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And who can forget Chernobyl? Not exactly a natural disaster, but the eerily quiet, radiation-drenched aftermath had all the hallmarks of one. Let’s count down our top 10 picks for the best shows on ...
I dare not look over my shoulder in case I tumble over. At Thredbo, the lifts and gondolas ferrying skiers up and down the mountain during winter are the same ones delivering mountain bikers up in ...
The skies have their disasters and such trauma as Thredbo and Granville to name just two. The one common thread with all these has been to recover the bodies. This has been followed by Christian ...
This will be the first natural disaster to happen after President Donald Trump shut down America's international aid agency with potentially devastating consequences. The impact in the aftermath ...
The Asian country, which has been embroiled in a civil war for the past four years, is not equipped to tackle natural disasters. More from Explainers How UK’s child poverty numbers just keep rising No ...
"Myanmar just can't afford another disaster." People across the country are affected by "widespread violence", and the health system has "been decimated by conflict, overwhelmed by outbreaks of ...
A deadly collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building during construction in Chatuchak, Bangkok, has left dozens trapped and three confirmed dead after an earthquake struck the city. The ...
Bangkok has been declared a disaster area following the strong earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar, City Hall announced on Friday. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has been placed in charge of ...
Bangkok authorities declared the Thai capital a "disaster area" on Friday, after a powerful earthquake in neighboring Myanmar created tremors which caused buildings to sway dramatically and one ...
Entire neighborhoods were devastated in a matter of seconds. Many factors conspired to make this earthquake a disaster, including a lack of quake-proofing measures in buildings across the region.
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Friday declared the Thai capital a Level 2 disaster zone after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit the heart of Myanmar, triggering widespread impact in several ...