The death toll in the Bilaspur train accident has risen to eight, and several other people were injured after a passenger train collided with a goods train near Bilaspur station in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, officials said.
The death toll in the Jaipur accident has risen to 14 after a trolley overturned in the Loha Mandi area under the Harmada Police Station limits, Rajasthan Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar said on Monday.
Hurricane Melissa has left at least 50 people dead in the Caribbean as it finally moves away after devastating communities in Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba, with authorities warning that the death toll could rise further, Al Jazeera reported.
At least 21 people were killed and over 1,000 homes destroyed after heavy rains triggered landslides in Kenya's Rift Valley. Officials said 25 were injured and 30 missing as rescue efforts continued, with the military and Red Cross aiding relief operations, according to Al Jazeera.
The death toll in the police raids on drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro has risen to 119, Al Jazeera reported, citing the Brazillian Police officers. The figure marks a sharp rise from the earlier reported toll of 64.
"We have found 16 bodies so far. Most of them have been recovered", Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury, Director fire service (Operations and Maintenance) told the reporters.
The death toll in Tuesday's bus accident in Bilaspur, caused by a sudden landslide, has gone up to 16 with the body of the missing child found on Wednesday.
Sanjay Gupta, Chief Secretary, said that relief and rescue operations were being carried out by the National Disaster Response Force, Public Work Department and local administration personnel, further assuring that all government services would be provided and offering condolences to the
At least fifteen people were killed in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district after a private bus was struck by landslide. The accident took place in Jhanduta Subdivision in Bilaspur district on Tuesday evening.