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6 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Japanese officials have ordered the evacuation of over 200,000 people as the nation braces for Typhoon Haishen just days after Typhoon Maysak. The typhoon is expected to intensify, bringing torrential downpour, storm surges, and winds of over 160 kil...
5 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
As worshipers were about to end their prayers at a mosque in the Narayangani district outside the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, a gas pipeline explosion took place, killing at least 13 people and injuring about 30 others. Among the dead is a chi...
5 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
A 330 meter-long (1080 foot-long) Panamanian-registered oil tanker called the New Diamond suffered an engine explosion off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, and is now on fire. The vessel is carrying about 270,000 tonnes of crude oil, and the Sri Lanka...
3 Sep 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite
The Gulf Livestock 1, a 139 meter-long (450 foot-long) Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel carrying over 40 crew and just under 6,000 cattle is thought to have sunk in the East China Sea off of Japan after being caught in Typhoon Maysak. Japanese coastgu...
31 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
In the early morning of Wednesday, Afghanistan's Ministry for Disaster Management reported that flash flooding affected 13 provinces mainly in the northern regions of nation, resulting in the deaths of around 160 people and millions of dollars of eco...
28 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the nation's longest serving prime minister, has announced his resignation for health reasons, saying that he did not want his illness to get in the way of decision making. The 65 year-old has suffered since his te...
28 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
For the first time in its history, New Zealand has issued a life in jail without parole sentence after the trial of 29 year-old Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant. In a 4-day hearing, Mr. Tarrant admitted to the murder of 51 people, attempted murder...
26 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
At a press conference in the capital city of Kinshasa, Health Minister Eteni Longondo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) announced that after a massive vaccination campaign that reached over 18,000,000 children last year, the world's...
23 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments AverageVancouverite
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that in the past 5 weeks, the number of Ebola virus cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has nearly doubled to 100 cases, marking the nation's 11th Ebola outbreak. As of now, 96 of the 100 report...
21 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
A sailing boat called the Ancelita sank while sailing between Tortuga and Saint-Louis-du-Nord, resulting in at least 17 deaths, including the deaths of 2 children. Officials say that about 30 people were onboard the vessel when it sank, 9 people have...
