Emergency authorities deploy advanced remote-sensing satellites and surveillance drones to guide rescue operations after a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Tibetan plateau.

The India Meteorological Department reports that a developing low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a cyclonic storm, prompting coastal advisories.

A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous area of Tibet, killing at least 16 people and triggering widespread panic as aftershocks rattled the region.