ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A fuel tanker collided with a truck in Nigeria causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, officials say.
The last time Elías Ibarra Mendoza heard his wife’s voice, she was pleading for his help.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Before Hurricane Helene’s landfall last week, the National Weather Service began an all-out blitz to alert emergency planners, first responders and residents across the Southeast that the storm’s heavy rains and high winds could bring disaster hundreds of miles from the coast.
"Them finding that dog yesterday was a bright spot in the middle of this chaos,” said a rescue official, nearly a week after the storm decimated the area.
Fewer than 5% of people in Taylor County, where it made landfall, have flood insurance.
State Sen. Kevin Corbin calls out “conspiracy theory junk” about unburied bodies and FEMA stealing money.
PENSACOLA, N.C. (AP) — The search for victims of Hurricane Helene dragged into its second week on Friday, as exhausted rescue crews and volunteers continued to work long days — navigating past washed out roads, downed power lines and mudslides — to reach the isolated and the missing.
PENSACOLA, N.C. (AP) — Rescue crews and volunteers facing obstacles at every turn in North Carolina’s remote mountains paddled canoes across swollen rivers and steered horses past mudslides in the rush to reach those stranded or missing by Hurricane Helene’s rampage that killed more than 200 throughout the Southeast.
One person is dead after a seaplane crashed near Port Hardy, B.C., on Wednesday, the B.C. Coroners Service says. The Transportation Safety Board told CBC News the plane went down in Warner Bay, a remote area located about 45 kilometres northeast of Port Hardy. Port Hardy RCMP say they were notified of the crash at about 7:50 p.m. PT Wednesday.Three people were recovered, one of whom was dead, police said. Wilderness Seaplanes, which is based out of Port Hardy, said in a statement that one of its
British tourists watching the sunrise on a beach popular with holidaymakers in Greece were shocked when a dinghy of migrants arrived - including parents with babies. A couple were sat on Kolymbia Beach in Rhodes yesterday (3) when the rubber boat approached - full of people they suspect were fleeing from Turkey. The boat contained around a dozen men and women - without safety gear - and two appeared to have babies strapped to their fronts. One was using a swimming pool rubber ring for support.
The former president has a history of tying aid for natural disasters to the politics of those affected
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and communities hit by disasters like Hurricane Helene.
Hundreds more are still thought to be missing, though many may simply be disconnected from their families due to lack of power and communications, authorities have said
Tornadoes and hurricanes are both destructive storms that are often compared to one another. But are they really that alike?
Flash floods swept through a popular elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of about 100 elephants and trapping dozens of tourists, amid urgent pleas for help.
A week ago, Helene was plowing into Florida, thrashing cities and towns on the Gulf Coast while millions of people ahead of the hurricane’s path were dealing with rains that preceded even more rain. Forecasters warned of impacts that would be felt far inland.
Hurricane Helene's heavy rains devastated western North Carolina, and few properties had flood insurance.
Trump slams Fema for spending money on migrants, but the agency says those funds did not come from its hurricane relief.
North Carolinians among those desperate for answers as family members remain missing days after Helene’s devastation
Towns and villages are cut off and homes almost submerged by flash floods in central Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Hundreds of people are still missing and nearly a million homes are without power a week after the storm tore across the US south-east.
