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Venezuela Faces Long Recovery After June 24 Twin Quakes Level Coastline

Rescue efforts have given way to body recovery and shelter operations with funding shortfalls and damaged ports threatening to slow rebuilding.

Machado Is Barred From Returning to Venezuela as Quake Relief Faces Restrictions

Deep-Focus Quake Rattles Hindu Kush and Is Widely Felt in Pakistan

Venezuela Quakes Leave Thousands Dead as International Rescue Effort Expands

Overcrowded Migrant Boat Capsizes in Malta Search-and-Rescue Zone

State Department Launches Disaster and Humanitarian Response Bureau Focused on Emergency Aid

Brazil Floods and Landslides Kill 46 in Minas Gerais as Searches Continue

Cyclone Gezani Leaves 59 Dead in Madagascar as System Loops Toward Coast Again

Mozambique Floods Escalate Into Major Humanitarian Crisis as Crocodile Attacks Reported

Floods Kill Over 100 in Southern Africa as Kruger Park Closes, More Rain Looms

Magnitude 4.1 Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan at Shallow Depth

Scientists Warn Indonesia Floods Dealt ‘Extinction‑Level’ Blow to Tapanuli Orangutans

Sumatra Flood Toll Nears 1,000 as Jakarta Declines Foreign Aid

Indonesia Flood Death Toll Tops 800 as Sri Lanka Confirms 366 Dead

Sumatra Floods and Landslides Kill Hundreds as Search Push Intensifies

Russian Evacuated From Flooded Hat Yai as Toll Uncertainty Deepens in Thailand’s Deep South

Ethiopia’s Long-Dormant Hayli Gubbi Erupts, Ash Plume Disrupts Flights in India

Afghanistan Earthquake Kills 27 in North, Damages Mazar-e-Sharif’s Blue Mosque

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Jamaica With 280 km/h Winds

Pakistan Waives August Power Bills for Flood-Hit Households, Sets Instalments for Businesses