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Yet between 700 and 1,000 local residents remain, most of them living in the basements of apartment buildings, without running water, heating or electricity. The only place to charge phones is in the basement of the building now housing the city administration. The exact number of people is impossible to determine because, since mid-October, no humanitarian volunteers have come to Kurakhove.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Israeli government said it was sending planes to the Netherlands to evacuate its citizens after street violence following a soccer game in Amsterdam, where Israeli fans were chased down and beaten in what Israeli and Dutch leaders called antisemitic attacks. It is unclear what set off the violence.

King Felipe VI and top government officials were pelted with mud by a crowd of enraged survivors of Spain's floods during the first visit Sunday by the country's leaders to the center of the suffering. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was evacuated from the scene, according to Spanish broadcaster RTVE, when the official contingent started to walk the mud-covered streets of Paiporta, one of the hardest hit areas where over 60 people perished and thousands of lives were shattered. Police had to step in with some officers on horseback to keep back the crowd of several dozens who hurled mud and wielded shovels and poles threateningly in the air.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for failing to prevent the disaster as top management, has died, with...

An electrical system malfunctioned, the autopilot quit and some radio communications were disrupted aboard a Frontier Airlines plane before the pilots made a fiery but safe emergency landing in Las Vegas earlier this month

A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant has been restarted after a safety upgrade, as the government pursues a renewed expansion of nuclear energy to pr...

Israeli soldiers captured around 100 suspected Hamas militants during a raid in Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, the military said on Monday. Gaza health officials and Hamas have denied any militant presence at the hospital, which Israeli forces stormed on Friday and left on Saturday. «The soldiers apprehended approximately 100 terrorists from the compound, including terrorists who attempted to escape during the evacuation of civilians. Inside the hospital, they found weapons, terror funds, and intelligence documents,» the military said.

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 72 people since Thursday night and Israeli forces launched a night-time raid on a hospital in the north of the enclave, Palestinian officials said. The Gaza health ministry said a strike on houses in the southern city of Khan Younis killed at least 38, many of them women and children. The Israeli military said its forces had killed a number of Palestinian gunmen in air and ground strikes in the southern Gaza Strip and dismantled military infrastructure.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A year into the war in Gaza, Israel is back at the site of its first battles and engaged in one of the most ferocious campaigns of the conflict, a do-over that offers a cautionary tale for its other war in Lebanon. Homed in on northern Gaza, Israel has issued evacuation orders for every town north of Gaza City and dispatched two new brigades, in what the military says is its latest attempt to eradicate Hamas from the enclave.

Odisha's Bhadrak district experienced severe disruptions early on Friday as Cyclone Dana made landfall in the eastern state. Strong winds and heavy rains saw trees uprooted and roads blocked, with the cyclone's landfall expected to last a few more hours, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD reported wind speeds of 100-110 km/h, with gusts reaching 120 km/h, saying, «The severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph and lay centred over north coastal Odisha, about 15 km north of Dhamara and 30 km north-northwest of Habalikhati nature camp (Bhitarkanika).» Odisha's Revenue and Disaster Management Minister, Suresh Pujari, noted that approximately 10 districts are likely to be affected. «Around 10 districts are likely to be affected by the cyclone, comprising 60 blocks, 2131 villages, 12 urban local bodies, and 55 wards in different urban local bodies. The evacuation process has already reached its conclusion...Three lakh seventy-seven thousand people have already been evacuated...,» he said.

Odisha from Thursday at around 11pm to Friday early morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. «The severe cyclonic storm “DANA” over northwest Bay of Bengal moved north north westwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past 6 hours (till the time of reporting) and lay centred at around 70 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 90 km south-southeast of Dhamara (Odisha) and 190 km south of Sagar Island (West Bengal). It is very likely to move north-northwestwards and cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara (Odisha) during mid-night of Thursday to morning of Friday as a severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph, IMD said. Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rains at one or two places is likely to occur over East Midnapore, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas districts, Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North 24 Parganas and Jhargram districts, IMD said.

Hezbollah escalate, a missile strike on an apartment building in Beirut was captured live by Bilal Hussein, an Associated Press (AP) photographer. The incident is part of Israel's ongoing military campaign in Lebanon, aimed at targeting Hezbollah strongholds in the region. The dramatic moment occurred after an Israeli warning allowed the building to be evacuated. Hussein, who was positioned behind a tree for cover, was able to document the missile’s descent just moments before it struck, capturing the projectile’s final approach.

Bay of Bengal intensified into cyclonic storm 'Dana' on Wednesday morning, the Odisha government expedited the evacuation of people from coastal areas and deployed 288 rescue teams in vulnerable areas across 14 districts, officials said. The state government has already mobilised 19 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, 51 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams, and 178 Fire Services teams, with an additional 40 teams also deployed in the affected districts. On Wednesday morning, the Indian Air Force transported 150 NDRF personnel and relief materials to Bhubaneswar using two aircraft.

Cyclone Dana is likely to make landfall between Odisha's Puri and Sagar Island in West Bengal, West Bengal government has announced a detailed preparedness plan and a slew of measures to fight the impact of the Cyclone in the nine districts. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that she has created a seven-member team of Principal Secretaries, who will function as observers, have been deployed in nine the districts to monitor the situation and take action. The Chief Secretary will to monitor the situation round the clock and two control rooms have been opened, the Chief Minister said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that seven Principal Secretaries have been deployed to expedite preparedness and take action depending on the impact of the Cyclone.

air strikes targeted south Beirut on Sunday after the Israeli army warned civilians to evacuate the stronghold of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, state media said. The reported strikes came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement of trying to assassinate him by attacking his residence. «Enemy (Israeli) airplanes carried out two strikes this morning on Beirut's southern suburbs, one of them hitting a residential building in Haret Hreik» near a mosque and a hospital, the National News Agency reported.

Gaza on Saturday showing a picture of the dead Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar with the message that «Hamas will no longer rule Gaza», echoing language used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The move came as Israeli military strikes killed at least 32 people across the Gaza Strip and tightened a siege around hospitals in Jabalia in the north of the enclave, Palestinian health officials said. «Whoever drops the weapon and hands over the hostages will be allowed to leave and live in peace,» the leaflet, written in Arabic, read, according to residents of the southern city of Khan Younis and images circulating online.

The family of a Tennessee employee who was killed by catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene has filed a wrongful death lawsuit

It cost fish farmers in Prince Edward Island more than $70 million when Hurricane Fiona hit in 2022. Similarily, owners evacuated the biggest shrimp farm in the United States when Hurricane Milton bore down on Florida last week.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Israel’s military is ordering civilians to leave large parts of northern Gaza as it conducts an offensive against Hamas militants in Jabalia refugee camp. But many Palestinians are staying put, because they are trapped by fighting around them, exhausted by a year of repeated evacuations or fearful that nowhere in the Gaza Strip is safe.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Near the point where Israel, Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea meet, Israeli soldiers were patrolling a forest when they spotted something strange—a small patch of green paint on a tree.

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., discusses the potential impact of Hurricane Milton after Tampa's mayor told residents to evacuate on 'Varney & Co.'