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Portal:Current events/2021 December 19

December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19) (Sunday)

Disasters and accidents

  • Typhoon Rai
    • The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Rai increases to 375. At least 500 more people are injured. (BBC News)
  • 2021 Semeru eruption
    • The Semeru volcano in Java, Indonesia, erupts for the second time this month, spewing a two-kilometre-high ash column. The first eruption killed at least 46 people on December 4. (Reuters)
  • A light plane crashes off Australia's east coast of Queensland, killing all four people on board, including two children. (The Guardian)
  • A "tornado-like" severe weather event impacts Sydney's Northern Beaches on Australia's east coast, downing trees and cutting power to thousands of residents. One woman is killed and two women are in a critical condition in Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital after a "large" pine tree fell in Narrabeen. (ABC News)
  • A child dies in hospital three days after an inflatable castle was lifted into the air in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, bringing the death toll from the accident to six. (News.com.au)

Health and environment

Politics and elections

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