7 Alarming Facts About Super Typhoon Fung-wong
Super Typhoon Fung-wong, locally known as Uwan, has slammed into the Philippines with devastating winds, torrential rains, and mass evacuations—just days after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed over 200 people. Over 100,000 residents have been displaced, 300 flights cancelled, and a state of emergency declared nationwide.
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Afghan Women Left to Die After Earthquake as Taliban’s Sharia Ban Blocks Male Rescuers
After Afghanistan’s third deadly earthquake killed over 2,200 people, reports reveal women were left under rubble as Taliban’s Sharia restrictions barred male rescuers from touching them. With no female doctors or rescue workers, women faced a lose-lose situation under Taliban rule.
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Third Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan: Death Toll Surpasses 2,200 as Survivors Face Aid Shortages
A third powerful earthquake has struck southeastern Afghanistan, pushing the death toll past 2,200. Entire villages have been destroyed as survivors face critical shortages of food, shelter, and medical supplies.
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Deadly Earthquakes Spark Global Concern
Southeast Asia was hit with two powerful earthquakes on Friday and these Deadly Earthquakes Spark Global Concern. Earthquake measuring 7.7-magnitude on the Richter’s scale struck Mandalay in Myanmar on Friday. The tremors of the quake were felt as far as Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai. 12 minutes later a second quake, with a magnitude of 6.4, shook the area. The violent tremors caused buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok to sway which led to evacuations across the city, and in Myanmar. According to preliminary reports the U.S. Geological Survey and Germany’s GFZ center for geosciences said the midday earthquake was a shallow 10 kilometers, and the epicenter was in Myanmar.
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