Nepal flood: woman rescued after 10 days
Rescuers pulled 64-year-old Chandrika Shrestha alive from her mud-buried home in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Saturday, 10 days after flooding struck the China-…
Disasters & Incidents — September 2026
Orangutan mother and baby rescued from West Kalimantan fire
An orangutan mother and her baby were rescued in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province after wildfire spread near their habitat, conservation authorities said Saturday. The pair had been under observation since July after being spotted in a plantation area nea…
Bolivia army base blasts kill 2, wound 81, minister says
Two explosions at an army barracks in Viacha, Bolivia, killed at least two people, wounded 81 and left seven missing on Friday, Bolivian authorities said. Defense Minister Ernesto Justiniano said pyrotechnic material was stored at the base, southwest of Boliv…
Guinea buries 36 killed in Conakry landfill collapse
Guinea held a mass funeral Friday for 36 people killed when part of a landfill collapsed in a suburb of Conakry after heavy rains. Authorities announced the u…
Hurricane Lowell puts Hawaii islands on alert
Hawaii is preparing for possible impacts from Hurricane Lowell, which could pass near the state's westernmost islands early next week while its exact path rema…
EU wildfires burned 540,000 hectares this summer
Wildfires burned about 540,000 hectares across the European Union from June 18 to September 2, after more than 1,000 fires over the summer, according to data from the European Forest Fire Information System. The burned area was more than twice the size of Lux…
Nepal flood survivors left landless in Nuwakot
Nepal flood survivors in Nuwakot district say they cannot rebuild after floodwaters swept away homes, fields and land, leaving families in temporary shelter or staying with relatives. Pabitra Lamsal, 45, said her family’s two homes and rice paddy fields in Dh…
Nepal flood: UN seeks $50m, warns of disease risk
The United Nations appealed Friday for nearly $50 million to help more than 84,000 people in Nepal hit by catastrophic flooding, warning that winter was approaching and that disease risks were rising in affected areas. The August 26 floods on the China-Nepal…
Nepal glacial collapse kills 1,300, leaves 5,600 missing
A glacial mountain collapse on Nepal’s border with China has killed more than 1,300 people and left more than 5,600 missing in the two countries, as scientists examine what caused the August 26 disaster. Experts say a mass of ice and rock broke away from the…
Tunisia prison heat deaths reach 20, rights group says
The head of the Tunisian League for Human Rights said 20 prisoners have died in detention in Tunisia in recent weeks because of extreme heat, a figure authorities have not confirmed. Bassem Trifi, the group’s president, told Express FM on Sept. 3 that the org…
37 dead in Nigeria oil pipeline theft, NGO says
At least 37 people died early Thursday after inhaling fumes during suspected fuel theft from a pipeline in Rivers State in Nigeria's Niger Delta, the Youths an…
Nepal flood survivors face ruined Rasuwa villages
Nepal flood survivors in Rasuwa district are facing destroyed villages, washed-out roads and uncertainty days after torrents swept through the Himalayan border…
Nepal-Tibet flood toll rises to 1,318; 5,614 missing
The death toll from floods and mudslides after an August 26 glacial and mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border has risen to at least 1,318, with 5,614 people missing, based on figures from Nepal's disaster authority and Chinese state media. Chinese state…
Typhoon Saudel shuts schools and ferries in Fujian
Authorities in eastern China's Fujian province closed schools and suspended ferry routes on Thursday after forecasters warned of heavy rain from Typhoon Saudel…
Nepal flood survivor says stairs saved pilgrim group
Swiss pilgrim Natalia Rjumin-Girardet said a small concrete staircase saved her group from Nepal's deadly August 26 flash flood as a wave of water and mud swep…
Nepal flood: two rescued alive after 10 days
Nepal's army and police said rescuers pulled two people alive on Saturday, 10 days after catastrophic flooding struck the China-Nepal border region. A Nepal A…
Azerbaijan arms depot explosions prompt 5,000 evacuations
Azerbaijani authorities evacuated 5,000 people after a fire triggered explosions at an ammunition depot near Nizami village in the western Goranboy district ov…
Istanbul cargo ship sinks; 10 crew missing
A Turkish cargo ship sank in the Marmara Sea near Istanbul after colliding with an empty oil tanker before dawn Wednesday, and rescuers were searching for its…
Egypt bus crash kills 22, including 10 Jordanians
A passenger bus overturned on a desert highway in Egypt's eastern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, killing 22 people and injuring 28 others, authorities said. Th…
Nepal flood: 1,030 bodies buried in mass graves
Nepal Police said about 1,030 bodies have been buried in mass graves after DNA samples were taken, as rescuers continued searching for survivors from the flood…
Syria says munitions vehicle blast kills at least five
Syrian authorities said at least five people were killed Tuesday when a vehicle carrying munitions exploded in Binnish, in northwest Idlib province. A security source told state news agency SANA that the vehicle exploded in the city of Binnish, but did not sa…
Philippine couple marries in hip-deep floodwater
A Philippine couple married on Tuesday in hip-deep floodwater inside a Catholic church in Hagonoy, north of Manila, after heavy rains flooded the parish for nearly a month. Leian Lieza Galang and Gilbert Chico, both in their 30s, went ahead with an abbreviate…
Malaysia haze emergency shuts schools and offices
Malaysia's haze emergency in the Serian division of Sarawak state on Borneo will shut 647 schools and close government and private offices after air pollution reached critical levels. The emergency covers Serian in Malaysian Borneo, not the whole of Sarawak.…
Tibet floods: activists accuse China of underreporting toll
Exiled Tibetans and advocacy groups accused China of underreporting the death toll from floods in Tibet border regions with Nepal, while Beijing rejected the claims as "malicious smearing and sensationalism". Chinese state media reported 16 deaths and 546 mis…
Nepal flood women face sanitation shortages in camp
Women displaced by Nepal's August 26 flash floods say inadequate toilets, little water and gaps in basic supplies are creating sanitation and menstrual hygiene problems at a school relief camp in Nuwakot district. Thousands of people are living in temporary c…
Zheng Qinwen donates $150,000 after Nepal-Tibet floods
China's Olympic tennis champion Zheng Qinwen has donated one million yuan, about $150,000, to relief efforts after deadly flash floods and landslides on the Ch…
Nepal flood: 1,259 dead, 5,083 missing, authority says
Nepal’s disaster authority said the flood death toll had risen to 1,259 people, with 5,083 missing after the August 26 Himalayan disaster. The updated figures raised the previously reported Nepal toll of 1,252 dead and 4,216 missing. Chinese state media had s…