The research found that half the deaths were children younger than 5, and that the crisis could prove worse than Somalia's last major drought in 2017 and 2018.

The landslide struck on Serasan Island, located in the Natuna region between Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.

Carriages were thrown off the tracks, crushed and engulfed in flames when a high-speed passenger train with more than 350 people on board collided head-on with a freight train.

The earthquake and subsequent powerful tremors injured more than 108,000 in Turkey and left millions sheltering in tents or seeking to move to other cities.

The city of Sao Sebastiao bore the brunt of the human toll, with 48 of the reported deaths, but nearby towns such as Ilhabela, Caraguatatuba, Bertioga and Ubatuba were also affected.

San Sebastiao, 200km north of Sao Paulo and where many people from the city spend the pre-Lenten holiday weekend on the beach, was hard hit, as a record 60cm of rain fell in 24 hours, city officials said.

The cyclone hit the island's northernmost region on Feb 12 and tracked down the east coast, inflicting widespread devastation.

At least 3,419 people have died in Turkey and 1,602 in government- and rebel-controlled parts of Syria, bringing the total to at least 5,021, reports say.

Uzbekistan's health ministry says at least 18 children died in Samarkand city after consuming Marion Biotech's Dok-1 Max syrup.

Authorities were still searching for more than two dozen other people missing after heavy downpours over the Christmas weekend caused flooding and landslides across central and southern regions.

Most of the deaths were caused by drowning from flash floods after of heavy rains disrupted celebrations and forced more than 45,000 people to take shelter in evacuation centres, reports say.

The spreading of the virus has slowed down significantly in the second half of 2022 after the latest wave of the highly contagious Omicron variant subsided.