The epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The widespread damage could worsen by early next week, with Tropical Storm Grace predicted to reach Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday, bringing torrential rains.
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitudes on the Richter scale jolted Haiti on Saturday. The quake was reported at 5.59 pm with its epicenter at 12 km northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti, according to the USGS. The depth of the quake was 10 km.
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Haiti on Saturday, United States Geological Survey reported.
State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said three bodies had been retrieved from the rubble at Chaura village on national highway number five in Nichar tehsil.
As per a video which was widely shared on social media, first, shooting stones fell down the mountainside into the river below, creating small splashes of water. Warming whistles were heard and then a big chunk of the mountain collapsed on National Highway 5 and into the river.
The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 130,503.
In Henan province's capital, Zhengzhou -- which was the worst-hit -- a total of 292 people were confirmed dead and 47 still missing, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, quoting local officials.
Local officials are struggling to expedite the rescue operations chiefly because of the difficult terrain and intermittent showers that are affecting their task, said an official from the disaster management department.
Earlier, three persons died at Khakhrai village in the Mandsaur district on Saturday and Sunday after consuming liquor purchased from a local grocery shop. The exact cause of their deaths was not yet clear.
In the biggest flood rescue operation in the state in decades, 375,178 people have been evacuated and relocated to safer areas after their homes were submerged in floodwaters, which was up to 20 feet high in some places.
The death toll in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra rose to 164 on Monday after the recovery of 11 more bodies in Raigad and two each in Wardha and Akola.
The response was co-activated by China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and Ministry of Emergency Management for disaster-stricken areas including Zhoushan, Shaoxing and Ningbo, Xinhua news agency reported.
Several parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai have been witnessing heavy rains for the last few days, trigger landslides. Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara are the worst affected.
The death toll in various rain-related incidents, including floods and landslides, in Maharashtra rose to 149 on Sunday with 36 more bodies being found in Satara and Raigad districts as rescue operations gathered pace, while 64 people remain missing, the state government said. So far, 50 people have been injured in these incidents, it said in a statement.
The death toll in various rain-related incidents, including floods and landslides, in Maharashtra rose to 149 on Sunday with 36 more bodies being found in Satara and Raigad districts as rescue operations gathered pace, while 64 people remain missing, the state government said.
The workers were digging for coal deep inside the mine and got trapped after the landslide hit the mine located in the Shahrag area of Harnai district on Saturday.
The continuous rain affected 12 districts of north Karnataka, coastal Karnataka, and Malnad region. It is estimated that some 830 houses collapsed, 15 school buildings were damaged and 8,733 people, including women and children, have been shifted to safer places across the state.
A total of 47 persons have died in the Raigad district in the Konkan region in rain-related incidents. The official toll at Taliye village is 37, while the remaining 10 deaths are from two separate incidents of landslide in the same district.
The death toll from the torrential rains in central China's Henan province has risen to 56, with five people reported missing, the state-run Xinhua news agency quoted local authorities as saying.
The national forecasting agency India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange alerts for several regions in the state that are set to receive heavy rainfall in the next three days.
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