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Disaster Response

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Vanuatu Ends Sea Search After MV Matui Ferry Sinks, 39 Feared Dead

Following delayed alerts, accusations the vessel was overloaded, the government has ordered an independent inquiry.

Monsoon Downpour Floods Phoenix-Area Streets and Prompts Multiple Water Rescues

Plaskett Fire Nears Full Containment as Crews Shift to Mop-Up

Lucas Fire Near Potter Valley Grows to About 4,000 Acres and Prompts Evacuations

Bus Carrying Students Plunges Into Ravine on Fogo, 25 Dead

Two 1 Para Soldiers Found Dead After Army Boat Capsizes at Hathnikund Barrage

West Bengal Launches Arjun Vahini, a 200-Person Rapid Disaster-Response Unit

Boy Rescued Alive From Alwar Borewell After Five-Hour Operation

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko Join Fire-Drill at Imperial Palace

Retired Madras Judge V. Sivagnanam Missing in Nepal Floods

16-Year-Old Falls Into Abandoned Borewell Near Kanpur as Rescue Teams Dig Parallel Shaft

Uttar Pradesh Sends SDRF and PAC Teams to Nepal for Flood Rescue

Landfill Landslide in Conakry Kills 30

Families Demand Apology After Deported Venezuelans Killed in June Quakes

Russian Il-76 Conducts Water-Bombing Sorties as Serbia Battles Deliblato Sands Wildfire

Brush Fire Burns About 55 Acres Near Hemet, Evacuations Ordered

Gironde Wildfire Burns 1,100 Hectares and Forces 525 People From Luglon

Ferry Catches Fire in Lombok Strait as Rescue Shifts to Search After Casualty Reports

Overloaded Ferry Capsizes on Lake Kariba, Death Toll Rises to 44

Bengal Clears Nearly 193 Stalled Kolkata Projects and Issues Notices to 27 for Illegal Work