After the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, a health team of 30 people and a search and rescue team of 52 people from the Philippines, which is 8,810 kilometers away from the disaster zones, headed to Adıyaman and built a field hospital. The field hospital has been reducing the burden on the […]
On the 10th day following the devastating earthquake that hit Türkiye, another person was rescued in Kahramanmaraş after 222 hours. The search and rescue teams heard someone calling out for aid. They began the rescue effort by moving under the rubble. After lots of efforts and 42-year-old Melike İmamoğlu pulled out from rubble in alive. […]
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union (EU) member responsible for neighborhood and enlargement, left his microphone on in the session on “Strengthened EU Western Balkans enlargement policy” and insulted the deputies. After answering the question of a deputy, Varhelyi said, “How many other idiots are still left?” His blunder was heard by everyone in the hall. […]
After two major earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, search and rescue efforts continue. A drone was used to view the terrible destruction that caused the earthquake in Hatay. On the tenth day after the earthquake disaster, the footage showed that the rescue efforts and the collapsed buildings. It was seen that the streets and avenues of […]
Four people, including a child, lost their lives and 1,442 people went missing due to Hurricane Gabrielle, which hit northern New Zealand. More than 10 thousand people were displaced and 160 thousand households were left without electricity. Authorities have closed highways in the region due to landslides and collapses. Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty said […]
The Russian rescue team that carried out search and rescue efforts and humanitarian aid activities in many regions of Türkiye, where severe earthquakes dealt substantial damage to, returned to their country. The team, consisting of more than 150 personnel, was greeted by a marching band at the airport in Moscow. Russian people also showed interest […]
After their house in Gaziantep, Türkiye was destroyed by the severe earthquakes in the country, the Çay family saved an about 4-meter-long dolphin that washed up on a shore near an hotel in Alanya, where they temporarily settled in. Reporting the situation to authorities, the family first pulled the dolphin by its tail and dragged […]
Search and rescue efforts continue after the severe earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş and felt 10 different cities in Turkey. On the 9th day of the disaster, the team of Kosovo Search and Rescue Association, who deployed to Hatay to support the rescue efforts in the country, rescued a 3-year-old girl from rubble in Antakya. […]
A truck carrying nitric acid has overturned on the Interstate 10 highway in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Following the accident, a toxic substance leaked from the truck. Two-way traffic on the highway was stopped, and people who residing within 800 meters of the area were required to leave. According to the authorities, the truck’s driver died […]
A total of 127 bristle tents sent by Kyrgyzstan for earthquake victims have been set up in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. Flying to Kahramanmaraş to visit the local authorities and receive information about the search and rescue efforts, Kyrgyz Minister of Emergency Situations Boobek Acikeyev said, “Such incidents must not reoccur. We are with you no matter what. […]