A Turkish charity organization filed a criminal complaint on Friday in the name of orphans and lost children it claimed have been victims of human trafficking in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit the country and Syria on February 6.
Erzin, Hatay province, a town of about 40,000 people, experienced no deaths, injuries, or building collapses despite being in the heart of earthquake-devastated east Turkey and continues to operate in a relatively normal state as of Wednesday.
The famed Syrian civil defense organization known as the White Helmets on Tuesday condemned the United Nations for its “shocking” decision to work with dictator Bashar Assad on earthquake relief.
The United Nations said on Sunday that disaster relief for quake-ravaged towns in Syria is being held up by a “hardline group” that refuses to allow aid convoys from government-controlled areas to enter its turf. The group in question soon revealed itself to be Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the rebranded Nusra Front, which was itself an offshoot of al-Qaeda.
Authorities in Turkey are struggling to house the thousands of people left destitute after a series of massive earthquakes in the country last week, rushing to build tents and transfer earthquake victims to shelters a week later.
The government of Turkey is struggling to address the growing problem of caring for and homing babies found in the wreckage of Monday’s devastating set of earthquakes but having no apparent adult relatives, the national newspaper Hurriyet reported on Friday.
Chinese officials and state media on Wednesday sought to portray the United States as “cold-hearted” and cheap because it has not lifted sanctions against the homicidal Syrian dictatorship supported by Beijing in the wake of Monday’s devastating earthquakes.
The confirmed death toll from Monday’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria passed 19,000 on Thursday.
Rescue teams in Syria and Turkey continue to search for survivors on Thursday after a set of two earthquakes over magnitude seven devastated cities in both countries on Monday – and, on some rare occasions, have managed to pull newborns, seniors, and entire families from the wreckage.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Tuesday that it will provide assistance to preserve World Heritage sites in Turkey and Syria that were damaged by Monday’s devastating earthquakes.
Rescuers in northwestern Syria reportedly found a newborn on Monday born under the rubble of her home after a devastating series of earthquakes left much of the west of the country and eastern Turkey entirely leveled.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit southern Turkey on Monday, causing untold damage, with aftershocks continuing throughout the day.
Temperatures at Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire approached an all-time low Friday into Saturday morning and reportedly set a new windchill record for the United States, hitting levels feeling as low as -109 degrees.
The legendary groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, has predicted winter will persist for six more weeks after seeing his shadow on Thursday in western Pennsylvania.
A Michigan woman has been making waves on social media with her great white snow shark sculptures.
A five foot boulder crashed into a Hawaii house and narrowly missed a woman inside the residence who was standing nearby.
A massive ice storm is moving across the South, triggering dangerous travel conditions as ice accumulations could reach up to three-quarters of an inch from portions of Texas to Tennessee, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.
Flight cancelations — particularly at Texas airports — are piling up as an ice storm batters portions of the south and mid-south, creating hazardous traveling conditions.
Over 1,000 flights were canceled in the middle of the country on Monday due to winter weather conditions that will continue into Tuesday.
Millions of Americans are bracing for what the National Weather Service (NWS) has described as a “significant ice storm,” expected to sweep the south this week.
Multiple people were hurt on Friday during a traffic pileup as snow and ice blanketed the roadway in Wisconsin.
The UK is calm, cloudy, and cold, leaving the National Grid bringing three coal power plants back online to cover the lack of renewables.
A California man narrowly escaped death on the Pacific Coast Highway recently when his car was crushed under a boulder.
President Joe Biden blamed the latest storms in California on climate change while visiting the damaged Golden State on Thursday.
Storms and tornadoes caused extensive damage to several communities across the U.S. Southeast on Thursday, including in Alabama, where at least 25 tornadoes were reported, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center.
“Climate change” is putting women in Asia and Africa at an increased risk of becoming victims of domestic violence, a Washington Post article claimed on Tuesday.
Film and TV star Jeremy Renner was helping a stranded motorist when he was seriously injured by his own snow plow on New Year’s Day, Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said.
“Avengers” star Jeremy Renner is being treated for serious injuries that happened while he was plowing snow, the actor’s representative said Sunday.
A motorist stranded during the blizzard in New York is being praised for his heroic efforts to make sure others were safe.
Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard.
GoFundeMe donors are raising money for the woman who saved a mentally disabled man who was stuck outside her home during the historic blizzard over the Christmas weekend in Buffalo.
A North Carolina homeowner and two deputies helped save a German Shepherd on Christmas Eve after it fell into a swimming pool while temperatures were below freezing.
A vehicle was caught on video driving down a frozen canal in downtown Indianapolis before it crashed through the ice late on Christmas Day.
A Buffalo woman is being hailed as a hero after she rescued a 64-year-old mentally disabled man who became lost outside her home during the historic winter storm that gripped western New York and the nation. Sha’Kyra Aughtry was at
Buffalo was set to emerge from a deep freeze Wednesday, bringing some relief but also the tragic possibility of finding more victims amid melting snow from the area’s deadliest storm in decades.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke with the CEO of Southwest Airlines, Bob Jordan, amid the ongoing issues and mass cancellations the airline has experienced in the days leading up to Christmas and beyond.
Southwest CEO Bob Jordan apologized for the company’s travel issues in a video statement Tuesday evening, saying that the airline is determined to upgrade its systems “for these extreme circumstances so that we never again face what’s happening right now.”
Storm-battered Buffalo braced Tuesday for fresh snow while still striving to recover from an epic blizzard that killed at least 34 people, stranded others in cars for days and shuttered the city’s airport.
The Department of Transportation is investigating Southwest Airlines after the airline left thousands stranded following the cancellation of thousands of flights over the holiday weekend and beyond.
Southwest Airlines continues to struggle in the aftermath of the winter storm and holiday weekend, canceling over 70 percent of its flights on Monday alone.
