At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded after a stampede ensued at the close of an eight-day music festival in Morocco on Saturday night, the country’s news agency said. Among the victims of the stampede at the Mawazine …
Category Archive: Other Disasters
Death Toll Rises as Search Continues after Dam Burst in Indonesia
The Eastern Dam collapsed after reservoir overflowed due to heavy rains. Health Officials estimates death toll to reach 100. Rescue workers are still searching for survivors, the tragedy already claimed 52 victims. Aerial photos shows an enormous hole on the …
Australia Declares Oil Spill Area Disaster Zone
An oil spill in eastern Australia has forced officials to declare a 60 kilometer stretch of the Queensland coast a disaster zone amid warnings that legal action could be taken against the operator of the cargo ship that lost its …
German archive building collapses
Rescue workers are searching for up to four people still missing after a building housing archives collapsed on Tuesday in the German city of Cologne. Witnesses said there may have been two people inside a car parked outside the archive …
73 miners die, 113 injured in China mine blast
A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 73 miners and trapping dozens in the still-burning shaft, state media said. China’s mines are the world’s most dangerous with more than 3,000 deaths …