Official: 17 more bodies recovered at Siberian power plant; death toll reaches 64

October 1st, 2009 Quake toll in western Indonesia reaches 467JAKARTA, Indonesia — A government official says the death toll in Wednesday's earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra island has reached 467. Tugiyo Bisri of the Social Affairs Ministry's crisis center says a total of 467 people are confirmed dead and 421 seriously injured in Wednesday's 7.6 magnitude quake.

September 30th, 2009 PATNA - The death toll in Bihar's twin tragedies, when two boats carrying Durga Puja revellers capsized in the Kosi and Bagmati rivers, has gone up to 41 with 11 more bodies being recovered, officials said Wednesday. "Eleven more bodies have been recovered," Khagaria District Superintendent of Police Indranand Mishra said.

September 30th, 2009 PATNA - The death toll in Bihar where two boats carrying Durga Puja revellers capsized in the Kosi and Bagmati rivers has risen to 65 with rescuers recovering 35 more bodies, officials said Wednesday. "Thirty-five more bodies have been recovered," Superintendent of Police Indranand Mishra said in Khagaria, about 200 km from here.

September 30th, 2009 Philippine storm death toll reaches 100MANILA, Philippines — Officials say the death toll in the massive flooding that hit the Philippine capital and nearby provinces has reached 100. Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said that army troops, police and civilian volunteers, backed by U.S.

September 24th, 2009 14 die in chimney collapse at power plant in IndiaNEW DELHI — Rescuers used heavy cranes and saws to free more than a dozen people still trapped in the rubble of a large chimney that collapsed at a power plant under construction in central India, killing at least 14 people, police said Thursday. R.K. Vij, inspector-general of police, revised the death toll to 14 from the figure of 20 that was given earlier by police, and said another seven people were hospitalized.

September 23rd, 2009 20 killed at power plant being built in IndiaNEW DELHI — A large chimney being built at a power plant in central India collapsed Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring five others, police said. Dozens of workers were feared trapped under the rubble.

August 23rd, 2009 Death toll in Siberian power plant blast at 69MOSCOW — Searchers on Sunday combed wreckage at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant for six workers missing since an explosion a week ago. Three more bodies were found, raising the death toll to at least 69 people.

August 22nd, 2009 MOSCOW - The number of dead bodies recovered from the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant following Monday's accident has risen to 66, an official said Saturday. "In the course of the work, another two dead bodies have been found," the official said.

August 21st, 2009 Putin promises help for Siberian accident familiesMOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday visited the site of the Siberia power plant accident that killed 47 workers and promised compensation for their families and those of 28 others still missing. Putin urged RusHydro, the owner of the massive Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant, to compensate the families of the dead and missing equally.

August 21st, 2009 Putin visits power plant accident site, 26 deadMOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the site of the Siberia power plant accident on Friday, as the confirmed death toll rose to 26, and 49 people remained missing and feared dead. Several bodies were discovered overnight in the destroyed turbine room of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station in southern Siberia, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said.

August 21st, 2009 MOSCOW — Russian officials say the death toll in the power plant accident has risen to 26 after more bodies were found. Forty-nine are missing and feared dead.

August 21st, 2009 Reports: Death toll in Siberian plant blast 47MOSCOW — Russian news agencies say the death toll from the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya power plant in Siberia has reached 47, with 28 people still missing. Earlier reports said 26 people were confirmed dead, with 49 missing.

August 19th, 2009 Aluminum chief seeks energy after Russian accidentMOSCOW — The head of the world's top aluminum producer visited Russia's largest hydroelectric plant on Wednesday to discuss how his Siberian factories will get enough energy after an accident crippled the power plant and killed at least 14 workers. Rescue workers found two bodies Wednesday in the destroyed turbine room of the massive Sayano-Shushenskaya power station in southern Siberia, raising the confirmed death toll to 14, officials said.

June 17th, 2009 Death toll from mine blast in Indonesia reaches 28JAKARTA, Indonesia — An explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Indonesia, killing at least 28 people and burying 12 others who were feared dead, officials said Wednesday. Dozens of rescuers tried to reach the trapped men after the Tuesday morning blast, but rock slides and a mix of gas and coal debris forced them to resurface after four hours of digging, district police Chief Yasman Esha in West Sumatra province said by phone from the scene.

June 9th, 2009 CHONGQING - The toll in a landslide in southwest China last week has risen to nine after rescuers recovered two more bodies as search for 63 other missing people continues. Nine people were killed and eight others injured following the landslide last Friday.