Rescuers continue to comb through the rubble in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake that rocked the border area between Iraq and Iran on Sunday in an effort to locate additional survivors. Thousands of people near the epicenter were injured and well over 400 others perished as the buildings collapsed during the magnitude 7.3 quake […]
The death toll from the blaze that gutted an Oakland, California warehouse reached 36 on Monday, and could climb further as investigators continue to search the building where an electronic dance party turned into an inferno. Officials say that so far only about 20 percent of the building has been searched. One local fire official, […]
Hurricane Matthew is pounding the Bahamas as it propels toward Florida, forcing residents and emergency workers there and in other southeastern U.S. states to hastily prepare for its arrival on Thursday. At least 108 people in Haiti were killed after Hurricane Matthew slammed Tuesday into the island of Hispaniola, which Haiti shares with the Dominican […]
The death toll from a massive earthquake in Ecuador has risen rose to 350, as rescuers continue to pull bodies from flattened buildings. Officials fear the death toll could continue to rise from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, which struck Ecuador’s northwest coast late Saturday. “Many people remain buried under the rubble,” according to Ecuadorian Red Cross […]