Natural Disaster

• Powerful tornado in Brazil kills 6 people and injures more than 400 others

  A tornado in Brazil’s southern state of Paraná killed six people, injured over 400, and destroyed dozens of homes, prompting an emergency declaration.

  World

  Nov 8, 2025
  
• Chantal weakens to a tropical depression but raises concerns of flash flooding in North Carolina

  Tropical Depression Chantal brings heavy rain, flash flood risk, and dangerous surf to parts of the Carolinas as it moves northeast and weakens.

  U.S. News

  Jul 6, 2025
  
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• Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search landscape

  Rescue crews searching frantically after flash floods hit Texas Hill Country, sweeping away homes and a girls’ summer camp, killing at least 24 with dozens more missing.

  U.S. News

  Jul 5, 2025
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• Major landslide sweeps away home and road northeast of Montreal

  A major landslide northeast of Montreal swept away a home and a road. No injuries reported, but three nearby homes were evacuated as the slide is expected to grow.

  Canada

  May 21, 2025
• An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude has been reported in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta

  A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Greenback, Tennessee, Saturday morning, shaking parts of Georgia and North Carolina, according to the USGS.

  World

  May 10, 2025
• France’s Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals

  One week after its worst cyclone in nearly a century, France’s impoverished Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte is still grappling counting the dead.

  World

  Dec 21, 2024
• For losers in bids for federal cash to protect against climate disaster, fears remain

  For communities where roads and homes are damaged in climate disasters, losing out on bids for federal help to protect against coming storms are one more blow from which to recover

  Environment

  Aug 11, 2024
• Mom wants quicker reform on disaster preparations, one year after flood took son

  A year after her son died, Tera Sisco does not believe the Nova Scotia government has made significant improvements to the alert system's timeliness.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2024
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• Be ready ‘for anything’ after wildfires hit telecom lines, official warns

  Telecommunications provider Northwestel reported telephone, internet and long distance services had been disrupted over the weekend after fibre optic lines were damaged.

  Fire

  May 13, 2024
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• Tornadoes kill at least 2 including 1 child in Oklahoma

  Dozens of reported tornadoes have wreaked havoc in the United States since Friday, with flood watches and warnings in effect Sunday.

  U.S. News

  Apr 28, 2024