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WELLINGTON—New Zealand warned on Monday the final cost of the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle, which has left at least 11 people dead, could rise above $8 billion as authorities announced emergency funding to help in the recovery efforts. The cyclone hit the North Island’s northernmost region on Feb. 12 and tracked down the east coast, inflicting […]

The parade of atmospheric rivers that pounded California for three weeks finally faded on Monday, enabling the state to begin lengthy repairs to roads and levees as the White House announced President Joe Biden planned to survey the damage. The nine consecutive rainstorms that inundated California in succession since Dec. 26 killed at least 20 […]

Deputy Director of the National Transportation Security Center at the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University, Professor Frances Edwards is an emergency services expert about the deadly storms and declarations of emergency. Here is what she said.

MEXICO CITY—A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico Sunday morning, sending nervous residents of the capital into the street. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake’s epicenter was 2½ miles (4 kilometers) northwest of Corral Falso in the southern state of Guerrero. The area sits along Mexico’s Pacific coast between the beach resorts of […]

A magnitude-5.9 earthquake hit a town in northwestern Turkey early Wednesday, causing damage to some buildings and widespread panic. At least 68 people were injured, mostly while trying to flee homes. The quake was centered in the town of Golkaya, in Duzce province, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) east of Istanbul, the Disaster and Emergency […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Hurricane Fiona unleashed more rain on Puerto Rico on Monday, a day after the storm knocked out power and water to most of the island, and National Guard troops rescued hundreds of people who got stranded. The governor warned that it could take days to get the lights back on. The blow […]

SAVANNAH, Ga.—Violent storms killed at least two people, one in Georgia and another in Texas, on Tuesday as hail, strong winds and tornadoes tore across the South, where authorities warned a second day of dangerous weather of violent weather could follow. A woman died Tuesday evening in Pembroke, Georgia, where a suspected tornado ripped part […]

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 31 announced that it will not regulate the chemical called perchlorate in drinking water. Perchlorate is widely used in rocket fuel and munitions, fertilizers, and is also a component of fireworks and airbag initiators for vehicles, among other things. While it can occur naturally, high concentrations have been found in at […]

Tonga—a Polynesian island nation—was isolated from the rest of the world—after a massive volcanic eruption over the weekend, cutting off phone and internet lines. The eruption also triggered a deadly tsunami, which killed one person in Tonga and two others in Peru. Today, Australia and New Zealand were able to send surveillance flights to assess […]

Homes and buildings were damaged and trees were blown down as a line of intense thunderstorms rolled across several Southern states, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Insurers are bracing for a hit of some $1 billion from physical damage to offshore rigs and structures from Hurricane Ida, according to preliminary estimates from property data and analytics company CoreLogic. A CoreLogic spokesperson disclosed the estimates to Reuters, noting also that the preliminary projections don’t include losses from disruptions to production. The Bureau […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking but spared Alaska any major damage in a sparsely populated region, officials said Thursday. The magnitude 8.2 earthquake was reported about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, and it struck just south of the Alaska Peninsula, nearly 500 miles southwest […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A series of more than 20 earthquakes struck the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning, causing some damage. The Central Weather Bureau reported 22 quakes over two hours starting at 6:52 a.m. The first was the largest with a magnitude of 5.2 and struck at a relatively shallow depth of 5.9 kilometers (3.7 […]

BERLIN—Heavy summer storms caused widespread damage and flooding Tuesday in Germany and Switzerland, where an airport hangar partially collapsed in the southern town of Magadino. Swiss police said several planes were damaged but nobody was hurt when the hangar roof gave way amid heavy rain and strong winds overnight. Trees were blown onto roads and […]

A three-story apartment building in South Florida was evacuated after an inspector discovered structural damage in a vacant unit.

The death toll from the collapse of a condominium tower near Miami, Florida, has risen to nine, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday. Meanwhile officials released a report from 2018 that included a warning from an engineer about “major structural damage” and the tower needing $9 million in repairs. More than 150 people remain […]

The oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami had “major structural damage” to a concrete structural slab below its pool deck