Update: Nepal's August floods killed at least 1,400; nearly 5,300 still missing, UNICEF says
Six weeks after the glacier collapse, communities are struggling to rebuild and some remain hard to reach.
Disaster accident and emergency incident
Update: Panama declares a state of emergency after the quake; 27 injured, no deaths reported
Officials counted more than 426 damaged homes and 188 affected schools, and more than 170 aftershocks.
Update: Isaias came ashore near Destin as a Category 2 hurricane; at least two dead, hundreds of thousands without power
Isaias made landfall near Destin, Fla., on Oct. 9 with 105 mph winds, then weakened to a post-tropical storm.
Update: Rachel heads for northern Baja; forecasters expect significant coastal flooding in San Diego
Rachel was expected onshore over northern Baja on the night of Oct. 10; forecasters warned of moderate to major coastal flooding.
California stages 4.4 million sandbags and inspects levees ahead of El Niño storms
The state also speeded coastal permits under the governor's Sept. 21 El Niño emergency proclamation.
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes southern Panama; USGS gives it its highest impact alert
The USGS put the quake at magnitude 7.7 with a red alert, its highest, in its automated impact estimate; strong aftershocks followed.
Tropical storm watch for San Diego as Rachel nears; coastal flooding hits Newport Beach and Long Beach
Rachel's swells are expected to bring dangerous surf and coastal flooding to Southern California, where sea levels are already high.
Update: Isaias, now a Category 3 hurricane, nears landfall on the Florida Panhandle
Isaias had 115 mph winds and was expected ashore on the western Florida Panhandle the evening of Oct. 9.
Utah gets a federal disaster declaration for floods that followed the Cottonwood Fire
FEMA aid will help Beaver and Piute counties repair at least $47 million in possible eligible damage.
California re-equips its 13 swiftwater rescue teams ahead of El Niño storms
New tow vehicles, trailers and two rescue boats per team are going to local fire departments, the governor's office said.
Notice: free sandbags in unincorporated San Diego County ahead of possible weekend rain
The County and CAL FIRE are offering free sand and bags at fire stations; residents should call ahead and bring a shovel.
Hurricane Isaias heads for the northern Gulf Coast; Alabama orders coastal visitors out
Isaias is forecast to strengthen before landfall late Oct. 9 or early Oct. 10; Alabama declared an emergency in 40 counties.
County outlines El Niño storm preparations, including its first 24-hour operations plan
San Diego County briefed supervisors on El Niño readiness: an emergency proclamation, an information hub and drainage work.
Update: IOM counts more than 184,000 displaced in Yemen since August
The UN migration agency counted more than 184,000 people displaced in Yemen since August, most since early September.
Yemen's war reopens on several fronts: what the parties claim and what is documented
Yemen's war has reopened on several fronts; battlefield accounts come mostly from the parties, while the toll is documented by UN agencies.
Update: The Nepal floods behind the ILO's warning killed more than 1,250 people
An Aug. 26 glacier collapse caused Nepal's floods, which killed over 1,250 people and caused about $2.56 billion in losses.
Update: Agencies' counts of Yemenis displaced by fighting near 150,000
Agencies' displacement counts in Yemen rose from about 125,000 to nearly 150,000 as fighting spread; over 18 million face acute hunger.
California bets on a "not ultra-processed" seal as Congress weighs warning labels
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed AB 2244, creating a voluntary state seal, "Non-Ultraprocessed Certified," for foods that fall outside California's legal…
Law born of Boyle Heights warehouse fire will raise fines on large buildings statewide from 2028
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed two bills responding to the June 17 fire at a nearly 500,000-square-foot Lineage cold-storage warehouse in the Boyle…
California adds a four-hour gun course and targets 3D-printed guns
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed 10 gun bills, which CalMatters describes as his last gun-control measures as governor.
Second raw-milk cheese outbreak this year reaches San Diego, sickening two young children
San Diego County public health officials say two children under 5 in the county are among 13 people sickened in a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to…
The day California opened an El Niño emergency, it closed 34 old ones, including San Diego's
On the day Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a statewide emergency to prepare for El Niño, he also closed 34 older ones, at least four of them covering San Diego…
Falls sent nearly 40,000 older San Diegans to the ER in 2024
Falls were the leading cause of emergency department visits for San Diego County residents 60 and older in 2024, County data show: nearly 40,000 visits,…
What shoppers at 54 Midwest locations should know about the Gold Star recall
Shelf-stable products from Gold Star Distribution's Minneapolis warehouse went to 54 stores, restaurants and other locations, all but two in Minnesota, with…