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Sao Paulo, Brazil AP —A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 30 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said. The Minas Gerais fire department, which responded to the scene, said 13 others were taken to hospitals near the city of Teofilo Otoni. The bus had reportedly departed from Sao Paulo and was carrying 45 passengers. Witnesses told rescue teams that the bus blew a tire, causing the driver to lose control and collide with a truck. Romeu Zema wrote on X that he ordered “full mobilization” of the Minas Gerais government to assist the victims.
Persons: Teofilo Otoni, Romeu Zema, ” Zema Organizations: Brazil AP, Authorities, Gov, Ministry of Transportation, Crocodiles, American Locations: Sao Paulo, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Teofilo, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro
CNN —Typhoon Haikui is expected to make landfall in Taiwan near the southeastern city of Taitung around 5 p.m. local time Sunday, according to the island’s Central Weather Bureau. Haikui will be the first typhoon in four years to directly hit the island. Seven counties and cities in southern and eastern Taiwan have suspended school and work for Sunday, according to the respective local governments. In addition, Yunlin county and the outlying Penghu county will suspend school and work from Sunday noon. The typhoon has led to the cancellation of 222 domestic flights and 37 international flights departing from Taiwan, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
Persons: Haikui Organizations: CNN, Weather Bureau, island’s Ministry, Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation, Communications Locations: Taiwan, Taitung, Hualien, Seven, Yunlin county
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