A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck 49 km from Kainantu on September 20, 2026, at a depth of 104.3 km. USGS issued a Green alert, and felt reports arrived from Port Moresby, more than 400 km away.
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The Japan Meteorological Agency's 4:45 a.m. bulletin on 21 September put Typhoon Dujuan at 965 hPa with gusts of 50 m/s, tracking toward Chiba's Boso Peninsula as JR East suspended train lines across the Kanto region during the Silver Week holiday.
Tribal police got the call at about 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 16. Three people died in flash flooding near Newcomb, New Mexico, and the Navajo Nation widened its emergency declaration on Sept. 17 to open chapter funds and seek federal road relief.
Hurricane Lowell, a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds, is on track to pass just west of Kauai and Niihau overnight, prompting hurricane watches across Hawaii.
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Tropical Storm Edouard came ashore near the Texas-Louisiana border with 60 mph winds, knocking out power to more than 75,000 customers and triggering flash flood warnings, the National Hurricane Center says.
Nepal's disaster authority raised the number missing from the 26 August flood to 6,150 on 16 September, up from 5,179 a day earlier, after verifying district records. Bodies recovered stood at 1,403, of which 105 had been identified.
Mount Sinabung erupted again Wednesday morning, sending ash 1,000m above its summit. Indonesia's disaster agency says 615 residents remain evacuated and no casualties have been reported.
The Texas A&M Forest Service says the Ross Fire has burned more than 85,000 acres in Palo Pinto and Jack counties, making it one of North Texas's largest wildfires on record.