The death toll in the Philippines from the landslides and flooding spawned by tropical storm Megi rose to 224, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Thursday.
One person was killed after a small plane crashed Wednesday near a major freeway in Los Angeles in the western U.S. state of California, authorities said.
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,047,594 on Wednesday, as 2,067 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.