#catastrophic

Collection of catastrophic news, found 148 news.

Heat stroke cases reported in Cyprus as temperature reaches record high

Cypriot health authorities reported three serious cases of heat stroke on Tuesday (July 17) as temperature reached a ...

RI sending humanitarian medical team to flood-hit Pakistan

The Indonesian government through its Ministry of Health is sending a humanitarian medical team to Pakistan to help ...

US teen accused of Columbine-like school plot

Police in the US state of Florida said Wednesday they had arrested a 17-year-old for plotting a bombing attack on his ...

Return of dead U.S. troops closed to media

The Pentagon said Monday that a ceremony marking the return of 30 US troops killed in Afghanistan would be closed to ...

UN to start airlifting food to Somalia

The UN World Food Programme was set on Tuesday to start airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya after an ...

Three soldiers, 10 `Qaeda` gunmen killed in south Yemen

Three Yemeni soldiers and 10 suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen were killed in clashes on the outskirts of the militant-held ...

Dalai Lama urges restraint in Tibet monastery crisis

The Dalai Lama has urged restraint in a standoff with security forces at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in China, ...

Borobudur temple conservation hangs in balance following volcanic ashes

Conservation experts are racing against time to preserve the Borobudur World Heritage Site which was severely damaged ...

First US charter flight takes Americans out of Japan

The first flight chartered by the United States took off from quake-hit Japan for Taiwan Thursday, carrying almost 100 ...

Twenty-one Indonesian sailors in Japan survive tsunami

Twenty-one Indonesian sailors working on the Japanese vessel Kayomaru survived the powerful earthquake and tsunami ...

Quake moved Japan by 8 feet: USGS

Japan`s recent massive earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the island by about eight ...

Indonesia Embassy sends evacuation teams to Miyagi, Iwate

The Indonesian embassy in Tokyo said on its website it had sent two rescue teams to Miyagi and Iwate prefectures on ...

The myth surrounding Mt Merapi eruptions

Soaring up to 2,968 meters (9,738 ft) into the sky with its peak ever shrouded by thick whitish mist, Mount Merapi ...