Hill Country woman finds new purpose after deadly July 4 floods

Woman dead after fire at Hong Kong flat, 3 others hospitalised

A 50-year-old woman has died in the wake of a fire at a Hong Kong flat, with three others hospitalised. Police said the fire broke out at Valiant Court in Ho Man Tin at around 10.04am on Friday. Fire services were immediately deployed to the scene and the blaze was reportedly extinguished soon thereafter. The force said three women and a man were rescued from the building. They were rushed to Kwong Wah Hospital in nearby Yau Ma Tei but one of the women, aged 50, was later pronounced dead. The...

Ban pecah, 3,000 penduduk Kampung RTB Bukit Changgang dilanda banjir

KUALA LANGAT: Lebih 3,000 penduduk di Kampung Rancangan Tanah Belia (RTB) Bukit Changgang di sini terjejas selepas kediaman dan laluan utama di kawasan itu dilanda banjir susulan ban Sungai Langat pecah kelmarin. Kejadian itu dilaporkan terjadi selepas sebuah ban dekat kunci air di kawasan berkenaan pecah kira-kira pukul 10.30 malam sebelum air melimpah masuk ke ... Read more The post Ban pecah, 3,000 penduduk Kampung RTB Bukit Changgang dilanda banjir appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Three feared dead as flood sweeps through Onitsha after heavy rainfall

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu NNEWI — No fewer than three persons were reportedly killed after a heavy downpour triggered severe flooding across parts of Onitsha, Anambra State, on Saturday evening. The victims were said to have been swept away by raging floodwaters that overwhelmed drainage channels and major roads within the commercial city. Residents said two [] The post Three feared dead as flood sweeps through Onitsha after heavy rainfall appeared first on Vanguard News.

Death toll in wildfire near Thessaloniki rises to three

The death toll from last Tuesday’s wildfire northwest of Thessaloniki has risen to three after a woman died in hospital following a heart attack she suffered as the flames approached her home.

Flash flooding kills 5 across Kentucky and Tennessee

A woman was killed on Sunday in Tennessee as she attempted to rescue her son, who had been swept away in high waters, a local sheriff’s office said, as a flash flood threat was in effect for parts of Tennessee and Kentucky, where four other deaths were recorded. The Grainger County Sheriff’s Department in Tennessee []...Click to read more