Heavy rain and rising floodwaters overwhelmed Henan province in central China on Tuesday, flooding subway stations in the city of Zhengzhou and washing vehicles off the road. By Tuesday night, however, the nearby city of Luoyang and its seven million inhabitants faced an even more sobering threat: the collapse of …
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Photos and videos circulating on social media Thursday showed the debris along the side of the building, as rescue workers milled about. “The building was evacuated and there are no occupants inside,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said, adding there were no reported injuries “at this time.” This is the second Miami-Dade …
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Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab has warned the international community that the country could collapse in days, as even Israel offers aid fearing the expansion of Lebanese Hezbollah’s power in the country. Without having a formal government, a 90% decrease in the value of the country’s currency and 55% …
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“We noticed the stress, the force of the pressure of the walls and the floors just pretty much… sustained no chance of life,” Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told victims’ family members on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. He added that, given the low likelihood of finding additional …
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Sandwiched between Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia, Slovenia is a tiny country of 2.1 million people. However, for the next six months, it will set the agenda of the European Council. Speaking after his country assumed the council’s rotating presidency last week, Jansa made it clear that his priorities might …
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The official death count rose to 16 on Wednesday morning after four more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the building, which collapsed during the middle of the night in Surfside last Thursday. Although no survivors have been found by emergency digging teams in the rubble for nearly a …
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Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava confirmed on Sunday morning that the number of confirmed deaths following the tragic collapse had risen to nine. One victim, pulled from the rubble on Thursday, died in hospital, and four more bodies were found overnight, bringing the total number of people found dead …
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As of Friday morning, 159 people remain missing, up from the previous tally which showed 99 individuals unaccounted for. Three additional bodies have been pulled from the rubble, bringing the official death count to four. Eleven injuries have been reported, with four people receiving hospital treatment. The 12-story structure experienced …
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The order, which went into effect on Thursday, will allow the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other federal agencies to provide assistance to state and local authorities currently sifting through the rubble. The declaration specifically authorizes FEMA to mobilize recruitment and resources in order to …
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Miami-Dade County’s Assistant Fire Chief Ray Jadallah confirmed 55 apartment units on the building’s northeast side had totally collapsed, with 35 people rescued from the wreckage of the 12-story building and ten “assessed and treated” on site. A further two were sent to nearby hospitals, where one died. While estimates …
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