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Children Among Missing After Mount Maunganui Campsite Landslide

Juneau Keeps Behrends Evacuation Advisory as Rare Emergency Alert Warns of Ongoing Avalanche Risk

Cebu Landfill Collapse Kills 4, Dozens Missing as Rescuers Detect Signs of Life

Juneau Issues Avalanche Evacuation Advisories as Atmospheric River Drives Flood Threat

Purcell, Oklahoma Hit by Tornado as City Restores Power

Two Dead, 20 Injured in Bucks County Nursing Home Explosion

Waters Recede in Washington and B.C., Highway 1 Reopens as Next Storms Near

NWS Declares Flash Flood Emergency in Menard After 9+ Inches of Rain

Brazil Tornado Levels Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, Leaving Six Dead and About 750 Injured

New Rains Renew Flood Threat in Southwest Colorado After Levee Breach

NWS Upgrades June Enderlin, North Dakota Tornado to EF-5, First in U.S. Since 2013

Ninth Outer Banks Home Collapses After Days of Heavy Surf From Humberto and Imelda

Seven Outer Banks Homes Collapse as Hurricanes Drive Powerful Surf

Arizona Floods Leave at Least 4 Dead as Hazmat Threat Closes Globe’s Downtown

M7.8 Quake Off Kamchatka Triggers Tsunami Alerts as Alaska Advisories Are Downgraded

Two Tornadoes Strike Southeastern Utah, Destroying Homes on Navajo Nation

Late-Monsoon Deluge Swamps Northern India as Punjab Declares Disaster and Yamuna Tops Danger Mark in Delhi

Flash Flooding in Chattanooga Recedes After Record Rain; Three Dead and Search for Missing Continues

Milwaukee Continues Flood Recovery As Emergency Order Persists