Portal:Current events/2013 October 12
October 12, 2013 (Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
- Cyclone Phailin is expected to make landfall on the east coast of India today. (AFP via Australia Network)
- Typhoon Nari hits the Philippines killing at least five people and leaving two million without power. (AFP via ABC News)
- At least 50 people are dead after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convención Province in Peru. (Reuters via ABC Australia)
- A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 15 people and left many others injured.(BBC)
- A building collapses in Colombia, killing 1; 10 still missing. (CNN)
Sports
- In boxing, Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez to win the World Boxing Organization Welterweight Title. (Los Angeles Times)