natural disaster

At least 1,000 people were dead — the death toll was expected to increase — and more than 1,500 people were injured in the quake, which hit just over 100 miles southeast of Kabul.

The largest fire, named the Eastland Complex, has engulfed the town of Carbon and more than 54,000 acres, claiming at least one life and leaving many families homeless.

The mid-February storm is considered one of the worst in city in the past 70 years, recorded 104 deaths and dozens were still missing under the mud and rubble.

Everybody on Madagascar’s east coast has a story about the night Cyclone Batsirai struck and is terrified for the next intense storm, said Madagascar country representative for Catholic Relief Services.

The massive eruption Jan. 15 triggered a series of tsunamis that inundated coastal communities, destroying homes, contaminating water supplies and cutting off power and communications.

As of Dec. 19, at least 78 people were confirmed dead in Kentucky. Elsewhere, Illinois has confirmed six fatalities, while at least four people were killed in Tennessee, two in Arkansas and two in Missouri.

The storm has claimed more than 200 lives and Caritas Philippines has appealed for donations to bolster its emergency response.

Extensive damage from back-to-back tropical storms in late 2020 in the middle of a pandemic has made a bad situation worse in Guatemala, prompting immigration advocates July 14, 2021, to call for a special immigration status in the U.S. for Guatemalan nationals.