Environment
The Slagdijkstermolen in Friesland, Netherlands burns down.
14 November 2026
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Environment
The past seven days, edition by edition, the most important story of each day first.
Saturday 14 November
Friday 13 November
2026 New Orleans ship collision
A tanker and the cruise ship American Heritage collide in the Mississippi River of the United States. The cruise ship, carrying 130 people, sinks. All aboard the American Heritage survive, with some taken to local hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.
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2026 FAA communication outage
The United States Federal Aviation Administration issues a nationwide ground stop for all flights due to "extraordinary circumstances involving communications failures". It is later lifted.
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Twenty-six people are killed and eleven more are injured in a bus–truck collision in Golaghat, India.
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Six people are killed and five more injured after an under construction building partially collapses in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Thursday 12 November
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Fourteen people are killed and 30 more injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving 18 cars and five trucks in the Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
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A passenger van plunges off a road in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, killing eleven people and wounding three more.
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A bus veers off a mountain road in Bhimphedi, Nepal, killing ten people and wounding five more.
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A military helicopter crashes in Malatya, Turkey, killing four soldiers.
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Wednesday 11 November
2026–27 European windstorm season
Portugal closes approximately 8,000 schools nationwide and suspends non-essential public services as Storm Charles approaches. The second day of the Web Summit in Lisbon is also cancelled.
11 November 2026
2026 New York City building collapse
A 3-story apartment building collapses near a construction site in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, killing eight people and wounding 19 more.
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Tuesday 10 November
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Twelve people are killed and at least 46 others are seriously injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving over 50 trucks and cars on the Trakia A1 motorway near Yambol, Bulgaria.
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The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service kills a female grizzly bear and her three cubs after DNA evidence confirmed that the bears killed a mother and daughter near Bella Coola, Canada.
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Five schoolgirls are killed and 21 others are injured when a school bus plunges into a pond in Kandal province, Cambodia.
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Monday 9 November
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At least five people are reported missing after two boats collide off the coast of Trinidad. Search and rescue operations are underway by the Trinbagonian Coast Guard.
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2026 Aliağa factory explosion
Seventeen people are killed and twelve others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Aliağa, Turkey.
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Sunday 8 November
Earthquakes in Japan
A Mw 5.7 earthquake strikes central Japan with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture, while also affecting Aichi, Gifu, Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures. At least 22 people are injured.
8 November 2026
2026 El Ayyat train collision
A train derails near El Ayyat, Giza Governorate, Egypt, killing seven people and wounding 125 more.
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A fire at a high-rise apartment building in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, kills 14 people and leaves 25 others hospitalized.
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2026 Indonesia wildfires
An Super Puma H-225 helicopter crashes in South Kalimantan during a forest firefighting mission, killing one person.
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The death toll from the boat capsizing yesterday off the coast of Kébémer, Louga, Senegal, increases to 39 people.
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Three people are killed and more than 300 others are rescued from severe flooding in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
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