Portal:Current events/2016 May 29

Current events of May 29, 2016 (2016-05-29) (Sunday)

Disasters and accidents

• At least three people are missing after heavy rains caused flooding in the US states of Texas and Kansas. So far, four people have died in the flooding. (AP)
• A fire at at a home for elderly people near the Ukrainian capital Kiev kills at least 16 people. (BBC)
• European migration crisis
  • The United Nations fears that approximately 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over the past few days. (AP)