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HOUSTON -- At least 21 people have been killed amid fierce storms battering parts of the U.S. Midwest and South with major flooding and powerful tornadoes since Wednesday, according to local media reports on Monday.
Overall, the death toll stood at 10 in Tennessee, three in Missouri, two each in Kentucky, Georgia and Indiana, and one each in Arkansas and Mississippi, said an NBC News report. (U.S.-Weather-Deaths)
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SAO PAULO -- Four members of a single family, including a minor, were killed and four others were injured after a vehicle collided head on with a school bus in south Brazil's Parana state, the local Fire Department said on Monday.
The accident occurred Sunday afternoon on federal highway BR369, in the municipality of Cambara, killing all four occupants of the car, including a 7-year-old child. (Brazil-Road Accident)
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TEHRAN -- Seven miners died of gas poisoning at a coal mine in northern Iran's Semnan province on Monday evening, the IRIB news agency reported.
The incident occurred in Mehman Duyeh village in the city of Damghan, due to the accumulation of carbon monoxide in the mine, IRIB quoted Hossein Derakhshan, managing director of Semnan's Red Crescent Society, as saying. (Iran-Coal mine-Gas poisoning)
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BEIRUT -- Three people were killed on Monday in two Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese sources.
In one strike targeting the Dardara road, "two Syrian nationals riding a motorcycle were killed, and a Lebanese citizen was injured," Lebanon's official National News Agency reported. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrikes-Deaths)
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RIGA -- An outbreak of E. coli in Latvia has affected dozens, mostly children, with six currently in intensive care at the Children's Clinical University Hospital, local media reported Monday.
Since the outbreak began, 30 children have been hospitalized at the Children's Clinical University Hospital, 14 of whom have since recovered and been discharged, LETA news agency said, quoting the hospital representatives. (Latvia-E. coli outbreak) Enditem
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