El Salvador flood toll rises to 144

November 8th, 2009 Government: 91 dead in El Salvador floodingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's interior minister says the death toll is now 91 from floods and slides touched off by three days of heavy rains. Minister Humberto Centeno says 60 people are still missing, and about 7,000 more are in shelters.

November 4th, 2009 Vietnam storm death toll rises to 87HANOI, Vietnam — The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 87 in Vietnam on Wednesday as authorities stepped up rescue and relief operations in affected areas of the central region. In the hardest-hit province of Phu Yen, 26 more deaths were reported as information trickled in from isolated areas, bringing the death toll there to 65, disaster official Dang Thi Lanh said Wednesday.

November 4th, 2009 Vietnam storm death toll rises to 91HANOI, Vietnam — The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 91 in Vietnam on Wednesday as authorities stepped up rescue and relief operations in the country's central region. In the hardest-hit province of Phu Yen, 26 more deaths were reported as information trickled in from isolated areas, bringing the death toll there to 65, disaster official Dang Thi Lanh said.

November 4th, 2009 El Salvador sends 2,500 soldiers to fight crimeSAN SALVADOR — El Salvador's defense minister says the army will send an additional 2,500 soldiers to crime-plagued parts of the country to increase security. Gen. David Munguia Payes says the troops will join 1,200 other soldiers carrying out joint patrols with police as part of the "Community Support" program.

November 4th, 2009 Vietnam storm death toll rises to 99HANOI, Vietnam — The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 99 in central Vietnam on Thursday and authorities estimated damage from the storm at $55 million. In the hardest-hit province Phu Yen, three districts that are home to 300,000 people remained inundated, said Nguyen Ba Loc, deputy chairman of the provincial People's Committee.

November 4th, 2009 HANOI - The toll after typhoon Mirinae hit the central Vietnamese provinces of Phu Yen, Binh Dinh and Khanh Hoa has risen to 81 Wednesday, a media report said. An official committee for flood, storm prevention and control of Phu Yen province said that at least 81 people have died and many others have been injured by the typhoon, Xinhua reported.

October 5th, 2009 Death toll from floods rises to 222 in south IndiaHYDERABAD, India — The death toll from flooding in southern India rose to 222 on Monday after days of torrential rain left vast tracts of land devastated and displaced millions of people, officials said. The floods have submerged scores of villages in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states, disrupted transportation and communication links and forced whole villages to seek shelter in crowded government-run relief camps.

October 3rd, 2009 BANGALORE - Rain and floods in Karnataka, mainly in northern parts, since Wednesday have killed 156 people so far, an official statement said Saturday. Bijapur district remained the worst affected with 30 deaths.

October 1st, 2009 UN: Indonesia death toll rises to 1,100UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.'s humanitarian chief said Thursday the powerful earthquakes that struck Indonesia have killed at least 1,100 people. John Holmes said the latest figures "suggest the death toll has risen already to 1,100" and that there are "many hundreds of injured people as well" because of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which originated in the sea off Sumatra island.

September 6th, 2009 El Salvador finds boat with Bangladeshi migrantsSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Salvadoran navy says it has found 76 migrants from as far away as Bangladesh, Nepal and Eritrea aboard a boat in the Pacific. Navy Capt. Maximiliano Corado says the boat was detected about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast, and "without doubt the final destination was to arrive in the United States." The migrants include 25 Bangladeshis, 25 Nepalese, 21 Eritreans and five Ecuadoreans.

July 23rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The death tally in Orissa's flash floods, due to nearly two weeks of incessant rains, went up to 41 Thursday even as the officials said the water level has started receding in most of the rivers and streams. The death toll has risen to 41, D.N.

July 3rd, 2009 Italian train derailment death toll rises to 20ROME — Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 20 after a woman died overnight in the hospital. The Civil Protection said Friday some 15 injured are still in serious condition.

July 2nd, 2009 Italy's train derailment death toll rises to 19ROME — Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 19, with 25 people injured. Premier Silvio Berlusconi says 11 of the injured are in very serious condition.

June 13th, 2009 Death toll from Mexican day care fire rises to 46MEXICO CITY — A health official says the death toll from a day care center fire in northern Mexico has risen to 46 following the death of a toddler. Sonora state Health Secretary Raymundo Lopez Vocovich says the 3-year-old boy died Friday at a hospital in the central city of Guadalajara.

June 4th, 2009 El Salvador to investigate Chavez claimsSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador is investigating claims by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that an assassination plot prevented him from visiting the Central American nation. Interior Minister Humberto Centeno gave no details about the investigation but said that he personally does not find it "strange" that Venezuelan intelligence detected a possible plot.