A gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi province, northern China, has killed 90 people, according to China Central Television (CCTV). Nine people are trapped, and 123 injured have been hospitalized, with two in serious condition and two critical. A rescue operation involving 755 personnel is ongoing.
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Latest Disaster intelligence from 15 public ZettaWire signals, led by: BREAKING: Gas explosion at coal mine in north China's Shanxi kills 90, state media reports. Nine trapped, 123 injured as rescue operation with 755 personnel continues.
The death toll from the earthquake in Venezuela has exceeded 1,700. Another 5,034 people were injured, National AssemblyJorge Rodriguez said on Telegram.
The death toll from the earthquake in Venezuela has risen to 2,954, according to the republic's Ministry of Information and Communication. The ministry reported 16,592 people injured, 16,309 left homeless, 190 buildings completely destroyed, and 856 significantly damaged.
At least 45 people were killed, 17 missing and 487 injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mindanao, the Philippines, on Monday, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Wednesday.
A powerful explosion at a building reportedly used to store mining materials in Myanmar's rebel-held Shan state kills over 45 people and injures 70.
A fire at Utumishi Girls School in Kenya has killed sixteen students.
Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, killing at least 1,450 people. Family members of two professional footballers are among the dead.
A Hainan Airlines jet narrowly avoided a collision with a rogue light aircraft that later crashed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper, according to public flight-tracking data.
Venezuelans, with international assistance, continued searching Wednesday for survivors a week after massive earthquakes killed nearly 2,000 people and left thousands unaccounted for.
A fire ripped through a hotel in New Delhi on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, many of them foreign nationals, police and local media said.
12 people are dead after a plane crash in Butler, Missouri, according to police.
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed on takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California's Mojave Desert, bursting into flames and killing all eight crew members aboard, Air Force officials said.
Eight people died when a US B-52 bomber crashed and erupted into a catastrophic fire shortly after takeoff at an air force base in California, officials said.
Ryazan oil refinery, one of Russia’s largest, is engulfed in flames after a massive overnight drone attack. Oil rain was reported, and air defense or EW activity reportedly hit a high-rise, causing dead and wounded.
Japan's government has issued an emergency earthquake warning for Miyagi, Aomori, Iwate, Fukushima, and Akita prefectures.
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