Tag Archives: Disasters / Accidents

Flood death toll reaches 20 when Japan warned of more rains

Local residents are rescued by Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers using a boat in a flood area caused by heavy rain in the village of Kuma, Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on July 5 2020. Mandatory Kyodo Credit / via REUTERS TOKYO (Reuters) – The death …

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Prayers for the dead as young Myanmar jade miners cried

(Reuters) – College student Saw Myint Tun traveled hundreds of miles from his home in February to work in the jade mines of northern Myanmar in search of gems that could transform his family’s modest fortune. Family members pray next to a coffin containing the body of a victim after …

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