Rwanda Marburg virus disease outbreak Officials in Rwanda report that the death toll from the Marburg virus outbreak in the country has increased to 11 people. (AP)
2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina floods Sixteen people are killed in floods and landslides in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Al Jazeera)
2024 European floods 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina floods Sixteen people are killed in floods and landslides in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Al Jazeera)
Sixteen people are killed in floods and landslides in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Al Jazeera)
Ukrainian forces say that they have shot down a Russian aircraft near Kostiantynivka. The aircraft crashed into a house, causing it to catch fire. No casualties are reported. The aircraft is later reported to be a S-70 Okhotnik-B and was reportedly shot down by a Russian Su-57 jet to prevent its capture by Ukraine. (Defence Blog) (Forbes) (AP)
Hurricane Milton intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane with a minimum central pressure of 897 millibars. (National Hurricane Center)
The Tropicana Field roof in St. Petersburg is damaged by winds caused from Hurricane Milton. (Tampa Bay Times)
United Nations human rights investigators accuse Israel of crimes against humanity and the crime of extermination by deliberately targeting health facilities and medical personnel in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Peru wildfires The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. (Reuters)
2024 South American wildfires 2024 Peru wildfires The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. (Reuters)
The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. (Reuters)
An explosion at a house in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, kills at least two people and injures six others. An investigation to determine the cause of the explosion by the Health and Safety Executive is underway. (BBC News)
A bus carrying Japanese tourists crashed into a ditch in Afyonkarahisar province Turkey, injuring 22.(AP)
The World Health Organization declares Egypt to be malaria-free. (BBC News)
2024 Pacific typhoon season Tropical Storm Trami makes landfall in northeastern Luzon, Philippines, killing at least 26 people. (BBC News) (Reuters)
Eight people are killed when a NNPC Limited Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria. (Daily Maverick) (BBC News Pidgin)
Four people are killed and one other is seriously injured when a Tesla car crashes into a guardrail and struck a concrete pillar at high speed after losing control causing a fire in Toronto, Canada. (CTV News Toronto)
Tropical Storm Trami makes landfall in northeastern Luzon, Philippines, killing at least 26 people. (BBC News) (Reuters)
2024 Pacific typhoon season The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami's landfall in central and northern Philippines increases to 76 people, with more than 320,000 people evacuated. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli troops storm the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
Kamal Adwan Hospital siege Israeli troops storm the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
Siege of Jabalia Kamal Adwan Hospital siege Israeli troops storm the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) Three Israeli soldiers from the Armored Corps are killed in an IED blast in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz)
The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami's landfall in central and northern Philippines increases to 76 people, with more than 320,000 people evacuated. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Pacific typhoon season The death toll from the flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to at least 126. (UPI)
Nineteen people are killed and five others are injured when a bus crashes on a highway in Zacatecas, Mexico, while heading from Nayarit to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. (Reuters)
The death toll from the flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to at least 126. (UPI)
2024 Pacific typhoon season The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to 136 people killed and missing. (Al Jazeera)
The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to 136 people killed and missing. (Al Jazeera)
2024 European floods 2024 Spain floods Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in parts of southern and eastern Spain causes a train to derail in Andalusia. Seven people are reported missing in the towns of Letur and L'Alcúdia. (The Guardian)
2024 Spain floods Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in parts of southern and eastern Spain causes a train to derail in Andalusia. Seven people are reported missing in the towns of Letur and L'Alcúdia. (The Guardian)
Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in parts of southern and eastern Spain causes a train to derail in Andalusia. Seven people are reported missing in the towns of Letur and L'Alcúdia. (The Guardian)
Four people are injured after a derailed tram crashes into a phone and computer shop in central Oslo, Norway. (Euronews)
2024 European floods 2024 Spain floods At least 140 people are killed and many others are missing after severe floods in the Valencian Community, Spain, that damaged rail lines and highways. (BBC) (AP)
2024 Spain floods At least 140 people are killed and many others are missing after severe floods in the Valencian Community, Spain, that damaged rail lines and highways. (BBC) (AP)
At least 140 people are killed and many others are missing after severe floods in the Valencian Community, Spain, that damaged rail lines and highways. (BBC) (AP)
The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 161, with dozens of others still missing. (Infobae) (BBC News)
2024 European floods 2024 Spain floods The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 205, with several others still missing. (BBC News) (AP)
2024 Spain floods The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 205, with several others still missing. (BBC News) (AP)
Siege of North Gaza, Gaza famine, Israeli generals' plan The United Nations declares the situation in northern Gaza as "apocalyptic", with the entire Palestinian population there at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence" due to Israeli bombardments and aid blockage. (Reuters)
The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 205, with several others still missing. (BBC News) (AP)
The United Nations declares the situation in northern Gaza as "apocalyptic", with the entire Palestinian population there at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence" due to Israeli bombardments and aid blockage. (Reuters)
A truck plunges into a ravine in Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador, killing ten people. A 3-year-old girl is the sole survivor of the crash, according to police. (AP)
Two Egyptian Air Force officers are killed when a helicopter crashes during a training exercise in Suez Governorate, Egypt. (Al Arabiya) (Egypt Independent)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season, 2024 Cuba blackouts Cuba experiences a nationwide blackout as Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Artemisa Province. (Al Jazeera)
Cuba experiences a nationwide blackout as Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Artemisa Province. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Indo-Pakistani smog The Pakistani Health Department reports that at least 1.8 million people in Punjab, Pakistan have become sick with respiratory and eye irritation ailments caused by chronic, record-breaking air pollution. (AP)
The Pakistani Health Department reports that at least 1.8 million people in Punjab, Pakistan have become sick with respiratory and eye irritation ailments caused by chronic, record-breaking air pollution. (AP)
A study published in the medical journal The Lancet reports that the number of adults who have diabetes globally has increased from 200 million people in 1990 to around 800 million people in 2022. The study also reported that around 40% of adults with diabetes are not receiving treatment for the disease. (DW) (The Guardian)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Sara makes landfall in Belize after causing flooding in Honduras. (AP)
2024 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in the Philippines as a Category 4 super typhoon, three days after Typhoon Usagi struck the country and becoming the sixth consecutive storm to affect Luzon in the past month. At least eight people are killed. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
Tropical Storm Sara makes landfall in Belize after causing flooding in Honduras. (AP)
Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in the Philippines as a Category 4 super typhoon, three days after Typhoon Usagi struck the country and becoming the sixth consecutive storm to affect Luzon in the past month. At least eight people are killed. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
The Ministry of Health of New Zealand declares a national epidemic of whooping cough after a recent spike of 263 cases in the past four weeks. (RNZ)
2024 Red Sea tourist boat disaster Sixteen people are missing and 28 others are rescued after a boat carrying tourists sinks off the coast of Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. (BBC News)
2024–25 Australian region cyclone season Sixteen people are killed and six others are missing in flash floods caused by Tropical Low 01U in Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP) (The Irish Examiner)
One crew member is killed and three others are injured when a DHL Boeing 737-400F cargo plane operated by Swiftair crashes into the ground near a residential building while approaching Vilnius Airport in Lithuania. No one on the ground is injured. (Reuters) (DW)
Sixteen people are killed and six others are missing in flash floods caused by Tropical Low 01U in Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP) (The Irish Examiner)
Swiftair Flight 5960 One crew member is killed and three others are injured when a DHL Boeing 737-400F cargo plane operated by Swiftair crashes into the ground near a residential building while approaching Vilnius Airport in Lithuania. No one on the ground is injured. (Reuters) (DW)
2024 Red Sea tourist boat disaster Four people are found dead and five others are rescued from a tourist boat that sank yesterday off the coast of Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. Seven others are still missing. (The Guardian)
Five people are killed and another is in critical condition when a Cessna 206 Stationair aircraft crashes into the Pico Blanco mountain near San José, Costa Rica. (DW) (The Tico Times)
2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season At least twelve people, including four children, are killed and more than 250,000 people are evacuated due to flooding and landslides caused by Deep Depression BOB 08 in Sri Lanka. (DW)
2024 South Korean snowstorm At least six people are killed in traffic accidents and more than 140 flights are canceled in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, due to a winter storm in the country, marking the third heaviest snowfall in Seoul since 1907. (AP) (Yonhap) (Newsweek)
2024–25 Australian region cyclone season Landslides and flash floods caused by Cyclone Robyn kill at least 27 people and injure dozens of others in North Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
At least six people are killed in traffic accidents and more than 140 flights are canceled in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, due to a winter storm in the country, marking the third heaviest snowfall in Seoul since 1907. (AP) (Yonhap) (Newsweek)
At least twelve people, including four children, are killed and more than 250,000 people are evacuated due to flooding and landslides caused by Deep Depression BOB 08 in Sri Lanka. (DW)
Landslides and flash floods caused by Cyclone Robyn kill at least 27 people and injure dozens of others in North Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia At least three people are killed and more than 84,000 people are displaced by flooding in Malaysia, primarily in Kelantan. (AP)
2024–25 Australian region cyclone season The death toll from the floods and landslides in North Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 31, with ten others injured, and dozens of others missing. (DW)
At least three people are killed and more than 84,000 people are displaced by flooding in Malaysia, primarily in Kelantan. (AP)
The death toll from the floods and landslides in North Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 31, with ten others injured, and dozens of others missing. (DW)
2024 Kwango province disease outbreak Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announce an investigation into the deaths of 143 people from a flu-like disease in the Province of Kwango. (AP)
2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia At least 31 people have been killed by flooding in Thailand and Malaysia in the past five days. (AP)
At least 31 people have been killed by flooding in Thailand and Malaysia in the past five days. (AP)
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announce an investigation into the deaths of 143 people from a flu-like disease in the Province of Kwango. (AP)
An Iranian Air Force training jet crashes in Fars province, Iran, killing both pilots. (IRNA)
