At Least 10 Dead, 4 Missing After 'Tsunami'-Like Flash Floods in Italy: 'It Was Chaos'

Italian officials say at least 10 people have been killed after flash flooding devastated several towns in central Italy, per multiple reports. Floodwaters ripped through several towns in the Marche region following torrential downpours late Thursday evening, according to theBBC. The civil protection agency said about 15.75 inches of rain — one third of the average annual amount — fell in a matter of two to three hours,Reutersreported. “It wasn’t a water bomb, it was a tsunami,” Riccardo Pasqualini, the mayor of Barbara, told Italian state radio, per theAssociated Press.

At Least 182 Dead, Hundreds Injured After Recent Heavy Flooding in Afghanistan

Recent heavy rainfall and flash flooding in Afghanistan has led to nearly 200 deaths nationwide. The United Nationals also addressed the recent flash flooding in anews briefingon Thursday. “Between 16 and 21 August, flash floods killed 63 people and injured a further 115, including women and children according to local sources and our assessments,” read the report from theUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Since Aug. 1, 118 people have died.

At Least 22 Dead, Dozens Missing in Venezuela Landslides After Unusually Heavy Rains

Landslides and heavy rains have killed at least 22 people from a single town in north-central Venezuela, authorities said Sunday. A further 52 are missing. The incident happened in the town of Las Tejerías about 40 miles from the capital Caracas, perThe New York Timesand multiple outlets. Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodríguez confirmed the tragic death toll in a news conference Sunday, adding “We have lost children, girls, all very regrettable,” perThe New York Times.

At Least 24 Injured After 2 N.Y.C. Subway Trains Collide: 'Nobody Was Seriously Injured'

N.Y.C. Subway Trains Collide.Photo:NYC Emergency Management/ X NYC Emergency Management/ X At least 24 people were injured after two subway trains collided in New York City’s Upper West Side on Thursday afternoon. During the press conference, Chief Michael Kemper of the New York Police Department Transit said that a civilian reported the collision to two onsite officers who were in the “mezzanine area” of the 96th train station. N.Y.C. derailed subway train.

At Least 25 Killed in Alleged Russian Rocket Attack on Humanitarian Convoy in Ukraine

At least25 people have been killed in a Russian rocket attackon a humanitarian convoy in Ukraine, local officials say, per BBC. According to BBC, the outlet saw “half a dozen bodies lying at the scene.” “We arrived in a line, to join a column going towards Kherson,” Ukraine resident Kateryna Holoborod told BBC. “We got out to see what number we had in the queue. Then the first rocket hit, behind the wagons,” she recalled, in a state of shock, per the outlet.