Death toll rises to 14 in South Korea
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Kerr County reports 3 missing and 107 deaths, including 37 children, post-flooding. Over 1,000 workers helped lower the missing count, and community support aids the ongoing search and relief efforts.
More than 130 people are dead after devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country that began early on the Fourth of July.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says there have now been 135 deaths statewide from flooding on July 4, including 116 people in Kerr County.
Nine people have died after a Massachusetts assisted living facility caught fire Sunday night. The death toll was revised after an error from the district attorney’s office on Friday. Elderly residents rushed to their windows to scream and beg for help as smoke filled the hallways.
The death toll from a tourist boat accident in Vietnam's Halong Bay climbed to at least 38 with several people still missing, the government said, as rescuers continued to search for survivors while bracing for the approach of Typhoon Wipha.
Getting to the true death toll will eventually help in figuring out the true infection fatality rate, the proportion of all infected people who died because of COVID-19.
From Texas floods to California fires to Florida hurricanes, officials and journalists struggle with tallying casualties.
Death toll rises to 16 after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into Dhaka school, an official tells local media.