Thursday

May 14, 2015

Arts and culture

Blues legend B.B. King dies at the age of 89. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

In New Zealand's North Island heavy rains cause flooding on the Kapiti Coast in the Wellington Region prompting evacuations and closing road and rail links. (TVNZ) (Fairfax New Zealand)

2015 Philadelphia train derailment

The death toll from the derailment rises to eight, with 43 of the more than 200 injured remaining hospitalised. (The Guardian)