At least 10 people are reportedly dead or missing following a flood last night in the northern Lào Cai Province, authorities said this morning.
The mountainous Bát Xát District suffered the heaviest human loss with three people dead and six missing being swept away by the flood.
Updates from the Bát Xát Permanent Committee for Flood and Storm Control and Prevention as of 8am today said the people were residents from three communes of Cốc San, Tòng Sành and Phìn Ngan.
The flood also swept away another person in the tourist destination of Sa Pa District.
Six people died in eastern Mexico when they were buried in landslides caused by intense rainfall from the remnants of now-downgraded Tropical Storm Earl, an emergency services official said.
The six deaths involved two separate families in eastern Veracruz state, emergency services spokesman Manuel Escalera said.
He added that local authorities were continuing to monitor rising rivers and saturated soil that could trigger additional landslides.
Earl's maximum wind speed dropped to 30mph (48km/h) by Saturday afternoon, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.
At least seven people lost their lives as floods wreaked havoc in Harnai district of Balochistan this morning, ARY News reported Sunday.
According to details, several houses were destroyed and cars got washed away after floods hit the Harnai on Sunday. Several people, asleep in their houses, drowned in the flood water.
Rescue officials confirmed that seven people have been killed while three people were rescued.
The provincial and district administration have imposed an emergency in the area whereas doctors and rescue teams have began the relief operation. Civil Hospital in Quetta confirmed that four bodies were brought to the medical facilities.
The deceased included two journalists. Balochistan Government has announced a relief package for the affectees whereas the provincial rulers have also ensured compensation to the families of the deceased.
An earthquake in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol caused a mild panic amongst the residents, with some believing the shaking was being caused by renewed shelling around the city.
The epicentre of the 4.8 magnitude earthquake, which had a depth of 10 kilometers, was around two kilometres west of the city, according to the US Geological Survey.
In videos released on social media, local residents discuss what really happened. They speculated if it was in fact powerful shelling or gunfire.
Nueva Venecia is currently experiencing the largest fish kill of the last 10 years.
This new mass die-off in the area is blamed to low oxygen levels... Officials say.
Fish, fish and fish... Dead at the surface of the water! This is what fishermen of Nueva Venecia, Colombia, are currently reporting again.
Tons of them are floating on the water. According to officials, they all died from lack of oxygen. But due to what? Pollution? They don't want to say more!
These fish are the main economic resource for thousands of families living in villages around.
Lightning bolts killed two people and more than 80 cattle in Makwanpur, Baitadi and Mugu districts in the last two days. At least eight people were injured.
In Sarikhet VDC-9 of Makwanpur, a thunderbolt struck a house in which a four-year-old girl died. Five others were injured in the incident. They were taken to Hetauda Hospital.
Similarly, a 13-year-old girl died after being hit by a lightning at Shrikot VDC-3 in Baitadi.
In Mugu, 80 goats and sheep were killed by lightning at Ruga VDC on Thursday night. Three people were also injured in the incident.
These newly minted lands are part of Earth's amazing life cycle.
Yes, islands are disappearing — most recently the five Solomon Islands lost to rising sea levels. But don't despair just yet. For every island that goes the way of the dodo bird, the Earth is busy creating new islands.
Some erupt into being through volcanic activity. Others grow from ocean sandbars. Still others reveal themselves after glaciers retreat. A few are only temporary, while some materialize and erode on a regular basis. However they're birthed and however long they last, island-building is part of the amazing mystery of our living, breathing planet.
Here are 10 of Mother Nature's newest islands formed in the past two decades (and one still in the embryonic stage).
Mystery creates wonder, and wonder is the basis for man's desire to understand. Who knows what mysteries will be solved in our lifetime, and what new riddles will become the challenge of the new generations.
- John Keel
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