PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Rescue crews are seen unloading a body bag from one of the ships searching the remains of a sunken superyacht off Sicily.
More than 50 regions of Italy have issued alerts, as flooding continues to batter Poland and the Czech Republic.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that the decision will facilitate evacuation efforts and speed up financial aid for the victims.
(Bloomberg) -- Deadly floods unleashed destruction across central Europe, with water levels on the River Danube rising further.Most Read from BloombergCalifornia’s Anti-Speeding Bill Can Be a Traffic Safety BreakthroughPipe Fire Near Houston Forces Residents to EvacuateLondon Mayor Plans to Pedestrianize Busy Oxford StreetTo Build a Happier City, Design for DensityAn Artist Reimagines the Spaces of Childhood, With Thorny ResultsThe torrential rain from Storm Boris is set to subside on Tuesday bu
Several people have died across the Czech Republic, Austria, Romania and Poland following devastating floods.
Death toll from floods in Europe rose to at least 16 on Monday
A pipeline fire that erupted in a suburban Houston neighborhood burned throughout a second day and into the night Tuesday with still no definitive word on when the blaze would finally go out, when nearby residents may be able to return home or why a car drove through a fence and hit a valve before the destructive explosion. Although the fire was getting smaller, the disruptions caused by the Monday morning explosion in a grassy corridor between a Walmart and a residential neighborhood left some locals increasingly weary. “We literally walked out with the clothes on our backs, the pets, and just left the neighborhood with no idea where we were going,” Kristina Reff said.
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At least 17 people have been killed in some of the worst floods to hit central Europe in decades as Storm Boris sweeps through the region, dumping well over a month’s worth of rain.
Thousands of firefighters in Portugal are battling wildfires as catastrophic central Europe floods are killing residents
Vietnam is preparing for more flooding with a tropical depression forecast to strengthen into a storm as it heads to its central coast, days after typhoon Yagi set off floods and landslides that killed more than 290 people in the north. With a long coast facing the South China Sea, the Southeast Asian country is prone to tropical storms that can cause large numbers of casualties and serious damage to industrial production and properties. The depression is forecast to strengthen into a storm within the next 24 hours, the government said in a statement, as it sent a warning to coastal provinces.
The storm has killed more than 500 people in northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.
Police pyrotechnicians were called in after a levee along the confluence of the Opava and Odra rivers was breached amid intense flooding in the Czech city of Ostrava.Footage from the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic shows members of the fire service and the police lowering sandbags toward the damaged embankment. Ropes can be seen detonated from a height, with the bags then wedging themselves in with the impact of the fall.Local news reported that at least two people were confirmed to have died as a result of the flooding, while eight people were missing.Defense Minister Jana Cernochova said on Monday night that the government would deploy 2,000 soldiers to help with flood relief. Credit: Czech Fire Rescue Service via Storyful
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