Endangered bird counting begins in Van

Endangered bird counting begins in Van

Census studies for the endangered White-headed duck, common pochard, and ferruginous duck have begun in Van. Water bird counting in the Van Lake basin began during the protection-control and monitoring activities included in the Van Nature Conservation and National Parks Provincial Branch Directorate’s 2022 activity plan. Bird Specialist Biologist Ömral Ünsal Özkoç started bird counting […]

Storm hits Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec

Storm hits Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec

At least eight people were killed in the storm that struck the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and nearly one million people were left without power. While trees fell as a result of the storm, with wind speeds reaching 132 kilometers per hour, a 51-year-old woman drowned after her boat capsized in the Ottawa […]

vehicle carrying mexican migrants crashes

vehicle carrying mexican migrants crashes

In the Mexican state of Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala, 4 people died and 20 were injured after a pickup truck carrying illegal immigrants crashed. A large number of ambulances were sent to the scene, and the injured were taken to the hospital. Witness said that the pickup truck came at excessive speed and […]

Bull escapes arena, injures 4 in Mexico

Four people were injured during a bullfight in Mexico after a bull escaped from the arena and attacked the public. Three of the injured were police officers, and the fourth was a mounted bullfighter, according to reports. The injured were taken to the hospital by medical personnel who arrived on the scene. After chasing it for […]

warehouse fire in Mexico

A fire broke out in a wooden pallet warehouse in Mexico City, Mexico. After the fire got out of control, the flames that grew in a short time reached a height of 10 meters. While many firefighters and ambulances were sent to the region, the flames were extinguished after 3 hours of work. 500 people […]

Iranian Revolutionary guard colonel assasinated by gunmen

Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodayari, a commander of the Revolutionary Guards Army in Tehran, Iran’s capital, was killed in an armed attack near his home. The Revolutionary Guards Army announced in a statement that the assassination was carried out by two attackers on motorcycles, and that Khodayari died after five shots fired at him while he […]

flash floods, landslides tear roads in South Africa

Heavy rains in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province caused flooding and landslides. Hundreds of people in the state were evacuated from their homes, and many houses and businesses were damaged. “The biggest impact so far is expected in the coastal and northeastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal,” said state official Sipho Hlomuka. Last month, 448 people died in […]

flash floods kill 57 in India and Bangladesh

Floods caused by heavy rains killed 57 people in Bangladesh’s Sylhet and India’s Assam state. “So far, nearly two million people have been stranded by the floods,” said Mosharraf Hossain, an official for the Sylhet region, stating that at least 100 villages in Zakiganj have been flooded. Authorities in the Indian state of Assam also […]

firework explosion injures 15 in Mexico

Fireworks exploded uncontrollably during a religious ceremony held in the town of San Juan Tepa, in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. 15 people were injured in the explosion, and firefighters and medical teams were sent to the scene. Eight of those injured in the explosion were hospitalized. Authorities announced that 3 of the 8 injured […]