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Mass beaching fuels 'unscientific' Japan quake fears The mass beaching of more than 150 melon-headed whales on Japan's shores has fuelled fears of a repeat of a seemingly unrelated event in the country.

11 April 2015

Poles still divided over Russia crash five years on Poles marked the fifth anniversary of the deadly plane crash in Russia that killed then president Lech Kaczynski and 95 officials.

11 April 2015

Morocco bus crash kills 33, mostly school athletes More than 30 people, mostly schoolchildren returning from a sports meet, were killed Friday in Morocco when their bus caught fire.

11 April 2015

More than 130 dolphins beach in Japan More than 130 melon-headed whales, a member of the dolphin family usually found in the deep ocean, beached in Japan.

10 April 2015

35 killed in Bangladesh storms Powerful storms swept Bangladesh at the weekend leaving a trail of devastation in the country's northwest and killing at least 35 people.

06 April 2015

24,000 to be evacuated as typhoon closes in on Philippines Around 24,000 people from the Philippines were being evacuated with Typhoon Maysak a day away from potentially striking the country's northeast coast.

04 April 2015

At least 54 dead in trawler sinking off Russia'a Far East Rescuers were searching freezing waters off Russia's Far East after a fishing boat sank in the Sea of Okhotsk with the loss of at least 54 lives.

02 April 2015

Grief shrouds German town as air crash victims mourned The small German town of Haltern am See held an emotional memorial service for the 16 pupils and two teachers from a local school.

02 April 2015

State of emergency as super typhoon batters Micronesia An emergency was declared in the Micronesian state of Chuuk as Super Typhoon Maysak cut a destructive path across the central Pacific.

01 April 2015

Lufthansa says Germanwings co-pilot admitted 'severe depression' The co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings plane had informed his employer that he had undergone a "previous episode of severe depression".

01 April 2015

Death toll in Chile floods rises to 18 At least 18 people were killed in flash floods that hit a normally arid region of northern Chile last week, and about the same number remain missing.

31 March 2015

Alps crash captain shouted 'open the damn door' The captain of a passenger jet that investigators believe was deliberately crashed into the French Alps shouted at the co-pilot to "open the damn door".

30 March 2015

Twitter chief vows to help Indonesia fight disasters Twitter chief Dick Costolo said the microblogging site planned to work with Indonesian authorities to warn people about natural disasters.

26 March 2015

Pilot of crash plane was locked out of cockpit: report A pilot of the plane that crashed in the French Alps left the cockpit before the fateful descent and was left trying to smash the door down but still failed to get back in.

26 March 2015

Kazakhstan says at least three citizens killed in Germanwings crash The Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan said at least three of its citizens died in the Germanwings airliner crash in the French Alps.

25 March 2015

Tokyo subway attacks: Japan still baffled 20 years on As Japan prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of a fatal nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway, experts say the horrifying case still leaves more questions than answers.

19 March 2015

Thousands told to evacuate as deadly blaze threatens Chile city Chile declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire led to at least one death and threatened the historic port city of Valparaiso.

14 March 2015

UN disaster meeting opens in tsunami-hit Japan Policymakers gathered with hopes high that the conference in tsunami-hit Japan might provide a springboard for real efforts to tackle natural disastersю

14 March 2015

Australia clears up after twin cyclones, more floods expected Australia was clearing up after two severe cyclones left a trail of destruction, wrecking hundreds of homes and cutting electricity to tens of thousands.

21 February 2015

Destruction as massive cyclones hit Australia Two powerful cyclones pounded Australia and left a trail of destruction with houses ripped apart, trees uprooted and power lines torn down.

20 February 2015

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