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Severe storms have brought deadly floods to the Texas–Mexico border, killing at least four people and forcing hundreds into shelters.
At least four people have died following severe storms along the U.S.–Mexico border where intense rainfall has triggered widespread flooding.
The heavy downpours caused lagoons and creeks to overflow, worsening conditions in several areas. In the past two days, the region has received more than half a year’s worth of rainfall.
Local authorities have opened shelters for displaced residents, while rescue operations continue to reach people trapped in their homes.
On the U.S. side, schools have been closed as thunderstorms dumped 10 to 15 inches of rain across parts of Texas under flash flood warnings.
In Mexico, officials confirmed the death of an 83-year-old man who drowned. More than 690 people have been rescued, according to Mexico’s Civil Protection Coordination.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said, the latest such operation in recent weeks as the U.S. builds up military forces in the region.
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A fire on Tuesday at a garment factory in Bangladesh and an adjacent chemical warehouse killed at least 16 people and injured others, and the death toll could rise, an official said.
Controversial American political commentator Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country’s highest court on Wednesday backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.
Ukrainian authorities have ordered the evacuation of families from dozens of villages near the devastated northeastern city of Kupiansk, citing a “worsening security situation” amid continued Russian attacks.
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