Scenes of Loss Play Out Across Japan’s Western Coastline After Quake Kills 84, Dozens Still Missing January 5, 2024 By Hiro Komae, Ayaka Mcgill and Yuri Kageyama SUZU, Japan (AP) — His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man stood silent, watching several helmeted rescue...
Powerful Earthquakes Leave at Least 55 Dead, Destroy Buildings in Japan January 3, 2024 By Hiro Komae and Yuri Kageyama WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan have left at least 55 people dead...
Communication Outage Complicates Search Efforts in Libya September 22, 2023 By Samy Magdy CAIRO (AP) — A day-long communication outage in a flood-stricken city in eastern Libya further complicated the work of teams...
UN Warns Disease Outbreak in Libya`s Flooded East Could Spark ‘a Second Devastating Crisis’ September 19, 2023 DERNA, Libya (AP) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya warned Monday that an outbreak of diseases in the...
Libya Investigates Dams’ Collapse After Flood Last Weekend Killed More than 11,000 September 18, 2023 By Samy Magdy and Yousef Mourad DERNA, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating...
Hawaii Officials Say DNA Tests Drop Maui Fire Death Count to 97 September 18, 2023 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Rebecca Boone WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii have adjusted the number of deaths from the deadly Maui wildfire down to...
Libyan City Buries Thousands in Mass Graves After Flood, Death Toll May Triple September 15, 2023 By Samy Magdy and Yousef Murad DERNA, Libya (AP) — The Libyan city of Derna has buried thousands of people in mass graves, officials said Thursday,...
Toll from Devastating Floods in Libyan City Passes 5,100 Dead September 14, 2023 By Samy Magdy and Yousef Murad DERNA, Libya (AP) — Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea for bodies in a devastated eastern...
Responders Dig for Bodies in Moroccan Mountain Villages After Earthquake September 14, 2023 By Sam Metz and Mosa'ab Elshamy IMI N`TALA, Morocco (AP) — The stench of death wafted through the village of Imi N’Tala high up in Morocco’s...
10,000 People Missing and Thousands Feared Dead After Libya Floods September 13, 2023 By Samy Magdy CAIRO (AP) — Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday,...