CBS News reported on September 29 that Hurricane Helene had killed at least 161 people across the Southeast, with North Carolina and South Carolina bearing the heaviest losses.
Hurricane Helene has left at least 64 people dead across the Southeast, with the hardest-hit states facing flood damage, power loss and difficult rescue operations.
Tennessee officials said Walters, or Waterville, Dam had not failed, despite earlier claims of a catastrophic breach and evacuation orders in Cocke County.
A two-storey building in southern Italy collapsed early on 22 September 2024, killing two children and their grandmother and trapping the children’s mother under the rubble.
A military helicopter carrying international peacekeepers crashed near Mogadishu while heading to Baledogle Airfield, but the supplied report says no fatalities were reported.
State-run figures in Myanmar put the death toll from Typhoon Yagi flooding at 236, with 77 people still missing and aid agencies warning the disaster could worsen as roads, bridges and communications remain badly damaged.
On the event date, floods across several Central and Eastern European countries had killed 21 people, with Austria, Poland and other states still on alert.
16, 2024. Deadly flooding spread across Central Europe, killing people in Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania while forcing evacuations, closures and emergency spending.
French authorities said at least eight people died overnight when an overcrowded boat attempting the Channel crossing from France to Britain broke apart near Ambleteuse, adding to a string of recent migrant deaths at sea.
Reports dated 15 September 2024 documented storm Boris flooding kills eight across central and eastern Europe, marking a significant climate development.
Authorities in Haiti said an explosion involving a tank truck in Miragoâne killed at least 15 people and injured around 40 more, turning an ordinary fuel transport into a mass-casualty emergency in a country already under severe strain.
Local officials say a boat accident on a river in northwest Nigeria has left at least 64 people feared dead, underscoring the risks of river travel in a region where water crossings are part of daily life.