Fire And Disaster Management Agency

A major fire broke out on Monday at a Mumbai hospital killing at least eight people, disaster management officials said. Over 140 people have been rescued so far. Six were killed on Monday, and two died this morning, taking the number of dead to eight, news agency ANI reported.

An "unprecedented" heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials said Tuesday, with the weather agency now classifying the record-breaking weather as a "natural disaster."

Indonesia's president said on Thursday he had asked Singapore, Russia, Malaysia and Japan for help to put out fires that have sent choking smoke drifting across the region for weeks.

Forecasts of more heavy rains in western Japan raised the risk Friday of further landslides in Hiroshima, hindering efforts to locate dozens of people still missing after hills around the city collapsed earlier this week.

An explosion and a fire Tuesday killed some 70 workers at a coal mine in western Turkey and trapped several others underground, the country's disaster agency said as it launched a massive rescue operation.

A typhoon caused deadly mudslides that buried people and destroyed homes on a Japanese island Wednesday before sweeping up the Pacific coast, grounding hundreds of flights and disrupting Tokyo's transportation during the morning rush. At least 17 deaths were reported and nearly 50 people were missing.

Rescue workers struggled to reach isolated communities on a popular Philippine tourist island that was devastated by a huge earthquake, as aftershocks tormented survivors and the death toll surpassed 140.

A major fire broke out on Monday at a Mumbai hospital killing at least eight people, disaster management officials said. Over 140 people have been rescued so far. Six were killed on Monday, and two died this morning, taking the number of dead to eight, news agency ANI reported.

An "unprecedented" heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials said Tuesday, with the weather agency now classifying the record-breaking weather as a "natural disaster."

Indonesia's president said on Thursday he had asked Singapore, Russia, Malaysia and Japan for help to put out fires that have sent choking smoke drifting across the region for weeks.

Forecasts of more heavy rains in western Japan raised the risk Friday of further landslides in Hiroshima, hindering efforts to locate dozens of people still missing after hills around the city collapsed earlier this week.

An explosion and a fire Tuesday killed some 70 workers at a coal mine in western Turkey and trapped several others underground, the country's disaster agency said as it launched a massive rescue operation.

A typhoon caused deadly mudslides that buried people and destroyed homes on a Japanese island Wednesday before sweeping up the Pacific coast, grounding hundreds of flights and disrupting Tokyo's transportation during the morning rush. At least 17 deaths were reported and nearly 50 people were missing.

Rescue workers struggled to reach isolated communities on a popular Philippine tourist island that was devastated by a huge earthquake, as aftershocks tormented survivors and the death toll surpassed 140.