Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Summary:
New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh
Powerful earthquake in Indonesia s Sulawesi kills dozens, injures hundreds krdo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from krdo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Death toll rises to 67 in Indonesia quake
CNN
16th January, 2021 09:39:29
At least 67 people have died after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia s Sulawesi island early Friday, according to the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in Indonesia.
Jan Gelfand told CNN on Friday that he expects the death toll and number of missing people to increase.
Hundreds have been injured, according to the country s disaster mitigation agency.
The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 1.28am Jakarta time (5.28am AEDT), was six kilometres northeast of the city of Majene, at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to Indonesia s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency.
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Friday, with the meteorological agency warning of aftershocks, possibly strong enough to trigger a tsunami.