Coronavirus: Refrigerated Trucks being used as morgue in USA

The rising number of deaths and scarcity of space in the hospitals has forced the US authorities to us refrigerated trucks as morgues.

Line of white refrigerated trucks can be seen parked outside New York hospitals after 98 people died in seven hours. City officials said this is the biggest deployment of makeshift morgues since the September 11, 2001.

As of Monday morning, there were 142,000 cases of coronavirus in the US and 2,500 people had died. 

In the meantime, the homeless are made to sleep six feet apart in an empty parking lot in Las Vegas.

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New Zealand could be struck by devastating 9.0 earthquakes

A long dormant earthquake faultline that has come alive could have devastating effect on New Zealand and can reduce it to rubbles within minutes.

Geologists warn that with the movement of Hikurangi subduction zone, an earthquake to the tune of 9.0 magnitude may result into a deadly tsunami that may not give a few minutes for the residents to flee to safety.

The trench runs offshore from the top of the South Island to Gisborne in the north. Scientists claim the 2011 Japan earthquake is a similar example of destruction.

Watch a documenttary below to understand the Hikurangi subduction zone and its resultant destruction:

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Massive Italy quake leaves 247 dead

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck near Norcia in Umbria, central Italy has left 247 dead, while approximately 100 people are still believed to be trapped under rubble  as per initial reports.

The quake was felt in the capital Rome, some 100 miles away, as buildings swayed. The quake was also felt in Croatia as well.

The earthquake in Norcia occurred in a shallow fault in the Apennines, a chain of mountains that form the backbone of Italy’s ‘boot’. It is well known for being a highly complex and geologically active region as it sits at a point where several tectonic plates grind against each other, reports the Daily Mail.

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Massive blizzard hits US East Coast - keeps New Yorkers shut behind doors

Life in the eastern Us has almost come to a standstill as  a massive blizzard hits its East Coast. This affected lives of some 85 million.

The snow accompanying the blizzard has in Berkeley County, West Virginia is reported up to 40 inches thick.

So far 18 deaths have been reported as 11 states have declared emergency. In New York, all non-essential travel has been banned as the city braces for its worst ever snowstorm.

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Pakistan jolted again with 6.2-magnitude earthquake

Pakistan and Afghanistan were jolted yet again with 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit late Friday night. 

The earthquake was felt throughout Pakistan with its epicentre 51 miles (82 km) southeast of the town of Feyzabad, capital of the Afghan province of Badakhshan at a depth of 126.5 miles (203 km).

The recent tremors came just two months after when more than 300 people were killed by a quake of magnitude-7.5 in the same mountainous region on 26 October.

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Italy's Mount Etna erupts again after two years

The Mount Etna's Voragine in Italy crater has erupted for the first time in two years with a huge mushroom cloud of smoke and ash. It last erupted in 2013.

The spectacular and awesome view of eruption sending fire and ash across the Sicilian skyline is visible from miles, as can be seen in the photo above.

As these flow down the mountain, they can threaten agriculture, public utilities and transport in nearby towns.

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Northern Britain issued Red Warning for potentially killer floods

Weather is turning hostile for the northern Britain and a red warning has been issued for likely potentially killer floods.

Daily Mail reports that the Environment Agency has issued severe flood warnings - the most serious - in 12 regions across Britain, meaning the floods will pose a 'danger to life' and cause 'serious disruption', as a month's worth of rain is set to strike this evening.

The rain is expected to sweep across the country onto land already saturated in the wake of Storm Abigail, and drainage systems will be unable to cope with the unprecedented downpours. 

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Powerful earthquake jolts Pakistan and Afghanistan

People removing fallen bricks from the wall of the house  on the car parked outside - PHOTO: EXPRESS / MUHAMMAD IQBAL

A powerful earthquake jolted Pakistan and Afghanistan around 2:09 PM Pakistan Standard Time today, 26 October 2015. The quake measured 8.1 on the Richter scale and had its epicentre 82 km southeast of Feyzabad in a remote area of Afghanistan in the Hindu Kush mountain range and 196 km deep. Due to its depth that a major 2005 like disaster was averted. 

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Wall of massive Bala Hisar Fort in Peshawar collapsed due to quake - Photo: AFP

The USGS initially measured the quake’s intensity at 7.7 then revised it down to 7.6 and later to 7.5. Pakistan Met Dept has reported the earthquake as 8.1 on the Richter scale. The epicentre is just a few hundred kilometres from the site of a 7.6 magnitude quake that struck in October 2005, killing more than 75,000 people and displacing some 3.5 million more, although that quake was much shallower.

There have been reports of 140 death in Pakistan so far, Express News reports. Pakistan Army has mobilised its troops for speedy evacuation of people from affected areas and provide them shelter and first aid.

In the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that struck Pakistan and Afghanistan, Google has launched a person finder allowing individuals to post and search for their families, while Facebook activated its safety check feature designed to check if people in the earthquake-affected areas were safe.

Watch video by an amature photographer of the scene of earthquake, shared by Mubashir Balti on Facebook:

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Lions and wolves freely roam roads of Georgia's capital Tbilisi

Don't believe it? Well you got to as heavy floods destroy Tbilisi Zoo in Georgia - letting loose many deadly animals like the lions, wolves, bears or even a  giant hippo.

The city was almost destroyed after freak flash floods hit the city, leaving eight people dead including three workers who are employed at Tbilisi zoo.

Besides the lone hippo, eight bears and wolves are also among the animals who fled from their enclosures as well as six tigers and six lions.

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Nepal rocked again by Magnitude 7.3 quake

 

Nepal which is still recovering from the deadly quake that hit the country a while ago is rocked again by a Magnitude 7.3 quake Tuesday today.

The quake struck at 12:35 pm local time in the Himalayan nation some 76 kilometres east of Kathmandu.

The tremors in Kathmandu lasted close to a minute according to an AFP correspondent in the city, with the ground swaying. Sirens could be heard soon afterwards although there were no immediate reports of casualties.

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Tornado batters northern Germany

Buetzow, near Rostock in northern Germany has been badly damaged by a tornado that was triggered by violent storms which have left at least one person dead.

Witnesses say that cars were hurled 70 m (230 ft) and roof tiles blown off buildings, including the local hospital. In the city of Hamburg, a man was killed and his pregnant girlfriend hurt when flying debris hit their car.

German media had reported wind speeds of up to 119km/h (74mph) in Geilenkirchen north of Aachen, and officials said at least 30 people across the region had been hurt by flying debris.

The storm came after a spell of unusually warm weather across northern Germany. Met officials forecast more rain, thunder and lightning on Thursday.

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Saturday rains today to cause more misery to Britain

Britain which is in the grip of unprecedented bad weather that comes with winds and gusts over 80mph, snow and rains that have caused widespread floods, is set to face more rains on Saturday - and days beyond.

Huge waves and winds of up to 80mph battered the south coast last night with several inches of snow falling on high ground in the north.

Abandoned car due to heavy snow

Weather warnings cover large swathes of Britain with heavy rain, high winds and snow hitting South and West. While 17,000 homes are left without power, more properties set to be flooded in the next 36 hours as the rivers are swelling to their dangerous limits.

Already, the British army has deployed more than 2,200 troops - including Princes William and Harry- with another 3,000 on standby.

Warning the already flood weary people about the Saturday rains, spokesman Toby Willison said:

 'The rainfall that we will see today will bring river levels back up on the Thames and we expect levels on slow-responding rivers like the Thames and the Severn to stay high for a number of days. This remains a very live event. I expect we will see further property flooding.’

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Violent Atlantic Storm takes heavy toll of Britain

Winds up to 92 mph that battered the British coast have destroyed the coastal railway line and many houses have washed away into the sea.

And the winds and storm is not stopping, Met office predicts Gusts of up to 70 mph expected inland across parts of south Wales, Devon and Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset.

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The raging and fierce seas ripped a gaping hole in the coastal road, shattering tarmac and ripping holes in the the picturesque properties standing on the sea front, forcing residents to evacuate.

At least 8,000 properties were without power and 60,000 had it restored after winds hit 92 mph overnight and 'airborne debris' smashed overhead cables.

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Typhoon Haiyan leaves approximately 10,000 dead in Philippine

Devastation in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan that smashed into coastal communities on the central Philippines in Iloilo Photo: AFP

The death toll from one of the strongest storms on record that ravaged the central Philippine city of Tacloban is feared to reach 10,000 people.

The typhoon barrelled through six central Philippine islands on Friday, wiping away buildings and levelling seaside homes. Most of the deaths and destruction were on Leyte Island, where Tacloban is located.

The estimates are based on the extent of massive devastation that the typhoon has left behind.

The deaths are generally being attributed to drowning and from collapsed buildings. Already, about 300-400 bodies have been recovered.

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Severe Sea Storm batterss northern Europe leaving at least 13 dead

A fierce sea storm is battering northern Europe  southern England and Germany which has left at least 13 dead as reported so far. Record gusts of 191 km/h (119mph) have been measured over the North Sea.

Two people died when their car was crushed by a falling tree in Gelsenkirchen, in western Germany. Two children in the car were injured. German meteorologists measured record wind speeds of 191 km/h (119mph) over the North Sea.

While in In Brittany, western France, a woman was swept out to sea. And in the Dutch city of Amsterdam a tree felled by the wind crushed a woman by a canal.

In the UK as many as 600,000 homes suffered power cuts. In Kent in southeast England, a 17-year-old girl was crushed when a tree fell on the caravans her family was living in while renovation work was taking place at their home.

A man and a woman died when they were trapped under rubble after an uprooted tree caused a gas explosion in Hounslow in west London.

In the meanwhile, Emergency services in Denmark and Sweden have issued storm warnings, as Scandinavia faces winds gusting at about 162km/h (100mph).

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Deadly typhoon 'Wipha' on Japan's east coast leaves 13 dead

A powerful typhoon that hit the  Japanese east coast has left behind 13 dead - most of them buried by mudslides.

The deadly typhoon triggered landslides and destroying homes along the coast.

It has been reported that dozens of homes were destroyed, and more than 50 people are still  missing.

Typhoon Wipha packed winds of up to 180 kilometres per hour and stayed offshore in the Pacific, until climbing up the country's east coast, paralysing public transport and grounding hundreds of flights in Japan's capital, Tokyo. 

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Cyclone Phailin forces Mass evacuations in eastern India

Cyclone Phailin, categorised as 'VERY SEVERE' is heading towards Indian  Orissa and Andhara Pradesh states with likely damage estimated to be more than what Katrina did to USA.

In view of the likely devastation, over 200,000 people have been evacuated to aver damages by Phailin heading from Bay of Bengal to Indian east coast.

The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted the storm will bring winds up to 220 km/h (136mph). It is also predicted that Phailin would bring heavy rain, which would be accompanied by a storm surge of at least 3m (10ft).

It may be recalled that a deadly super-cyclone in 1999 killed more than 10,000 people in Orissa.

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Over 348 dead in Pakistan Earthquake

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A powerful earthquake that rocked many parts of Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan on Monday, has left more than 348 people dead with more than 500 people injured..

The earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit the generally inhabited areas of Balochistan where people live in mud houses, which obviously could not sustain the powerful jolt. 

The massive quake was centred in Awaran district, one of the poorest in Pakistan's most impoverished province, Balochistan. The area's medical infrastructure has struggled to care for the hundreds of injured who were crushed beneath mud brick houses when the quake struck. 

Pakistan Army and the Frontier Corps personnel are busy round the clock to provide shelters and remove dead and injured form the rubble of the collapsed houses.

Tuesday evening's earthquake was so violent, that it has created a new small island from the sea floor. The new island has appeared off the coast of Gwadar in the Arabian Sea, and is estimated to be about 30 meters long and around 10 meters high.

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Hundreds flee villages in Swat

It has been reported from Mingora, Swat that hundreds of people have started shifting to safer places after flood waters submerged several areas in Matta and Kabal tehsils of Swat district on Thursday.

Picture by Reuters shows gushing water that devastated the Swat Valley in 2010

The floodwater entered Matta tehsil and affected 0.3 million people while 0.4 million residents of Kabal were forced to leave their homes due to flood.

The authorities had issued flood warnings last Tuesday after water-level in Swat river increased to an alarming level.The flood victims of both tehsils were being shifted to safer places through remote Shamozai Barikot road and Baghdheri road, respectively, as several key routes were closed down.

The Kanju Ayub Bridge was also closed down for vehicular traffic after it developed cracks due to flood.

It may be added floods a few years back the worst floods in the history of Pakistan hit the entire country, specially Swat valley  where water swelled many feet higher than the normal flood limits and destroyed life and property and wild life. 

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Deadly Tornado strikes US City Oklahoma Suburbs

A woman carries a child near collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma

A deadly tornado, as much wide as one mile with winds up to 200 miles per hour, tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday. The tornado flattened entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.

According to the Associated Press, dozens of deaths from the Oklahoma tornado were reported by the state medical examiner's office. The deadly weather followed Sunday's tornadoes, which killed two in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

When asked if there were deaths at the elementary schools, an official stated "There have been some confirmed casualties" at Plaza Towers Elementary.

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