Disaster

Israeli teen, two Swiss Jewish sisters confirmed among dead in Swiss New Year’s Eve resort fire

Alicia and Diana Gunst, aged 15 and 14, and Charlotte Niddam, 15, were named among the victims of the deadly Swiss ski resort fire.

|ByJAMES GENN
Alicia and Diana Gunst and Charlotte Niddam
A person stands near tributes placed outside the "Le Constellation" bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 4, 2026.

Twenty-four of those killed in New Year's fire have been identified, Swiss police say

Officials are still trying to identify many of those killed in the fire at the Le Constellation bar, which has become one of Switzerland's worst tragedies.

|ByREUTERS, YOAV ETIEL
Charlotte Niddam, a 15-year-old with Israeli citizenship missing since the Swiss ski resort New Year's Eve fire.

Charlotte Niddam identified as Israeli teen missing since deadly NYE fire at Swiss ski resort

As far as it is known, Niddam had been staying in the area of the ski resort, where she worked as a babysitter, offering her services through the resort's website.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Emergency personnel work at the site of an explosion and fire at the Le Constellation bar, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 1, 2026

Investigators continue working to investigate some 40 victims killed in Swiss New Year's fire

Some of the burns suffered by the mostly young crowd of revelers in the Le Constellation bar were so severe that Swiss officials said it could take days before they name all the victims of the fire.

|ByREUTERS

What happened to the Bermuda Triangle 'mystery?

There used to be many reports of ships and planes disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle without a trace, but those reports aren't heard anymore.

JUNE 11, 2023ByWALLA!
Tracks of all Atlantic hurricanes between 1851 and 2019. Many storms pass through the Bermuda Triangle.

Gold mine fire in Peru kills 27 people

Local government said a short-circuit sparked the fire in the early morning hours of Saturday in the southern region of Arequipa.

MAY 7, 2023ByREUTERS
Anti-government protestors block a road demanding the resignation of Peru's President Dina Boluarte, in Condoroma in Cusco region, Peru February 4, 2023

Israel's accidental first humanitarian mission, legacy – the untold story

What started as an accidental mission in 1953 paved the way for over 30 IDF humanitarian missions.

APRIL 29, 2023ByDYONNA GINSBURG
An IsraAID delegation was dispatched to Turkey within hours of the devastating earthquake that struck in February 2023.

1/3rd of scientists fear AI decisions could spark nuclear-level disaster - report

According to Stanford's 2023 Artificial Intelligence Index Report, most researchers see AI as leading to societal change, but others fear a disaster – and someone made an AI to destroy humanity.

APRIL 14, 2023ByAARON REICH
Artistic rendition of a nuclear blast

Pakistan posts highest-ever annual inflation, stampedes for food kill 16

The inflation number was the highest ever year-on-year increase recorded by the statistics bureau since monthly records began in the 1970s.

APRIL 1, 2023ByREUTERS
People stand in queue to receive charity food handout, during the fasting month of Ramadan, along a road in Karachi, Pakistan March 30, 2023.

Research vessel tips over in Scotland, 35 people injured

23 people were treated at a hospital and 12 were treated at the scene at Imperial Dock, Leith.

MARCH 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the research vessel Petrel after it tipped on its side in a dry dock in Leith, near Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, March 22, 2023.

Israel is not prepared for potential disaster. Here's why

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and guest co-host Michael Starr.

MARCH 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission attends a meeting with Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and Minister of State and national secur

IAI reveals technology to help rescuers locate disaster survivors

The ResQCell can be used to rapidly and efficiently find survivors of natural disasters, combat or terrorism.

MARCH 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Skystar ResQCell geolocation mounted aerostat

57 people dead and 10 missing in a train collision in Greece

Two trains collided head on - a passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki, and a cargo train from Thessaloniki to Larissa.

MARCH 1, 2023ByREUTERS
The site of a crash, where two trains collided, is seen near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023.

After earthquake, Turkey's Erdogan hunts for scapegoats - opinion

Erdogan’s house of cards has collapsed with the earthquake. There is already a rush to find scapegoats and as well as the arrests of looters.

FEBRUARY 20, 2023ByROBERT ELLIS
RESCUE WORKERS in Antakya carry a body of a victim of this month’s earthquake in Turkey, on Thursday.