French authorities said at least eight people died overnight when an overcrowded boat attempting the Channel crossing from France to Britain broke apart near Ambleteuse, adding to a string of recent migrant deaths at sea.
Reports dated 15 September 2024 documented storm Boris flooding kills eight across central and eastern Europe, marking a significant climate development.
Authorities in Haiti said an explosion involving a tank truck in Miragoâne killed at least 15 people and injured around 40 more, turning an ordinary fuel transport into a mass-casualty emergency in a country already under severe strain.
Local officials say a boat accident on a river in northwest Nigeria has left at least 64 people feared dead, underscoring the risks of river travel in a region where water crossings are part of daily life.
A Bulgarian L-39 Albatros trainer went down near Graf Ignatievo Air Base during rehearsals for a NATO-anniversary air show, setting off a ground fire and grounding the event.
At least ten people have been killed in Thailand and at least 33 in Myanmar as Typhoon Yagi drives flooding, landslides and large-scale evacuations across Southeast Asia.
Brazil is enduring its worst drought in more than seven decades of measurements, with 59 percent of the country under stress, historic river lows, near-record fire activity and smoke worsening air quality in major cities.
Authorities in southern Morocco say torrential-rain floods killed at least 18 people, left four missing and damaged homes, roads and utilities across several provinces.
More than 10,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders on September 8, 2024 as California’s Line Fire spread rapidly and threatened more than 35,000 structures.
Typhoon Yagi weakened after landfall in northern Vietnam, but authorities said at least 59 people had been killed and hundreds injured as flooding and landslides spread westward.
Colombia One reports that a chiva bus carrying about 40 people overturned on the San Agustin-Pitalito road, leaving eight dead and several others critically injured.