Rescuers believe no one was hurt when part of a parking garage collapsed at a Dutch hospital (2024)

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Lady Gaga is teasing her turn as Harley Quinn in the upcoming film Joker: Folie à Deux. In a new interview to promote the Gaga Chomatica Ball film, the star teased how her version of the comic book character is different. “You know my version of Harley is mine, and it’s very authentic to this …

Colchester Evening Gazette

Colchester's Brook Street's traffic lights not working leaving cars in confusion

TRAFFIC lights at a busy junction in Colchester have stopped working for another time after temporary lights were in place last week.

Associated Press

Bodies of 27 'burnt beyond recognition' after a massive fire in Indian amusem*nt park, relatives say

Giriraj Singh waited for hours on Sunday to recover the body of his nephew but was told to head home as the remains were “burned beyond recognition.” “The bodies are unidentifiable and authorities asked me to wait for the DNA tests,” Singh, a retired army officer, told The Associated Press. Local police officer Raju Bhargav said that while the owner Yuvraj Singh Solanki bought some fire extinguishers and was in the process of installing a water fire impression system, he ran the two-storey place without authorization from the fire department.

The Guardian

‘Passionate, professional’ RAF pilot killed in Spitfire crash named as Mark Long

Prince and Princess of Wales lead tributes to squadron leader, who died near RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Saturday

CNN

Small plane loses power and skims suburban rooftops before making safe crash landing on belly

A pilot and passenger emerged unscathed from a light plane that made a dramatic crash landing in Australia after flying perilously close to houses in suburban Sydney.

Associated Press

At least 22 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states

The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky and were just north of an oppressive, early season heat wave setting records from south Texas to Florida. Forecasters said the severe weather could shift to the East Coast later Monday and warned millions of people outdoors for the holiday to watch the skies. A tornado watch was issued from North Carolina to Maryland.

Manchester Evening News

Twelve people injured during severe turbulence on flight as emergency services swarm plane

Six passengers and six crew members were injured after the Qatar Airways flight hit turbulence

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Thousands feared buried alive in Papua landslide

STORY: More than 2,000 people could be buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week. That’s according to a new figure by the National Disaster Centre on Sunday, which was released publicly by the United Nations on Monday. Evit Kambu says she lost 18 family members. “I have 18 of my family members buried under the debris and soil that I am standing on. And a lot more family members in the village I cannot count. I am the landowner here, thank you to all those who've come to help us. But I cannot retrieve the bodies so I am standing here helplessly.” Estimates of those killed in the landslide around the Yambali village in the country's north have been rising steadily since Friday. Local media on Monday reported that residents had rescued a couple trapped under rubble after hearing their cries for help. But treacherous terrain and the remote location raises the risk that few further survivors will be found. A U.N. official said the first excavator did not reach the site til late on Sunday, more than two days after the landslide. And nearby tribal warfare, which killed at least eight people on Saturday, has forced aid workers to lodge nearly 40 miles away, rather than staying closer to the site, which has further hampered relief efforts. More than 72 hours after the landslide residents are still using spades, sticks and their bare hands to try and shift the debris and reach any survivors. Six bodies have been retrieved so far. CARE International estimates 4,000 people were living near the affected area, but the population is difficult to determine, as the country’s last credible census was in 2000 and many people live in remote mountainous villages.

CNN

Aerial footage shows aftermath of enormous landslide in Papua New Guinea

Emergency crews are struggling to access a remote village in Enga Province in the north of Papua New Guinea where a landslide is believed to have killed more than 100 people, according to the PNG Red Cross Society. The disaster hit the village of Kaokalam at approximately 3 a.m. local time on Friday, leaving a scar of debris that humanitarian workers say is as big as four football pitches.

The Independent

At least 21 killed as severe storms and tornadoes pummel central US

As the deadly storms move to the East Coast, another 120m people are at risk of severe weather this Memorial Day

AFP

Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and India

Millions of people in low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India on Monday surveyed the tangled wreckage left by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 16 people, destroyed thousands of homes, smashed seawalls and flooded cities."A total of 3.75 million people have been affected... 35,483 homes were destroyed by the cyclone, and another 115,992 homesweredamaged", Rahman said of the damage in Bangladesh alone.

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Death toll rises in Russia strike on busy Kharkiv store

STORY: The death toll rose on Sunday after a Russian strike on a crowded DIY hardware store in Kharkiv, which also injured dozens of people, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday (May 26).Local officials said at least 120 people were in the Epicentr hypermarket on Saturday (May 25) when two guided bombs struck, causing a massive fire.This surveillance video shows the moment they hit. At least ten of the dead were unidentified on Sunday morning, they said.In a post on the Telegram app, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said 16 people were still missing after the strike.It took 16 hours to extinguish the flames, which raged over an area of more than 15,000 square yards, he said.The past week has seen a rise in Russian strikes on Ukraine's second city after Russian troops stormed across the border, opening a new front just north of it.Andrii Kudinov runs a nearby store and witnessed the strikes. "There was panic everywhere," he says. It was Saturday lunchtime and it's gardening season, so the place was busy. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a plea to Ukraine's Western allies to help boost air defenses to keep cities safe. A separate early Saturday evening missile strike hit a residential building in the centre of the city of 1.3 million, wounding at least 25 people. Russia has bombarded Kharkiv, which lies less than 20 miles from its border, throughout the war, having reached the outskirts in a failed attempt to capture it in 2022.Rescuers, medics and journalists occasionally had to rush away from the scene of both strikes and take cover on the ground for fear of another one, as has occurred during several recent Russian attacks.Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilians, but thousands have been killed and injured in the 27 months since it invaded Ukraine.

Associated Press

As Atlantic hurricane season begins, Florida community foundations prepare permanent disaster funds

After the collapse of a condominium tower in North Miami in June 2021, Rebecca Fishman Lipsey realized her organization needed to overhaul how it responded to disasters. As CEO of the Miami Foundation, the city’s primary community foundation, Fishman Lipsey got to work coalescing support for victims of the tragedy that killed 98 people and destroyed the 136-unit building. As Fishman Lipsey and her team scrambled to raise and disperse funds, she imagined the next crisis.

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As many as 2,000 people feared buried under Papua New Guinea landslide as survivors dig with hands and spades

As many as 2,000 people are feared to have been buried by last week’s massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, according to the country’s National Disaster Centre, as survivors recounted the horror losing so many loved ones.

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A bus crashes into vehicles in southern Turkey, leaving 10 dead and 39 injured

A passenger bus crashed into vehicles on a highway in southern Turkey, killing at least 10 people and leaving 39 others injured, officials said Monday. A truck later slammed into all three vehicles, Gov. Ali Hamza Pehlivan told reporters. The injured were rushed to nearby hospitals and at least eight of them were in serious condition, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

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Papua New Guinea says Friday's landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help

A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by last Friday's landslide and has formally asked for international help. The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of 670 killed by the landslide in the South Pacific island nation's mountainous interior. In a letter to the United Nations resident coordinator dated Sunday and seen by The Associated Press, the acting director of the country's National Disaster Center, Luseta Laso Mana, said the landslide “buried more than 2,000 people alive” and caused “major destruction” in Yambali village in Enga province.

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At least 10 dead after road crash in southern Turkey

At least 10 people died in a chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles on a highway in southern Turkey on Sunday, an official said.

AFP

Indian police arrest hospital boss after six babies die in fire

Indian police said Monday they had arrested a doctor and the owner of an unlicensed hospital where six newborn babies died in a fire in a crowded ward without fire exits.The toll from that fire rose to 28 on Monday, police said.

CNN

See dramatic aerials of severe weather damage in Texas

At least eight people, including children, are dead, after suspected tornadoes struck the central United States overnight, as severe storms caused power outages and forced residents to shelter in-place on Memorial Day weekend. CNN affiliate WFAA captured video of the destruction in Valley View, Texas.

People

At Least 21 Dead, Including Mom and 2 Kids, from Severe Memorial Day Weekend Weather: Reports

There were 25 tornadoes seen in five states.