Accidents and Natural Disasters

The latest news and reports of accidents and natural disasters

Incidents

Unusual snow hits cities across Iran

IFP Editorial Staff -
Heavy snowfall has hit a range of cities across Iran in the middle of the spring, stranding people in the worst-hit areas.
Incidents

People in Iran’s Mashhad camp outdoors overnight after quake

IFP Editorial Staff -
Residents in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad camp on the streets and in parks overnight, after a 4.6-magnitude earthquake shakes the city, the capital of Khorasan Razavi Province.
Incidents

4.6-magnitude quake shakes northeastern Iran

IFP Media Wire -
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolts Iran’s northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, with no reports of casualties and material damage yet.
Environment

Lightning sets fire to parts of Meighan desert wetland in central Iran

Golrokh Askarieh -
Parts of Meighan Wetland in Iran’s central deserts have been hit by fire following a crash of thunder in the area.
Incidents

Over 1,100 killed in Iran road accidents during Nowruz holidays: Official

IFP Media Wire -
The death toll from road accidents during the two-week Nowruz (New Year) holidays in Iran has hit 1,168, higher than the previous year, according to an official.
Incidents

Flooding kills one in western Iran; heavy rainfalls expected in many cities

IFP Editorial Staff -
One person has lost her life in flooding, caused by heavy downpours of rain, in Iran’s western province of Ilam.
Incidents

Iranian cargo ship rescues 11 tourists aboard vessel lacking safety standards in Persian Gulf

IFP Editorial Staff -
An Iranian cargo ship goes to the rescue of 11 tourists aboard a vessel lacking safety that was sailing the waters off the country’s southern coast in the Persian Gulf region.
Incidents

Police chief: 629 Nowruz travelers dead so far in car accidents across Iran

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan says car accidents have so far left 629 people dead amid an increase in road trips countrywide during Nowruz holidays.
Incidents

Dozens injured as Iran’s Khoy struck by magnitude 5.6 earthquake again

IFP Editorial Staff -
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has jolted the northwestern Iranian city of Khoy, which has been hit by several tremors over the past few months.
Incidents

125 people killed in road accidents in 3 days ahead of Nowruz holidays

IFP Editorial Staff -
The head of the Iranian Police Traffic Control Headquarters says 111 road crashes have happened in the first three days aheadof the Nowruz holidays in Iran that have claimed 125 lives. Brigadier General Seyyed Kamal Hadianfar said 2,895 people have also been injured.
Europe

UN estimates quake damage in Turkey to exceed $100bn

IFP Media Wire -
The damage caused by last month’s earthquakes in Turkey will exceed $100bn, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) official has announced.
Middle East

New shipment of Iranian relief aid arrives in quake-hit regions of Syria

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iran sends a 15th shipment of humanitarian aid to quake-hit regions of Syria, which remains cut off from international assistance due to strict Western economic sanctions.
Middle East

Justice minister says Turkey launched probe into hundreds of people after quakes

IFP Media Wire -
Investigations have been launched against more than 600 people over the buildings that collapsed in Turkey’s catastrophic earthquakes earlier this month that left tens of thousands dead, according to the country’s justice minister.
Middle East

Death toll from Turkey, Syria quakes tops 50k

IFP Media Wire -
The death toll from the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has surpassed 50,000, according to the latest figures from both countries.
Middle East

Official says quake death toll in Turkey surpassed 43,500

IFP Media Wire -
The death toll from the twin earthquakes in Turkey's southeast has reached 43,556, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has confirmed.
Middle East

Six killed, hundreds injured as fresh quake hits Turkey-Syria border

IFP Media Wire -
Six people were killed and hundreds injured in the fresh earthquake on Turkey-Syria border, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. It comes two weeks after a large tremor killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes in Turkey and Syria.
Incidents

Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts southwestern Iran, no report of casualties yet

IFP Editorial Staff -
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolts an area in Iran’s southwestern province of Fars, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Nature and Wildlife

Orumia’s wintry nature in Iran’s West Azarbaijan Province

IFP Editorial Staff -
Heavy snow covers Orumia’s natural sceneries, creating gorgeous winter scenes. These are pictures of the Band heights, the Orumia-Oshnavieh road, the Nazlou region, and Golmarz wetland.
Local

Iranian Army helicopters helping with relief operations in snow-hit areas

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Iranian Army’s helicopters are helping with relief operations in some regions in the country that have been hit by heavy snowfall.
Middle East

Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll tops 46,000

IFP Media Wire -
Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria. At least 45,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria.
Environment

Height of snow surpasses 2 meters in western Iranian county

IFP Editorial Staff -
The height of snow reached over two meters in Kouhrang County of Iran’s western Chaharmahal and Bakhtriari Province, cutting off routes connecting cities and villages in the region.
Middle East

Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll nears 44,000

IFP Media Wire -
Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria. At least 43,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria.
Middle East

Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll nears 42,000

IFP Media Wire -
Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria. At least 41,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria.
Urban

Red alert in western Iranian city as snow buries homes

IFP Media Wire -
Iranian officials have declared an emergency state in the western city of Kouhrang, Chaharmahah and Bakhtiari Province, as heavy downpours of snow bury houses there.
Middle East

Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll rises to 40,000

IFP Media Wire -
Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria. At least 40,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria.
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