Macao's former top judge is elected as the Chinese casino hub's first leader born in mainland China
MACAO (AP) — Macao's former top judge is elected as the Chinese casino hub's first leader born in mainland China.
MACAO (AP) — Macao's former top judge is elected as the Chinese casino hub's first leader born in mainland China.
An 87-year-old woman was rescued after three days trapped with the body of her dead sister-in-law after the Valencia floods.
A crowd of angry survivors have hurled mud and insults at Spain's King Felipe during a visit to one of the worst flood-hit towns. The King and his wife Queen Letizia, along with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, were touring devastated Paiporta, just outside Valencia, as the public rage over the management of the crisis came to a boil on Sunday. The overall number of deaths from the devastating floods which hit the south and east of Spain on Tuesday and Wednesday has gone up to 217, with most of them being reported in the Valencia region.
Don and Terry Turner were discovered in a sparsely-populated area where they lived near the small town of Pedralba
More than 200 people have died in Spain's worst flash floods in modern history.
Severe flooding has hit Barcelona, with a red alert warning of "extreme danger" from torrential rain. Mobile phones received a message forecasting "continued rainfall" on the southern outskirts of the city. Oscar Puente, Spain's transport minister, said he was suspending all commuter trains in northeastern Catalonia, following a request from civil protection officials.
A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it had survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant was shut down again Monday due to an equipment problem, its operator said. The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant on Japan’s northern coast was put back online on Oct. 29 and had been expected to start generating power in early November. The reactor was operating normally and there was no release of radiation into the environment, Tohoku Electric said.
Floods left cars piled up like toys in streets, swallowed homes, and covered entire neighbourhoods in sludge as authorities report 217 fatalities
A British couple have been found dead in their car after the devastating flash flooding that swept through the Spanish province of Valencia.
At least 10 people are dead after a volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted multiple times overnight, spewing fireballs and ash on surrounding villages.
A red alert warning of “extreme danger” has been issued for the Barcelona area as it is hit with rainstorms and floods, causing chaos for road, train and air traffic.
Furious locals hurled mud and insults at Spain's king, queen and prime minister on Sunday in a startling show of anger in the worst hit town in the flood disaster that has killed more than 210 people.Mud hit the monarchs in the face and clothes as they tried to calm the angry crowd in scenes that underscored the fury over the response to the disaster that has now killed at least 217 people with many more still missing.
The crash happened in Almora district in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand
Latest alert comes as British couple found dead – with total killed by devastating storms across country at more than 200
More than 7,500 Spanish troops are being deployed to the Valencia region to deal with the aftermath of Spain's deadliest floods in decades.
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Valencia, Spain, has reached 217, officials announced Sunday, as the search for survivors -- and bodies -- continued in devastated cities and towns left caked in mud and strewn with debris. "The situation we are living in is tragic," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in Spanish during a televised national address on Saturday, describing the discovery of bodies in garages, homes, riverbanks and roads. Sánchez said the government is sending 10,000 soldiers and police to the eastern region of Valencia, about 200 miles east of Madrid, to assist local authorities.
STORY: Four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region of Valencia and the death toll from Spain's deadliest flash floods continues to rise.And with dozens of people still unaccounted for, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday that it will likely increase further.“The situation we are living in is tragic. It is dramatic. We are almost certainly talking about the most serious flooding our continent has seen so far this century. And I am aware that the response that is being given is not enough."Sanchez said the number of people killed has now passed 209.That was the number killed in floods in Romania in 1970.Spain's tragedy is now Europe's worst flood-related disaster since at least 500 people died in Portugal in 1967.Meanwhile, volunteers flocked to Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences center for the first coordinated clean-up organized by regional authorities. The venue has been turned into the nerve center for the operation.The storm triggered a new weather alert in the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, where rains are expected to continue during the weekend.Scientists say extreme weather events are becoming more frequent in Europe, and elsewhere, due to climate change. Meteorologists think the warming of the Mediterranean, which increases water evaporation, plays a key role in making torrential rains more severe.
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More than 200 people have died in the Valencia region with thousands more injured or displaced
PAIPORTA, Spain (Reuters) -Spain sent more soldiers to its flood-hit east where rescuers searched for more bodies and anger spread on Monday over the official handling of a disaster that has killed at least 217 people. A further 2,500 would join them, Defence Minister Margarita Robles told state-owned radio RNE. A warship carrying 104 marine infantry soldiers as well as trucks with food and water was approaching Valencia port even as a strong hailstorm pummelled Barcelona some 300 km (186 miles) to the north.
Rescuers plunged into inundated garages on Monday to find victims of Spain's deadliest floods in a generation as fresh downpours sparked transport chaos in the northeastern region of Catalonia.Barcelona's El Prat airport, Spain's second busiest, said 50 flights were cancelled or delayed and 17 diverted on Monday, while the city closed some flooded metro stations and regional trains were suspended.