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Afghanistan is prone to a wide range of natural disasters. The United Nations (UN) estimated that 250,000 Afghans are affected by such disasters each year. [1] Between 1980 and 2015, Afghanistan had the second highest number of fatalities caused by natural disasters globally. [2] During this period there were 15 major avalanches in the country. [3]
The Afghan government signed a deal with Afghan Krystal natural Resources Co. (a local company) to invest up to $50 million in the Qara Zaghan Mine in northern Baghlan Province. Qara Zaghan was the country's second gold mine, and production there was planned to begin by 2013.
Over 100 rescue personnel, including 40 specialized mine rescuers, were dispatched to the scene. [12] Thirteen ambulances also carried casualties to nearby medical facilities. Some survivors were airlifted from the mine. [13] Tabas city officials and the labor ministry said that the methane discharge at the mine hampered relief works. [14]
A rescue operation in Colorado to bring trapped mining tour visitors out of an underground mine was successful, seven hours after one person died and four others were injured. 12 rescued from ...
The Hurricane Creek Mine Memorial is the memorial commemorating the 1970 Finley Mine explosion, which killed thirty-eight coal miners [8] and left one survivor. The memorial is located in Leslie County, Kentucky [9] built on the Finely Mine site. The memorial was planned by the friends and families of the lost miners to honor them.
After resuming the search operations, the body of the first of nine victims, a truck driver of the subcontractor company, was found in the manganese mine field after 53 days from the disaster on 6 April 2024. [14] [15] On 19 April, the body of the second miner was recovered. [16] Two more bodies of mine disaster victims were rcovered on 4 May ...
The Darr Mine blast was the third major mine disaster in December 1907 (which would become the deadliest mine fatality month in US history); it followed Yolande mine in Alabama explosion on December 16, [7] the Monongah Mining disaster in West Virginia on December 6 that killed 362 miners and the Naomi Mine explosion on December 1 that killed ...
Ireland earn a first men's Test victory at the eighth attempt after beating Afghanistan by six wickets in Abu Dhabi.