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The Big Three networks ignored news that the Biden administration denied disaster assistance to Ohio’s pro-Trump Columbiana County following the toxic train derailment in East Palestine. Fox News reported Feb. 16 that Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) spokesperson Dan Tierney said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) denied federal aid because it “believed the [train derailment] incident didn't qualify as a traditional disaster, such as a tornado or hurricane, for which it usually provides assistance.” The incident led to a controlled explosion and the spewing of hazardous fumes into the atmosphere, with reports of groundwater damage, dead animals and health issues...

Multiple people are feared to have been killed after an Amtrak train carrying 243 people derailed close to Kansas City in Missouri. It's still unclear what caused the smash - but one imaged shared by a survivor showed what appeared to be a broken truck axle lying to one side of the tracks.

Five people were killed and 75 injured in a train derailment on Monday at the Beit Yehoshua Junction between Herzliya and Netanya. The wreck was apparently caused when the driver of an Isuzu 4X4 truck, who had stopped at a red light and was waiting to cross the tracks, was rear-ended by another vehicle. The Isuzu was forced forward into the path of the 300-ton train, which was traveling at full speed. Four of the train's carriages overturned as a result of the collision, trapping eight people. All eight people have been evacuated from the train. Seconds before the impact...

1997 Train Disaster Claims Death Toll of 2,400 People North Korean railroad trains, due to obsolete tracks and diminishing funding, have long been exposed to danger. In 1997, a passenger train that departed from Haeju, South Hwanghae Province, and headed to Manpo, Jagang Province, derailed on a bridge on a descending slope called Kaegogae Hill between Huichon and Chonchon, and plunged into the valley tens of meters below. It was a horrible disaster, leaving few people alive. Passengers were packed into the train like sardines. People's Army units stationed nearby were mobilized to look after the aftermath, with no villagers...

BEIJING - North Korea is still not admitting what the rest of the world believes - that two fuel trains collided Thursday near its border with China - and as a result, thousands have been killed or injured. The reclusive Stalinist state even went to far as to cut telephone lines to the area in the hope of keeping the disaster secret. Pyongyang has now asked for China's help in dealing with the massive loss of life. South Korea says it is marshaling its resources to help, if the North Koreans will allow it. The South Korean Defence Ministry says...