Woman rescued from Myanmar earthquake rubble
- 31-Mar-2025
Rescuers freed a woman from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar, officials said on Monday, a glimmer of hope three days after a massive earthquake that killed around 2,000 as searchers in Myanmar and Thailand raced against time to find more survivors. The woman was pulled from the rubble after 60 hours trapped under […]
Indonesia earthquake: Six-year-old boy pulled from rubble after two days
- 24-Nov-2022
A six-year-old boy has been pulled from the rubble of a deadly Indonesia earthquake after spending two days trapped under debris without food or water, in a “miracle” rescue. The dramatic rescue captured on camera Wednesday evening revived hopes that survivors could still be pulled alive from the wreckage days after the strong earthquake that […]
Viral: Firefighters rescue cat buried under rubble in Ukraine
- 18-Mar-2022
The Russia-Ukraine war has entered the 22nd day and several cities in the war-torn country have been reduced to rubble amid bombardments from Russian forces. After a missile strike on Kharkiv, a cat lost its owners and was trapped in the debris. Ukrainian Emergency Service workers spotted the cat crying amid the wreckage and video […]
Revealed: The truth behind ‘Statue of Liberty’ made from rubble in Syria
- 25-Oct-2016
A picture of Syrian ‘Statue of Liberty’ caught people’s attention on the internet shortly after a tweep shared it on the micro-blogging website a few days ago. The man who shared the image captioned it: ‘Statue of Liberty made from bombed rubble of Aleppo, by Syrian artist Tammam Azzam. Devastating’ Bremmer’s tweet of the image, […]
The tragic story behind rescued baby in Syria’s Idlib
- 02-Oct-2016
IDLIB, SYRIA: The frail cries of four-month-old Wahida made the rescue worker who carried her out of the rubble in Syria’s Idlib break down in sobs. The full story is one of tragedy. “I was in the shop when the airplane began carrying out air strikes,” recalls 32-year-old father Yehya Maatouq almost matter-of-factly. He was […]
Italy quake toll hits 267 as rescuers search flattened towns
- 26-Aug-2016
AMATRICE, ITALY: The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy climbed to 267 on Thursday as rescue teams scoured mounds of rubble for a second day in towns and villages flattened by the natural disaster.
Famed architect builds quake-proof homes from rubble in Nepal
- 29-Dec-2015
KATHMANDU: After twin earthquakes in April and May claimed 9,000 lives and left vast swathes of Nepal in ruins, survivors worried if they reused the brick rubble, they would end up with the same vulnerable, seismically unsound structures.
Three survive eight days under Nepal quake rubble; but many trekkers dead
- 03-May-2015
KATHMANDU: Three people were pulled out alive from the rubble of their home eight days after Nepal's devastating earthquake, an official said on Sunday, but rescuers have found about 50 bodies on a popular trekking route that was hit by an avalanche.
Boy, woman rescued in Kathmandu rubble, aid reaches some remote areas
- 01-May-2015
KATHMANDU: Hundreds cheered as rescuers toiling amid rubble left by Nepal's earthquake pulled a boy and a woman to safety on Thursday after they had been trapped for five days.
Buried in rubble for 82 hours, Nepal quake survivor ‘drinks urine’
- 29-Apr-2015
KATHMANDU: As he lay trapped for some 82 hours under the rubble of his Kathmandu hotel after Nepal's devastating earthquake, Rishi Khanal knew what he must do to survive: drink his own urine.