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News making international headlines: 2 November 2021

Cave Collapses During Rescue Exercise in Brazil


PHOTO: RESCUE TEAM CARRYING OUT RESCUE WORK INSIDE A CAVE IN BRAZIL

INTERNATIONAL: Nine firefighters killed and one injured after cave collapses during rescue exercise and trapping 16 of them inside. A total of 26 firefighters were taking part in a training exercise when the accident occurred early Sunday morning when part of the Duas Bocas cave collapsed in Altinopolis, located about 360 kilometres from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The rescue team were practicing techniques inside the cave when part of it fell in on them.According to the Sao Paulo fire department, the person rescued alive has multiple fractures and hypothermia and was taken to the hospital to be treated.

About 75 firefighters and rescuers worked throughout the day on the rescue.Teams from the Emergency and Disaster Assistance Group and local military police also assisted with the operation along with two helicopters.

High-Rise Bloc in Nigeria’s Capital Collapses Kills Four and Trapping Dozens of Workers


PHOTO: COLLAPSED BUILDING, RUBBLE AND DEBRIS ON GROUND, MAN CRYING, SOUNDBITES FROM CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND EYEWITNESS

A 22-storey building under construction in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos collapsed on Monday, trapping several workers under a pile of concrete rubble. At least four people have died and dozens are missing.

An excavator is at the scene and rescue workers and some locals are searching through rubble and twisted metal. Four survivors have been found so far.What caused the collapse and exactly how many people are trapped under the rubble remains unclear.

The high-rise block is a part of a complex named 360 Degrees Towers, which was intended to house luxury apartments, town houses and penthouses, according the development's website, which has since been taken offline. The housing scheme is being developed by Fourscore Homes Limited, which has a portfolio of projects in the UK, US, South Africa, and other areas of Nigeria.

One construction worker recalls that his teams had been waiting for an excavator to arrive at the site when the building suddenly fell. He and his brother have escaped, but more than 100 people were inside.

Local authorities have put an emergency rescue plan into place, and local officials have visited the site. Building collapses are frequent in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, where regulations are poorly enforced and construction materials are often substandard.

Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Reach New Record


And…Record atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and warm weather have propelled the planet into uncharted territory according to the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nation's weather research service.

Speaking at a news conference at COP26 in Glasgow on Sunday WMO Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas says that the past seven years were on track to be the warmest on record as were gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Main greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide and in spite of the lockdowns last year the atmospheric concentrations of those gases, are growing and the world broke again the record in carbon dioxide concentration.

The global sea level rise has accelerated since 2013 to a new high in 2021, with continued ocean warming and ocean acidification. The report combines input from multiple United Nations agencies, national meteorological and hydrological services, and scientific experts.

It highlights the destructive impacts on food security and population displacement, crucial ecosystems and in slowing progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says, from the ocean depths to mountain tops, from melting glaciers to relentless extreme weather events, ecosystems and communities around the globe are being devastated. COP26 must be a turning point for people and planet.


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