A tropical storm swirling in the US Gulf is expected to bring heavy rain and “life-threatening storm surge” to the southeast of the country, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Tropical Storm Bertha was located about 105 miles (165 kilometers) south of Panama City, Florida, with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) on Monday.
A ferry carrying 116 passengers sank off the coast of Guyana and eight people have been rescued so far, local authorities said. The MV Barima capsized near Iron Punt, en route from Georgetown to Port Kaituma. A distress call was received at 23:01 local time (03:01 +1 BST), triggering an urgent search operation involving state
A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Mexico on Friday, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of the Pacific. No fatalities or significant damage have been reported in Mexico or Guatemala from the earthquake, which was also felt in El Salvador. Mexico’s Navy Secretary, Admiral Raymundo Morales, said at a news
A cargo plane traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Pakistan disappeared on Tuesday, with five crew members on board. The plane, a Boeing 737 labeled AP-BOI, disappeared from radar off the coast of Karachi, Pakistan, about 80 minutes into its two-hour flight from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The Pakistan Airports Authority said in a
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