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# Death Toll

This year
2024
Death toll from Israeli campaign in Gaza passes 26,000 with more than 180 killed overnight
Israel continues bombardment of Gaza with at least 165 people killed in 24 hours
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also said four of its members were killed by a strike in Syria that it blamed on Israel.
Last year
2023
ESB crews travel to France amid power outages as Storm Ciarán leaves 16 people dead across Europe
14 killed and 78 injured after earthquake hits western Afghanistan
Death toll in Zimbabwean mine collapse expected to rise to 13
Death toll of Pakistan bombing rises to 54 as local Islamic State group suspected
Rescuers in race against time as Morocco earthquake death toll rises to 2,862
Death toll from floods in Greece rises to 15 after four more bodies found
At least 40 people dead after military air strike hits Sudanese capital Khartoum
Death toll from storms and flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria rises to 14
Eight dead in Texas after vehicle strikes bus queue outside migrant shelter
100,000 Russian soldiers dead or wounded in 5 months in Ukraine, White House estimates
At least 85 people killed after crowd surge at Yemen charity distribution
Four killed following avalanche in French Alps
At least 38 now dead following fire at Mexico detention centre near US border
More than 50,000 people killed in Turkey-Syria earthquake, revised toll shows
Key updates: Aid convoy passes into rebel-held Syria opens as quake death toll now above 40,000
Death toll from Turkey-Syria quake rises above 35,000 as Ireland gives extra €8 million in aid
Syrian people 'failed' as deaths pass 33,000 following quake, as UN warns that toll may double
Turkey-Syria death quake toll passes 25,000 as UN chief arrives in Aleppo
Erdogan admits earthquake rescue effort not as quick as hoped as death toll nears 24,000
First UN aid reaches rebel-held areas of Syria as earthquake death toll rises above 21,000
Erdogan admits 'shortcomings' as Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll tops 12,000
Earthquake death toll passes 7,300 as countries pledge support for Turkey and Syria
Dozens killed in Senegal bus accident
Putin says he's ready for Ukraine talks if Kyiv accepts 'new territorial realities'
All time
Death toll in South Africa tanker explosion rises to 15 as over 320 injured
Indonesian earthquake death toll rises to 162 as emergency workers treat injured people
At least 36 people die in Venezuela mudslide, the country's worst natural disaster in decades
Florida death toll rises to 47 amid struggle to recover from Hurricane Ian
South-west China quake leaves 21 dead and triggers landslides
Authorities face 'difficult process' to identify victims in Texas lorry trailer deaths
Global Covid death toll ‘may be more than three times higher than recorded’
Storm Eunice: Four dead across Europe as record-breaking wind speeds batter Britain
Death toll rises after air strike on Yemen prison
Russia’s daily Covid deaths exceed 1,000 for first time
Death toll from Haiti earthquake passes 2,000
Global death toll from Covid-19 surpasses four million
India's official Covid-19 death toll passes 200,000
Death toll passes 500 in Myanmar military's crackdown on protesters