Stories about Disaster from January, 2017
Many Feared Dead After High-Rise Mall in Tehran Collapses Following Fire
"Memories of buying special clothes and fish, now it has all collapsed"
Day of Mourning in Kyrgyzstan After Cargo Plane Crashes, Killing Dozens
The dead are mostly local Kyrgyz from a nearby village, and some of the stories are harrowing.
Mindless Deforestation in Jharkhand, India in the Name of Development
One activist suggests that local officials sell the fallen trees -- many of them centuries-old -- to the timber industry for a profit.
