Disasters & accidents
144 storiesTyphoon No. 27 moves north near Ogasawara as typhoons 28 and 29 form
Typhoon No. 27, described by the Japan Meteorological Agency as large and very strong, moved north over waters near the Ogasawara Islands and was forecast to approach the islands at very strong intensity from the evening of Oct. 5 to early …
Fishing boat capsizes off Jeju; nine rescued, two missing as search continues
A 29-tonne fishing vessel registered in Sacheon capsized at about 03:04 on October 5 about 65 kilometres northwest of Chagwido, off Jeju, with 11 people aboard. Nine crew — eight Indonesians and one Vietnamese — were rescued and taken to Ha…
Bermuda mother and son identified in air ambulance crash off Nantucket
Bermuda police identified Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and her son Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, both Bermudian nationals, as the two passengers on a Gulfstream G100 air ambulance that went missing off Nantucket, Massachusetts, around 1 a.m. Sat…
Tanker catches fire in Black Sea near Sochi; Sirius beaches closed
A tanker caught fire in the Black Sea near Sochi, according to Russian state and business outlets. The head of the Sirius federal territory administration, Dmitry Plishkin, said its beaches would be temporarily closed and that water and air…
Russian citizen dies after road accident in Phuket, consulate says
Russia's consulate general in Phuket confirmed that a Russian man died after a road accident, saying he died in hospital from his injuries and that the consulate is helping to repatriate the body. Diplomats did not give the circumstances of…
Truck collision collapses pedestrian overpass in Tatarstan, two injured
An elevated pedestrian crossing over the Kazan–Shemordan road in Tatarstan partially collapsed after a truck struck a load-bearing structure, according to the republic's emergencies ministry. Two people — the driver and a passenger of the t…
Nepal ends landslide search; over 5,000 missing, including five Japanese
Nepal's government decided on Oct. 5 to call off search and rescue operations for the Aug. 26 landslide on the China-Nepal border, except where searches are still needed or new information emerges, and to shift its focus to recovery and rec…
One worker injured in rock collapse at Vostochny mine in Russia's Primorye
A rock collapse at the Vostochny mine in Primorsky Krai injured one worker, with no fatalities reported. Twenty-two people were in the shaft at the time; rescuers brought the injured miner to the surface and handed him to ambulance crews. P…
Three typhoons active near Japan as Typhoon 27 moves north, JMA says
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced on Oct. 5 that Typhoon 28 (Nolo) and Typhoon 29 (Koguma) had formed, making three active typhoons near Japan with Typhoon 27 (Choi-wan). Typhoon 27 was large and very strong, moving north-northwest …
Two killed, including a child, in Moscow region house fire
A fire at a private house in the SNT “Stankoagregat” gardening association in Bogorodsky city district, Moscow region, killed two people, the regional branch of the Emergencies Ministry said. Firefighters found the bodies of a woman born in…
School bus rollover in Florida kills 2, including a 10th grade student
A school bus carrying 39 people flipped onto its roof in a multivehicle crash in Winter Haven, Florida, on Monday morning, killing a 10th grade girl and the driver of a Jeep, authorities said. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said an oncoming…
2-year-old boy dies after being hit by car in Kamakura city-owned parking lot
A 2-year-old boy died after being hit by a car in a city-owned parking lot in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the morning of Oct 6, police said. The vehicle was starting to move when it struck the boy, according to the Kamakura police sta…
Nigerian military aircraft crashes in Ondo State, killing all 32 aboard
A Nigerian military aircraft with 32 people aboard crashed on 5 October near Igbokoda in Ondo State while flying to Lagos, Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo said. President Bola Tinubu said all 32 people on board — 25 passengers and seven cre…
Kesennuma house fire: two residents out of contact, two firefighters transported
A fire broke out in a wooden partly two-story house in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, around 21:50 on Oct. 5, according to TBS NEWS DIG. Two people at the house were out of contact, and the fire department sent 13 pump trucks; as of 23:00 no…
Mi-8 hard-lands in Kamchatka; no injuries as prosecutors and investigators open checks
A Mi-8 helicopter of JSC Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise made a hard landing near the Zhupanova river in Kamchatka's Yelizovsky district on Tuesday, with three crew members on board and no injuries reported. The helicopter tipped onto its sid…
Fire on 41-ton fish carrier near Incheon Bridge; 3 crew rescued
A fire broke out on a 41-ton fish transport vessel in waters near Incheon Bridge at about 1:57 p.m. on October 6, according to Yonhap and Dong-A Ilbo. Three crew members were rescued by a nearby vessel, and Incheon Coast Guard said no casua…
Seosan waste recycling plant fire put out after 17 hours 40 minutes
A fire that broke out around midnight on 6 October at a waste recycling factory in Daesan-eup, Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, was fully extinguished after 17 hours and 40 minutes, Yonhap and Seoul Shinmun reported. Fire authorities had…
Nigeria military aircraft with 32 aboard crashes in Ondo state, many feared dead
A Nigerian air force aircraft carrying 32 people, including seven crew, crashed in Ondo state in southern Nigeria on October 5. Reports say many of those on board may have died. The aircraft, an ATR42, was flying from Edo state to Lagos, ac…
DRC boat collision death toll rises to 26, with 82 missing
A collision between two boats on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Équateur province has killed 26 people, Yicai, Xinhua and Jiemian reported. Jiemian, citing Congolese authorities, said the vessel was carrying 163 peopl…
Car hits bear on Tomsk region road, three people hospitalised
A Ford Mondeo hit a bear that walked onto a road in Tomsk Oblast on the evening of 5 October, then went into a ditch and overturned. Three people in the car — a 28-year-old driver, a 19-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man — were taken to h…