Casualty counts from disasters can be imprecise

Initial casualty figures from disasters can be notoriously inaccurate, as is being demonstrated once again as authorities backtrack on the number of fatalities from the Oklahoma tornadoes. After...

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No more bodies or survivors likely in the rubble, Oklahoma official says

Officials in Oklahoma City said on Tuesday that 24 bodies were recovered after a devastating tornado tore through Moore, Okla., a sharp decline from the 51 deaths they previously reported. "We have...

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Human parts on sale in Nigeria

Emotions ran high, Tuesday, at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following startling revelations by suspected members of three syndicates, who specialised in selling human parts to herbalists and...

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All 28 bodies recovered from Indonesian mine

Rescuers have recovered all 28 bodies from a collapsed underground room inside the giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia's province of Papua. Thirty-eight workers were undergoing safety...

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Bangladesh: Red Crescent with the victims of Savar tragedy

On 24 April 2013, an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, an industrial suburb located on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka. More than 3,000 people were working in factories and shops housed...

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