Portal:Current events/2013 October 12

Current events of October 12, 2013 (2013-10-12) (Saturday)

Disasters and accidents Cyclone Phailin is expected to make landfall on the east coast of India today. (AFP via Australia Network) Typhoon Nari hits the Philippines killing at least five people and leaving two million without power. (AFP via ABC News) At least 50 people are dead after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convencion Province in Peru. (Reuters via ABC Australia) A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 15 people and left many others injured.(BBC) A building collapses in Colombia, killing 1; 10 still missing. (CNN) Sports In boxing, Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez to win the World Boxing Organization Welterweight Title. (Los Angeles Times)