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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Bus crash in southern Iran kills at least 21, injures 34
At least 21 people have been killed after a bus overturned in the south of Iran, state media has reported. Masoud Abed, the head of Fars province's emergency organisation, said 34 other people were injured in the accident on Saturday south of Shiraz, the province's capital. Abed said rescue operations are ongoing, and additional information and final figures will be released to the public after the operation is complete and detailed investigations have been carried out. The cause of the incident is under investigation. With nearly 17,000 casualties annually, Iran is among the countries most affected by road and street accidents. The high toll is attributed to lax application of safety measures, the widespread use of old vehicles and depleted emergency services. Solve the daily Crossword
The National
4 days ago
- Automotive
- The National
Bus crash kills at least 21 in southern Iran
At least 21 people were killed when a bus overturned in the south of Iran, state media reported on Saturday. Masoud Abed, the head of Fars province's emergency organisation, said 34 people were also injured in the accident south of Shiraz, the province's capital. Mr Abed said rescue operations are continuing. More information and final figures will be announced once they are completed and investigations have been carried out, he added. Rescue teams were at the scene soon after the crash, which happened at 11.05am, he said. The cause of the incident is under investigation. Iran's Ministry of Health said more than 20,000 people died in road accidents and one million were injured in 2022. The high annual toll is often attributed to disregard for safety measures, old vehicles and inadequate emergency services. Former president Hassan Rouhani banned imports of fully built foreign vehicles in 2018, after US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the Iran nuclear deal. While in theory protecting Iranian foreign reserves, the move supported local carmakers, whose products have been criticised for failing to meet international safety and quality standards – earning them the 'death wagon' nickname.
Al Jazeera
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Al Jazeera
Bus crash in southern Iran kills at least 21, injures 34
At least 21 people have been killed after a bus overturned in the south of Iran, state media has reported. Masoud Abed, the head of Fars province's emergency organisation, said 34 other people were injured in the accident on Saturday south of Shiraz, the province's capital. Abed said rescue operations are ongoing, and additional information and final figures will be released to the public after the operation is complete and detailed investigations have been carried out. The cause of the incident is under investigation. With nearly 17,000 casualties annually, Iran is among the countries most affected by road and street accidents. The high toll is attributed to lax application of safety measures, the widespread use of old vehicles and depleted emergency services.
Free Malaysia Today
15-07-2025
- Climate
- Free Malaysia Today
Flash floods in New Mexico resort town kill 3, trap dozens
Footage on social media showed an entire house careening downstream through the flood-engorged Rio Ruidoso river. (AP pic) LOS ANGELES : Torrential rains triggered flash floods in New Mexico that killed at least three people yesterday, including two young children, and trapped dozens in homes and vehicles in the resort village of Ruidoso, a state emergency official and a village statement said. The children, aged four and seven years old, and a man were swept downstream and later found dead, the mountain resort village said late yesterday on its website, adding that rescue operations were underway. Dramatic video footage on social media and various news outlets showed an entire house, ripped from its foundations, careening downstream through the brown, muddy waters of the flood-engorged Rio Ruidoso, side-swiping trees as it went. 'I've seen the video. We don't know if anyone was in the house,' said Danielle Silva, a spokesman for the New Mexico department of homeland security and emergency management. Emergency teams organised by local law enforcement and the national guard conducted at least 85 swift-water rescues in and around Ruidoso, many of them people stranded in cars and homes by elevated flood waters, Silva said. Silva said the river had quickly risen by a provisional record of 6.2m at the peak of the flood, and as waters began to recede in the evening, authorities began searching for survivors in the debris. The latest floods come just four days after a deadly flash flood triggered by heavy rains along the Guadalupe River killed at least 109 people and left scores missing after ravaging a swathe of Texas Hill Country. In New Mexico, Silva said the severity of the debris flow was heightened by a flame-scarred landscape stripped of vegetation in a wildfire which was then followed by flooding that eroded the soil. Ruidoso, a popular summer retreat as well as ski resort nestled in the Sierra Blanca mountain range of south-central New Mexico, is located about 185km south of Albuquerque, the state's largest city.
The Independent
10-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
King questions RNLI volunteers on small boat rescues during Kent station visit
King Charles asked RNLI lifeboat crew whether they 'get a lot' of small boat rescue call outs during his visit to a Kent station today. Charles spoke to the RNLI volunteers about their work when visiting Walmer Beach, near Deal Castle. It comes two days after the King spoke about the issue of small boats when delivering a speech at a state banquet, marking the start of France's President Emmanuel Macron 's three-day state visit to the UK. The following afternoon, Charles and Macron were seen enjoying a warm embrace. Among the volunteers meeting the king on Thursday were three crew members who were being honoured for a rescue operation 10 miles off the coast on December 14, 2022. Reports from that day indicate that four people died and 43 were rescued when a small boat began taking on water. Volunteer Daniel Sinclair told the King the small boats were 'not very seaworthy' and described the operation as 'traumatic'. 'Do you get a lot of those call outs?' Charles asked. 'Not so much here,' replied Mr Sinclair, adding that stations in Ramsgate and Dover are used more often for channel crossings. On Tuesday, the King told the Windsor Castle dinner guests about the deepening co-operation between the UK and France that will protect against 'profound challenges' like terrorism, organised crime and 'irregular migration' across the English Channel. Earlier, Sir Keir Starmer said the UK would tackle illegal migration with 'new tactics' and a 'new level of intent' ahead of crunch talks to hammer out a deal with Mr Macron. The French president said the UK and France 'share the same will' to address the issue at the start of a Franco -British summit at Downing Street. Mr Sinclair told the PA news agency: 'We went to a call out on December 14 2022, for a small boat taking on water with multiple people in the water, it was a very chaotic and stressful callout for us on board our Atlantic 85. 'We saved five people's lives, stopped them from drowning and it was bitterly cold but the adrenaline kept us going.' He has been an RNLI volunteer for 17 years after joining up when he turned 18. The King then went on to pick up rubbish on Walmer Beach, waving his litter picker at the crowd of residents hoping to see him. He told one resident as he shook their hand 'those shingles are very hard work'. Deal and Walmer residents gathered in their hundreds as Charles waved and shook hands with many of them. One man, wearing nothing on his top half, admitted 'I'm a bit underdressed, aren't I?' which the King chuckled at.
