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Mudslides and Floods Cut Roads and Sweep Parked Cars in Western Austrian Alps

Extreme thunderstorms on exposed alpine slopes produced fast debris flows damaging bridges, forcing helicopter evacuations and signaling rising hazard risk for mountain communities.

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Surgeons Shield Patient as Viral Footage Shows Quake Rocking Kumamoto Operating Room

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Powerful 7.1 Quake Strikes Kumamoto; Death Toll Climbs as Rescuers Work Collapsed Mall and Paper Plant

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Landslide Buries Homes in Chongqing, Killing at Least Eight

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Heavy Rain Triggers Deadly Flash Floods and Landslides in Northern Vietnam and Southern China

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Flash Flooding Forces I-90 Closure and Floods Homes in Southern Minnesota

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Summer Storms Kill Dozens Across China as Super Typhoon Bavi Approaches

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Supertyphoon Bavi Pounds Rota as Officials Warn Much of Island May Be Uninhabitable

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Venezuela Quakes Leave More Than 3,300 Dead as Rescue Efforts Scale Back

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Massive Venezuela Quakes Leave Thousands Dead as Rescue Efforts Lag

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

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Two Massive Quakes Devastate Northern and Central Venezuela

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Apple Pledges Aid for Venezuela After Back-to-Back Earthquakes

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Twin Tropical Storms and Baiu Rain Front Trigger Mass Evacuations in Japan

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Ex‑Mets Pitcher Survives Hotel Collapse as Twin Quakes Devastate Northern Venezuela

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Twin Magnitude 7+ Earthquakes Rock Venezuela

Emergency Response

Mudslides and Floods Cut Roads and Sweep Parked Cars in Western Austrian Alps

Surgeons Shield Patient as Viral Footage Shows Quake Rocking Kumamoto Operating Room

Greece Gains Ground Against Wildfires West of Athens

Monsoon Rains Trigger Deadly Floods and Mudslides in Sri Lanka Highlands

Gansu Flash Floods Kill 25 as China Orders Probe and Flood Alerts Spread

Death Toll Rises to 36 After Kyushu Quake, Mall Blast and Factory Collapse

Powerful 7.1 Quake Strikes Kumamoto; Death Toll Climbs as Rescuers Work Collapsed Mall and Paper Plant

Landslide Buries Homes in Chongqing, Killing at Least Eight

Heavy Rain Triggers Deadly Flash Floods and Landslides in Northern Vietnam and Southern China

Flash Flooding Forces I-90 Closure and Floods Homes in Southern Minnesota

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Summer Storms Kill Dozens Across China as Super Typhoon Bavi Approaches

Supertyphoon Bavi Pounds Rota as Officials Warn Much of Island May Be Uninhabitable

Venezuela Quakes Leave More Than 3,300 Dead as Rescue Efforts Scale Back

Massive Venezuela Quakes Leave Thousands Dead as Rescue Efforts Lag

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

Two Massive Quakes Devastate Northern and Central Venezuela

Apple Pledges Aid for Venezuela After Back-to-Back Earthquakes

Twin Tropical Storms and Baiu Rain Front Trigger Mass Evacuations in Japan

Ex‑Mets Pitcher Survives Hotel Collapse as Twin Quakes Devastate Northern Venezuela

Twin Magnitude 7+ Earthquakes Rock Venezuela

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