Snowstorm Traps Hundreds of Everest Hikers
The snowfall buried tents and reduced visibility. The local authorities said that they were in contact with the hikers and that rescue efforts were underway.
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The snowfall buried tents and reduced visibility. The local authorities said that they were in contact with the hikers and that rescue efforts were underway.
Rescuers said that they detected no more signs of life from under the rubble and would now focus on recovering bodies, three days after a school collapsed in Indonesia.
Officials were optimistic on Thursday that most of the missing had been accounted for. But severe damage to the area means many people lack shelter, water and electricity.
Officials were optimistic on Thursday that most of the missing had been accounted for. But severe damage to the area means many people lack shelter, water and electricity.
Rescuers saved five more students from under the building on Thursday but said they would end the search three days after the deadly accident.
Dozens were killed after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Cebu Province of the Philippines on Tuesday.
The earthquake killed at least 69 people, including residents of a village of “disaster-resilient homes” built for people who survived Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
Workers rushed to free potential survivors two days after an Islamic boarding school collapsed during a prayer service, killing at least three students.
Rescuers raced to save students after a boarding school in East Java caved in. At least three students were killed, officials said, and dozens more were injured.
At least three children were killed and about 100 injured after an Islamic boarding school collapsed during a prayer service, officials said.