firm, Andrei Maksimov, told the Interfax news agency Saturday that rescue teams have had no communications yet with the trapped ...
Sitharaman inaugurates Indian Navy's Information Fusion Centre
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday inaugurated the Indian Navy's Information Fusion Centre (IFC) that aims to collaborate with partner countries and multi-national agencies to develop maritime awareness and share information on vessels. Speaking at the inauguration, Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba said India aims to work closely with multinational constructs and other Information Fusion Centres through this new centre. Additionally, the IFC-Indian Ocean Region would work towards capability-building in the region, coordination of incident response and disaster relief, and in time, also share submarine safety information, he said. As part of the IFC-IOR's collaborative and capability development endeavours, a Maritime Information Sharing workshop in Delhi is also planned next year, Lanba said. The IFC-IOR is initially being launched as a virtual construct wherein information exchange will be done electronically through the Internet. He said the Centre would also host ...
Meghalaya govt announces interim relief for trapped miners' kins
The Meghalaya government Saturday announced an interim relief of Rs 1 lakh each to the families of the 15 miners trapped in an illegal rat-hole coal mine and sought high power submersible pumps from the Coal India Ltd to rescue them. The coal mine is located in East Jaintia Hills district of the state and the miners have been trapped there since December 13. The relief was announced as per directions of the National Green Tribunal Committee (NGT), a state government official said. The NGT committee, during a meeting with state government officials Thursday, had asked them to pay compensation to the next of kin of all the miners who have either been injured or killed in the incident. "We have announced an interim relief of Rs 1 lakh for the families of the trapped miners," Deputy Commissioner of East Jaintia Hills district F M Dopth told PTI here. He said the government gave the approval Friday night and notices were sent to the family members of the miners through their respective ...