Nocere – Earth Disasters

At least 12 children, all under the age of 15, died Friday when their bus went off the road and ended up in a canal. They are still searching for two children and the driver of the bus.

The accident happened in Ali Beg town. Accidents are common in Pakistan because the roads are not properly cared for and the buses are not maintained very well.

The bus driver in this case contributed to the accident by traveling too fast. The driver then lost control resulting in the bus running off the road and...

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Heavy down pours of rainfall in Burma causing mudslides and flooding has taken 46 lives this past week.

In Maungdaw 28 people died. An additional 18 people perished in Buthidaung which borders Bangladesh.

Many people are being evacuated and rescue crews are out there looking for others that need help.

On Tuesday, there were mudslides which resulted in the deaths of 53 people in Bangladesh.

At least 13.5 inches of rain came down in Maungdaw this past week all on one day.

A witness stated seeing 10...

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On Tuesday, the south eastern area of France was hit with heavy downfalls of rain. Possibly more the 19 people have perished in the flash flooding of the area.

There are man other people that have yet to be found in the mountain area above Cote D’Azur.

There were many towns affected by the flash floods and hundreds of homes with water in them.

The national weather service of France, Meteo France, has announced that about 15.7 inches of rain has fallen since Tuesday.

According to meterologists, this is the worst flooding...

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In Arkansas, people who were enjoying the out do doors, were hit with heavy rainfall on Friday with rivers rising almost 8ft an hour.

The rising rivers sent a wall of water tearing through the campgrounds as many were still in their beds sleeping.

Some people survived by climbing trees and holding onto cars. The flood waters tore trees out of the ground and even the asphalt was ripped off the roads.

At this time there are at least 18 confirmed dead. 6 of the dead are children. There are still over 20 people missing...

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There has been a report of at least 12 people dieing and another 5 passengers missing from an over crowded ferry.

The ferry turned over during a storm in the north eastern part of Bangledesh.

There were about 35 people on board the ferry, Many of the passengers were school children.

The incident happened in the Sunamganj district which is about 85 miles on the northern side of Dhaka, the capital.

It is not uncommon to hear of a ferry boat accident in Bangladesh’s huge river network.

Not even a year ago there...

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Tropical storm, Agatha, the first topical storm of the season for the Pacific area, has been raising  havoc across Guatemala, SE Mexico and a large area of El Salvador. It brought to the area,  heavy rainfall, flash flooding and landslides.

As the storm left the area, there were at least 12 people found who had perished and yet another 11 in Guatemala are still yet to be found.

There were 4  children found buried in a landslide on the outskirts of Guatemala City. 4 adults were found dead in Guatemala. Yet another 2...

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