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ONI Bureau:  Death toll from Friday’s earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island has risen to 1,234, the national disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday. While, local hospitals are overwhelmed with injured, survivors are…

ONI Bureau:   The death toll in Indonesia's 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami disaster has climbed to 832, the country's disaster agency said on Sunday. Almost all the deaths have been recorded in Palu. Bodies are now being buried in…

ONI Bureau:  An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook Guwahati and its adjoining areas on Wednesday, the Met said. No damage was reported. Tremors of which were also felt in parts of West Bengal,  Bihar, Nagaland, Jammu…

ONI Bureau:  Odisha Government has decided to hand over the repair and maintenance works of all Multipurpose Cyclone Shelters (MCS) and Multipurpose Flood Shelters (MFS) to the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department. As per report…

ONI Bureau: Death toll due to devastating floods has raised to 167 with more than one lakh people living in relief camps across the state, informed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today. Torrential rains, overflowing rivers and a…

Indonesian authorities on Saturday raised the death toll in Lombok island earthquake to 387, while the number of injured and displaced went up to 13,688 and 387,067, respectively. The 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the island on last…

An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's Lombok Island on Thursday, less than a week after a major earthquake in the region left at least 168 people dead, more than 1,500 injured and 156,000 affected. The fresh…

The Odisha Government on Tuesday said it is well prepared to face a possible flood-like situation in the state following heavy downpour for the last two days. "We are monitoring the situation and are well prepared to meet a flood-like…

The death toll from devastating floods resulting from torrential rains in Japan has increased to neared 200, a government official said on Thursday. Nearly 73,000 army, police and fire brigade personnel continue to look for the missing…

The death toll from devastating floods resulting from torrential rains pounding Japan has increased to 104, with 56 others reported missing, authorities said on Monday. The rains since July 5, especially in the western prefecture of…