A 7.1-magnitude earthquake has caused the collapse of buildings and other infrastructure in and around Mexico City. The Salvation Army’s Territorial Commander Colonel Ricardo Bouzigues reports that there has been "tremendous damage." More than 200 people are known to have lost their lives in the tremors, including at least 26 children who died when their school collapsed.
After weeks of relentless monsoon downpours, vast parts of India, Bangladesh and Nepal are under water and more than 40 million people have been affected by the floods. Many of them have lost their homes and livelihoods and, with essential service facilities being overwhelmed, people’s lives are in immediate danger.