Puerto Ricans settle in quake shelters, refuse to go home
Tents and cots are set up for people whose homes are either destroyed or unsafe to enter after an 6.4 magnitude earthquake, at a baseball stadium amid aftershocks and no electricity in Guayanilla,...
View ArticleVolcano erupts near Manila; villagers flee, airport shut
People watch as Taal Volcano erupts Sunday Jan. 12, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, outside Manila, Philippines. A tiny volcano near the Philippine capital that draws many tourists for its...
View ArticleLava gushes from volcano near Manila; tens of thousands flee
A family rides their motorcycle through clouds of ash as they evacuate to safer grounds as Taal volcano in Tagaytay, Cavite province, southern Philippines on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Red-hot lava is...
View ArticlePhilippine volcano trembles more, spews lava half-mile high
Clouds of volcanic ash rise up from damaged trees in Laurel, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing lava half a mile high and trembling with...
View ArticleOfficials block villagers as quakes shake Philippine volcano
A man walks the his belongings through clouds of ash kicked up on a road as authorities enforced total evacuation of residents living near Taal volcano in Agoncillo town, Batangas province, southern...
View ArticlePhilippine volcano still 'life threatening' despite lull
A motorcycle that is covered in volcanic ash is left by it’s owner at a deserted village near Taal volcano in Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Friday Jan. 17, 2020. Taal volcano...
View ArticleThe Latest: Russia closing its land border with China
Visitors wearing protective face masks pose for a photo along the Bund in Shanghai, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections,...
View ArticleChina counts 170 virus deaths, new countries find infections
Funeral workers disinfect themselves after handling a virus victim in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more...
View ArticleEurope evacuates citizens from China, Russia shuts border
The Costa Smeralda cruise ship is docked in the Civitavecchia port near Rome, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Italian health authorities are screening passengers aboard after a passenger from Macao came down...
View ArticleEvacuated American says Chinese city was like a ghost town
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, file photo, passengers board buses after arriving on an airplane carrying U.S. citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, at March Air Reserve Base in...
View ArticleThe Latest: Thailand confirms case of local spread of virus
A student wears a protective face mask in during class at the Dinh Cong secondary school in Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. The authorities have advised students to wear masks to school, a day...
View ArticleSome Americans to leave China, many stay after US advisory
In this Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, photo, American citizen James Dickey sits on a train on his way back to his home in Changsha, China. Dickey, a kindergarten teacher in the central city of Changsha,...
View ArticleWildfire creates state of emergency in Australian capital
A wildfire threatening property glows at dusk near Clear Range, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. The threat is posed by a blaze on Canberra's southern fringe that has...
View ArticleU.S. evacuees 'relieved' about quarantine on military base
FILE - This Friday, March 17, 2019 file photo shows the main entrance to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China because of the new virus are "very...
View ArticleWildfires threaten Australian capital and southeast towns
A helicopter drops water on a fire near Bumbalong, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. The threat is posed by a blaze on Canberra's southern fringe that has razed more...
View ArticleWHO says prepare for local outbreaks; China slams US control
Medical workers in protective suits move a coronavirus patient into an isolation ward at the Second People's Hospital in Fuyang in central China's Anhui Province, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Beijing...
View ArticleEuropeans flee China, France urges help for poor nations
A bus carrying French citizens returning from the virus-hit city of Wuhan arrives in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. A second French-chartered plane carrying 300 evacuees from...
View ArticleUK urges citizens in China to leave; Belgium sees first case
In this Feb. 2, 2020, photo, Polish military personnel wearing protective suits talk with evacuees from Wuhan, China, after their arrival at an airport in Marseilles, France. China said Tuesday the...
View ArticleThe Latest: France warns against all travel to China
People wear protective face masks in a bus in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Hong Kong on Tuesday reported its first death from a new virus, a man who had traveled from the mainland city of Wuhan...
View ArticleUnknowns of the new virus make global quarantines a struggle
A group of medical personnel prepare to meet 80 people, accompanied by medical specialists, carried by a Russian military plane at an airport outside Tyumen, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Russia has...
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