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A major earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, prompting a temporary tsunami advisory and damaging parts of the Kyushu region. The US Geological Survey measured [...]

A destructive EF-3 tornado ripped through parts of Menasha, Neenah, Fox Crossing, and Appleton in Wisconsin on Monday afternoon, damaging homes, uprooting trees, and leaving thousands without [...]

Wildfires in France and Spain have forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes as extreme heat, dry conditions, and strong winds continue to fuel fast-moving fires across parts of [...]

Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, on Wednesday afternoon and is now tracking west along the northern Gulf Coast toward Texas. At landfall, Bertha had maximum [...]

Severe thunderstorms swept from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, with West Virginia seeing some of the worst impacts. Storm brought torrential rain, flash flooding, damaging winds, [...]

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Peru’s Andes region late Saturday, killing at least six people, injuring more than 30, and displacing about 300 residents. The US Geological Survey said the [...]

Wildfire smoke from Canada is driving some of the worst air quality in the world across parts of the US, with alerts in place from the Midwest to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Smoke from [...]

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck near Te Anau on New Zealand’s South Island at a depth of around 51 km and was felt widely across Fiordland, Southland, Otago, and nearby areas, including [...]

Parts of southern Texas are facing a rare high risk of flooding rain for a second straight day as slow-moving storms continue to bring life-threatening flood conditions.  The greatest concern is [...]