U.N. says 43 Golan peacekeepers seized by Syria militants, 81 trapped

A member of the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) rides atop an armoured vehicle near the Quneitra border crossing on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Thousands stranded after California storms; 1 dead (Video)

An official of Forest Home Christian Conference Center in Forest Falls, Calif., inspects damage on the property following thunderstorms on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. About 1,500 residents of Oak Glen, and another 1,000 residents of Forest Falls in the San Bernardino Mountains were unable to get out because the roads were covered with mud, rock and debris, authorities said. Photo: David Bauman, AP / The Press-Enterprise

Pune, India landslide: 15 feared dead, more than 150 buried under debris

Gujarat and Maharashtra were lashed with rains.

More than 100 people are still feared trapped after a building collapsed in southern India

More than 100 people are still feared trapped after a building collapsed in southern India

At least 157 dead in collapsed coal mine in Turkey

Workers and relatives arrive after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, in western Turkey, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/IHA)

Up to 300 workers may be trapped; fire was caused by an electrical fault, officials say

Pattaya Ferry Disaster: At Least Six Dead in Sinking, 20 Missing

This general view shows the beach along the coast of the Thai holiday resort of Pattaya, on September 22, 2006 (AFP/File, Indranil Mukherjee)

Firefighters Battling Blaze At Historic South LA Church

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Mumbai: 5-Story Building Collapses, Many Likely Trapped

By Jack Phillips, Epoch Times | September 26, 2013

A five-story building in Mumbai, India, on Friday morning local time, according to reports. Some reports said it was a four-story building.

NDTV reported that the building is located near Dockyard Road.

It said the building collapsed at 6:25 a.m.

Many people are feared trapped under the rubble.

IBN Live reported that the building was a residential one.

Fire in Norwegian road tunnel sends 55 to hospital

Emergency medical staff personnel are pictured outside a tunnel in Gudvangen, western Norway, August 5, 2013. According to local media, more than 20 people were trapped in a tunnel on Monday when a truck caught fire within the tunnel. REUTERS/Arne Veum/NTB Scanpix

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OSLO (Reuters) – More than 50 people were sent to hospital after a lorry caught fire in a tunnel in western Norway on Monday, police said.

The 11.4-km (7-mile) Gudvanga tunnel, Norway’s second longest, carries traffic close to the Naeroey fjord, considered one of its most beautiful and a draw for tourists from around the world during the summer season.

“Fifty-five people have been taken to hospital for checks. That’s every single person that’s been evacuated,” police spokesman Joern Lasse Refsnes said. The cause of the fire was as yet unknown, he added.

(Reporting by Victoria Klesty and Terje Solsvik; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

India floods strand thousands; more than 100 dead

A view of the Hindu holy town of Kedarnath from a helicopter after a flood, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded. (AP Photo)

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Days after floods killed more than 100 people — possibly many Rakesh Sharma, a state official, said the death toll could be much higher, running into thousands, but the exact number would be known only after a survey of the entire region.

A joint army and air force operation has so far evacuated nearly 14,000 people stranded in the area but nearly 61,000 people remained cut off, officials said.