Hundreds of rescuers searched Monday for survivors of landslides and flooding that killed at least 36 people along the coast of Brazil’s southern state of Sao Paulo following a huge weekend downpour. Worst hit was the city of Sao Sebastiao, where at
A British woman has died off the coast of Tenerife while scuba diving, according to local reports. Police have confirmed her nationality after an investigation was launched into the death of the 63-year-old. It is not clear whether she was on holiday
The discovery of a record-breaking dinosaur footprint confirms the Yorkshire coastline was a popular hunting ground for a Jurassic predator. This fascinating fossil was found on a Filey beach by archaeologist Marie Woods, 30, while she was out foraging for shellfish for her
An earthquake has taken place off the Norfolk coast, with the 3.7 magnitude tremor in the North Sea. It struck at 7.14am on Sunday, about 56 miles off the British coastline, according to France’s Military Applications Division. It was recorded at a
A young fisherman has drowned after he went overboard while fishing on a crabbing vessel off the Co Donegal coast. A mayday call was received by the Malin Head Coastguard Radio Station at around 8.30pm. Confirming the incident, a spokesperson told Donegal
The bodies of eight migrants have been recovered by Italy’s coast guard during an operation overnight that also rescued 42 survivors in the central Mediterranean off the island of Lampedusa, authorities said Friday. Another two people, a newborn and a man, fell
The U.S. Coast Guard seized $33 million worth of drugs from a fishing vessel that was smuggling narcotics in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday, according to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command. More than 8,800 pounds of hashish and about 1,128 pounds
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Wednesday off the southeastern Greek island of Rhodes, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake rattled the nearby Turkish provinces of Mugla,
The U.S. Coast Guard has detained a boat carrying 396 Haitian migrants near the Bahamas in one of the biggest human smuggling incidents in the region, Bahamian officials said. The migrants were detained close to the far-flung Cay Sal island located between
US coast guard officials have confirmed a Russian ship is under surveillance off the coast of the pacific island amid heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine. The US Coast Guards’ Chief of External Affairs, commander Dave Milne said in a