Thursday

March 19, 2015

Disasters and accidents

A huge boulder falls upon tourists awaiting to board a ship at the scenic Diecai Hill of China's Guilin region killing seven of them. (AFP via South China Morning Post)

2014–15 Australian region cyclone season

Authorities in the Australian state of Queensland prepare for the impact of Severe Tropical Cyclone Nathan which is forecast to make landfall near Cooktown early tomorrow morning. (AAP via Wa Today)

Cyclone Pam

Authorities in Vanuatu report that it faces imminent shortages of food and water in the wake of Cyclone Pam. (ABC News)

International relations

The Euro zone tells Greece that it must stay with its reform package or risk being forced out of the euro zone by cash-flow problems. (Reuters)

Moldovan authorities ban two Russian journalists, Dmitry Kiselev and Andrei Kondrashov, from the country for five years because they had planned to travel to Moldova to present a documentary sympathetic to Russia annexing the Crimea. (AP via ABC)