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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…

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AccuWeather, by Thomas Leffler: Massive power outages and at least ten casualties were the result of a powerful thunderstorm complex, known as a derecho, riding through a densely-populated corridor of southeastern Ontario and Quebec over the weekend. In Ontario, 9…

Reuters, by Steven Grattan: An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Tirapata region of southern Peru on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 212 km (132 miles), USGS said. The U.S….

USA Today, by Susan Montoya Bryan: The largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to evacuate. Meanwhile, a wildfire that erupted…

AP News, by Gerald Herbert and Rebecca Santana: A powerful tornado took mere seconds to rip off roofs and destroy homes as it chiseled a path of destruction through a New Orleans area neighborhood where one man died, residents said…

CNN, by Emiko Jozuka, Mayumi Maruyama, Karen Smith and Brandon Miller: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan late Wednesday night, killing at least four people and injuring over 100 others, and cutting power to millions of homes. One of the…