Emergency services

Philippine ferry survivor describes scenes of panic, wait for rescue

Survivor Aquino Sajili described how panic quickly gripped the passengers when the MV Trisha Kerstin 3 started sinking.

Ferry sinking kills 18, leaves 10 missing in southern Philippines

There were “8 confirmed casualties” so far from the sinking of the M/V Trisha Kerstin.

Passengers tell of terror, screams and darkness after Spain train crash

Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Susana Vera

At least 39 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide

First responders search through wreckage after two high-speed trains derailed in Adamuz, near Cordoba, Spain.

SGH’s emergency department marks relocation with early-morning walk

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SGH staff taking a group photograph with the old Emergency sign box at 6.33am in front of the old Emergency Department (ED) at Block 1 before relocation to the new SGH Emergency/National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) building at 7am on Jan 18, 2026.

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will be relocating its Emergency Department to a new building with effect from 7am on Jan 18. The first shift of nurses will commence work in the new Emergency Department at 7am and the first ambulance case will also arrive at the new facility after 7am. The lights in the old Emergency Department will be switched off, and the place will be renovated for other clinical services.

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) nurses walked from the old Emergency Department (ED) at Block 1 to the new premise at level three of the SGH Emergency/National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) building to mark the 7am cutover time of the ED’s move on Jan 18.

SGH is moving its ED as part of a 20-year SGH Campus Master Plan aimed at modernising Singapore’s oldest hospital. This building is located adjacent to the previous ED at SGH Block 1.

(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

Australia warns of floods, fires after cars washed away

Heavy rain on Jan 15 sent a deluge of water flowing through some parts of the eastern state of Victoria.

Almost 2 minutes saved for each emergency trip to hospital under SCDF traffic priority system

The traffic priority system gives SCDF ambulances priority at traffic lights, so they have a "green light" path to hospitals.

Australian firefighters warn of ‘high-risk’ bushfire season

Smoke rises from a burning forest on a hillside behind a home near Longwood as bushfires continue to burn under severe fire weather conditions in Victoria on Jan 9.

One dead in floods in Albania as rain and snow grip Balkans

Civil emergency members walk in floodwater, after severe rain caused flooding, near Vjosa river, in Dellenja, near Vlora, Albania, January 8, 2026. REUTERS/Florion Goga

Widespread power cuts, travel disrupted as Storm Goretti hammers northern Europe

A person walks along a snow-covered path, after Storm Goretti's arrival amid a week of plunging temperatures, in Buxton, Britain, January 9, 2026. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

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