The spring increase in whooping cough in Sweden: 241 cases

People on site after the landslide in Yambali in the highlands of Enga province in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Kafuri Yaro/AP/TT

Rescue workers in Papua New Guinea are racing against time to find survivors after the landslide that nearly wiped out a village and is feared to have killed around 670 people.

The landslide occurred in Yambali in the highlands of Enga province shortly before dawn on Friday, burying a large number of houses along with the people sleeping in them.

– It has already been three days and seven hours since this disaster happened so this is basically a race against time, but to what extent we could bring people to safety is another question, says Serhan Aktoprak, Serhan Aktoprak at the UN migrant agency IOM in Papua New Guinea early Monday, adding that around 250 nearby homes have been evacuated as a precaution.

Rescue efforts are being hampered by unstable ground and by the fighting that has broken out along the only remaining route into the disaster area. Excavators were supposed to have arrived in the area on Sunday evening – but were delayed due to the violence, according to Aktoprak.

Papua New Guinea’s government is considering whether to request international assistance to deal with the situation.

Police and ambulance on site at the Solna center subway station. Photo: Blåljus Sthlm

A girl in her early teens was abused at the T-centralen in Stockholm at around 8pm on Sunday evening.

She then continued with the subway to the center of Solna, where she raised the alarm and was picked up by an ambulance.

– She has been pulled down unprovoked and stomped on by an unknown perpetrator. She was taken to hospital for a check-up, says Carina Skagerlind, press spokesperson at the police’s regional command centre.

No one is arrested. The police will now analyze footage from surveillance cameras in search of the perpetrator.

Seven men of varying ages were arrested during the night of Monday in an apartment in Hjulsta in northwest Stockholm. Weapons were found during the crackdown and the men are now suspected of serious weapons offences.

– I heard screams and how there was banging on doors, says a witness.

The effort was made in the aftermath of an incident during the night of Sunday when the police fired warning shots in nearby Tensta following an alarm about people with weapons.

Eight people – other than the seven arrested in Hjulsta – were arrested in that investigation on Sunday.

A badly injured man was found on a farm next to an apartment building in Hedemora during the night of Monday.

The police were alerted by a caller at 11:34 p.m. and are now investigating whether the man has been the victim of a crime.

– He was taken by ambulance to hospital and is still alive. We have started a preliminary investigation and are investigating a serious crime, but we do not know how the injuries occurred, says Jan Matérne, officer on duty at the police.

SMHI has issued a yellow warning for heavy downpour in parts of northern Götaland and southwestern Svealand during Monday afternoon and evening.

Heavy rain or thundershowers can bring up to 40 millimeters in a short time, which can cause flooding.

The precipitation is expected between 1:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

After an Israeli airstrike, 30 people have been killed in Rafah, it reports Sky News.

The attack comes after Hamas directed a major drone attack on Tel Aviv on Sunday morning.

The Red Crescent organization reports that the attack was directed at a humanitarian area.

Pandemic, high interest rates and inflation have hit the economy hard.

But now the table is set for a party, says Eika group’s chief economist Jan Ludvig Andreassen The daily newspaper.

– I stick to the headline “anything can happen”, but the basic point is that in the coming years Norway will almost drown in money, he tells the newspaper.

The Norwegian state’s decision to hold back could provide a huge boost, he says.

– The weak krona has given us high import prices and low purchasing power, which has meant that we have tightened spending. At the same time, it has ensured high import prices, which gives the economy a real boost when inflation stabilizes.

A man retrieves his belongings from a car after a tornado touched down in Cooke County, Texas. Photo: Julio Cortez/AP/TT

At least eleven people have died since a powerful storm swept across the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas in the United States this weekend.

Worst hit is Cooke County in Texas, near the border with Oklahoma. There, seven people, including two children, lost their lives after a tornado pulled through.

“It (tornado) left nothing but rubble in its wake,” said Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington.

Last week, five people died in Iowa after a tornado touched down there.

Kalmar County’s gas-powered minibuses are to be punctured, the police say.

Emergency services, ambulance and military are on site.

Properties in the area must be evacuated.

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According to Aftonbladet’s information, it is a woman in her 80s who fell into the water near Rålambshovsparken on Kungsholmen in Stockholm.

Several family members are said to have helped the woman while waiting for the emergency services to arrive at the scene.

– We are on site and trying to get the person up now, we have ladders and some other tools, says the rescue service’s press spokesperson.

According to the emergency services, there are no reports of any injuries.

At 15:00 SOS was alerted about a drowning in Bollnäs.

When the emergency services and ambulance arrived, the person had been taken out of the water.

The person must then have been taken care of by the ambulance staff.

There is no information on the state of the damage.

Great effort at Södermalm. Photo: Blåljus Sthlm

Emergency services, police and ambulance are alerted to an address near Nytorget on Södermalm in Stockholm.

The alarm came in at 3 p.m.

– It’s a heavy fire, says Josef Gustafsson, commanding officer at rescue center Mitt.

Several resources worked on the scene and are trying to extinguish the fire.

More units are on the way.

– I have no information at the moment if there are people left in the apartment.

At 4 p.m., the police state on their website that the fire is out and that no one has been injured.

The police state that they have set up a large cordon around the house to facilitate the work of the emergency services.

One of the cars allegedly ran a red light, according to witness statements. Photo: Reader image

The police were alerted at 14.50 to Örbyleden where two cars had collided. One of the cars must have overturned.

– Witnesses have stated that one of the cars ran a red light, but this is only initial information. We are on site and investigating what has happened, says the police spokesperson.

A motorcyclist has hit a cyclist at high speed on Vasagatan in central Stockholm.

The cyclist, a woman in her 30s, was taken to hospital by ambulance.

– The extent of the damage is unclear, but she must have flown a bit, says the police spokesperson.

The driver of the motorcycle has left the scene.

– We are looking for the motorcyclist now, says the police spokesperson.