Category: Disasters

The Morning Midas, a 600-foot cargo ship owned by Zodiac Maritime, departed China on May 26th, headed for Mexico, when a fire erupted on a deck carrying EVs.

The crew initially attempted to use the onboard CO2 suppression system, but it proved insufficient.

The 22 crew members were forced to abandon ship around 3 PM and were subsequently rescued by a nearby merchant vessel with no reported injuries.

The ship is currently adrift and unmanned about 300 miles off the southwest coast of Alaska. https://www.facebook.com/jeff.mah.5/posts/pfbid0GNwwfXSaRfoBT2L5Dtx8aFQwk6AB5nSgsoWy3p1aMNu64ssCVZtSoWSAX7Un9NDwl?__cft__[0]=AZWiC59fvMTftqdpV7gLa1kLmVOjPEYDzJVTS3gAf9DuAQX6doHenCy0ctnzmKmApwBWj7yR6xi1WToUP4npBngc9aZXz1Vno2mVleQrHHtjqWZHG3XRCLXACoXGZ2p9hCBzMFgavGKzTCFu9UIyWAY7&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

All 14 construction workers trapped in a waterlogged tunnel in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province have been found dead after a 7-day search and rescue operation.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202107/1228946.shtml

7-23-21 Death toll in HenanFloods climbs to 51 in Zhengzhou; 400,000 people have been evacuated. Direct economic loss amounted to 65.5 billion yuan (about $10.11 bln)

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/heavy-rainfall-kills-12-central-chinas-henan-provincial-capital-xinhua-2021-07-20/

7-20-21 At least 25 people have died in China’s flood-stricken central province of Henan, a dozen of them in a subway line in its capital Zhengzhou, and more rains are forecast for the region.