NBC News, by Mithil Aggarwal and Julianne McShane: As federal emergency management officials launched their largest ever search and rescue effort, the number of fatalities in Hurricane Ian’s wake climbed to 87 Sunday. That number, tallied by NBC News, was…

Yahoo! News, by Niamh Cavanagh: Europe is facing its worst drought in 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent under a “warning” or “alert,” a study by the European Commission has discovered. Preliminary data from the European Drought Observatory found…

BBC News, by Leo Sands: One-third of Pakistan has been completely submerged by historic flooding, its climate minister says. Devastating flash floods have washed away roads, homes and crops – leaving a trail of deadly havoc across Pakistan. “It’s all…

Sky News: A 20-month-old baby has died after being hit by a four-inch hailstone during a fierce storm in northeastern Spain. The girl was with her parents in the town of La Bisbal d’Emporda in the Catalonia region when she…

Express, by Rachel Russell: The quake struck Qinghai, China, at 2.04am on Saturday (6.04pm GMT), the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles). It is not yet known…

Hindustan Times, by Andrea Rodríguez: A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled Saturday in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing, Cuban…

AP News, by Jim Gomez and Aaron Favila: A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens. In the capital, hospital patients were evacuated and terrified…

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AP News, by Ebrahim Noroozi: A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes and killing at least 1,000 people. The disaster posed a new test for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and…

AP News, by Julhas Alam and Wasbir Hussain: Army troops were called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massive floods that have ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said…

Daily Mail, by Stephen M. Lepore: The largest city in the state of Montana faces running out of fresh water within 36 hours after Billings’ only local treatment plant was overwhelmed by the devastating flood waters that have closed Yellowstone…