Thailand has recently witnessed two consecutive crane collapse incidents, both contracted by Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited (ITD), resulting in a total of 34 deaths and 71 injuries. In Nakhon Ratchasima Province, a crane collapsed at a high-speed rail construction site, striking a train and killing 32 people while injuring 66 others. In Samut Sakhon…

The Prime Waste Solutions landfill in Binaliuong, Cebu City, Philippines, collapsed due to days of heavy rainfall. As of January 15, the incident has resulted in over 20 deaths and 13 to 16 people missing. The accident has severely disrupted the lives of nearby residents, with leachate from the waste posing risks of contaminating nearby…

Since early January, severe wildfires have simultaneously erupted in South Africa’s Western Cape Province and Australia’s Victoria State, scorching over 130,000 hectares of land and claiming multiple lives. The spreading smoke has caused air quality to plummet, resulting in mass wildlife deaths and devastating impacts on agriculture and tourism. Extreme heat and drought conditions have…

On the morning of December 28 local time, a train derailed in the Transoceanic Corridor region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state (near the town of Nizanda). The involved Trans-Oceanic Atlantic Train, carrying 250 people (9 crew members and 241 passengers), derailed while crossing a bridge and plunged into a valley…

A small migrant boat (piragua) capsized in waters near the coast of Joal-Fadiouth, Mbour Province, western Senegal. The incident has resulted in 12 fatalities, with 35 individuals rescued, while some remain missing. The vessel’s exact passenger capacity, point of departure, and destination have yet to be officially confirmed. Local gendarmerie immediately launched search and rescue…

A radioactive water leak has occurred at the Fukui Prefecture’s Fukui Nuclear Power Plant in Tsuruga City, where the Fugen reactor is currently undergoing decommissioning. The leaked water contains radioactive substances including tritium, with the exact volume and composition still under investigation. Following the incident, Japanese authorities dispatched specialized teams to seal the leak and…

Sumatra Island in Indonesia has suffered “floods of the century” triggered by the rare tropical cyclone Senja combined with abnormal monsoon conditions. The disaster has claimed 1,106 lives, left 175 people missing, and injured approximately 7,000 individuals. Over 3.3 million people have been affected, with 1.1 million evacuated and 290,000 left homeless. The hardest-hit areas…

Torrential rains, flooding, and strong winds unleashed by the storm battered the Gaza Strip, claiming 17 lives, collapsing 13 buildings, and damaging over 90 structures; 27,000 tents for displaced persons were flooded and destroyed, affecting over 250,000 people’s homes. More than 90% of tents sustained varying degrees of damage, with sewage backflow occurring in some…

Jubail in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province suffered severe flooding triggered by torrential rains, which submerged its streets and transformed roadways into rivers. This flooding resulted from the convergence of extreme weather and the desert’s ecological vulnerability. Sparse desert vegetation and poor soil water retention caused rainwater to pool rapidly. The floodwaters carried sediment and potential…

The environmental report Toxic Lands exposes a severe pollution crisis at Europe’s aging landfill sites. The report reveals approximately 500,000 landfills across Europe, 90% of which are outdated sites constructed before the EU’s 1999 environmental directive. These older facilities generally lack adequate leak-proofing measures. Among the over 60,000 identified high-risk landfills, 30% are located in…