Tuesday

February 23, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War

Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)

ISIL militants cut off the Syrian Army's main supply route to the city of Aleppo and capture the village of Khanasir, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Water supply is restored to the Indian city of Delhi as repairs are made to the vital Munak canal after the Jat reservation agitation is resolved. (BBC)

At least one person has been killed and three people remain missing following the partial collapse of a decommissioned turbine hall at Didcot A Power Station in Oxfordshire, England. (BBC)

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Wasco, California, about 25 miles northwest of Bakersfield. There are no reports of damage or injuries. (Los Angeles Times)

2015–16 South Pacific cyclone season

Cyclone Winston

The death toll from Cyclone Winston in Fiji rises to 29. (BBC)

2015–16 Australian bushfire season

Emergency warnings are issued after bushfires threaten the Victorian towns of Mount Bolton and Addington northwest of Ballarat as well as the town of Somerville, Victoria, on the Mornington Peninsula. (ABC News Australia)

Dalfsen train crash

A train derails near the Dutch town of Dalfsen with reports of at least one death and several injured. (BBC) (AAP via News Limited)

Tornadoes of 2016

At least two people are dead and 30 injured after a suspected tornado hits a trailer park near the village of Convent, Louisiana. At least one other person has died in the Deep South of the United States. (WWL TV) (Fox News)