SF Gate, by Farley Elliott: Some of Southern California’s famous beach towns are suddenly finding themselves short on their most notable public resource: coastal sand. And with an eye-opening, powerful El Niño on the horizon, the timing couldn’t be worse….

AP News, by Victoria Milko and Niranjan Shrestha: Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Flood warning notices…

AP News: The U.S. government has declared a drought disaster in the U.S. Virgin Islands as dry conditions persist. St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix are all experiencing an extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and no…

Detroit News, by Loyola Perez de Villegas Muniz and Emma Pinedo: At least 12 people died attempting to flee a wildfire in southern Spain and 23 were missing, officials said on Friday, as firefighters battled to bring one of the…

Zero Hedge, by Tyler Durden: January, February and March were insanely dry. In fact, in all of U.S. history conditions have never been so dry during the first three months of the year. Just think about that for a moment….

WALB News, by Taylor Lewis and Tristin Clements: A burn ban was issued for all of South Georgia, according to the Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC), and Governor Brian Kemp has issued a State of Emergency. The Pineland Road Fire started…

CBS News: Drought in the contiguous United States has reached record levels for this time of year, weather data shows. Meteorologists said it’s a bad sign for the upcoming wildfire season, food prices and western water issues. More than 61%…

Grist, by Anita Hofschneider: The strongest storm of 2026 slammed into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this week, where it flooded homes, ripped roofs off of houses, and lingered for more than two days, forcing families to shelter…

ABC News, by Meredith Deliso, Kenton Gewecke, Jon Haworth, Kyle Reiman, and Ivan Pereira: A flash flood warning for Hawaii’s Oahu island has been extended Saturday as the threat for the imminent failure of the Wahiawa Dam continues to loom…

NBC News, by Dennis Romero: The state’s four major blazes, which were blamed for at least one death and have burned nearly 800,000 acres, were described by Pillen on Sunday as “the largest wildfires in our history.” “Generals are always…

Newsweek, by Hollie Silverman: A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Malaysia, just after midnight local time on Monday, with shaking reported across parts of Borneo, according to seismic agencies and local media reports. The quake occurred…

Barron’s, by Agence France Presse: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City and parts of southwestern Guerrero state on Friday, the national seismological service confirmed. President Claudia Sheinbaum was forced to evacuate the presidential palace during her regular morning press conference,…