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No Pets Left Behind: How a Dog’s Hurricane Rescue Changed Florida Law

2 août 2025 à 05:00
A state trooper went to the aid of a bull terrier who had been abandoned as Hurricane Milton approached. Now the dog, named Trooper, is thriving, and his story inspired stricter animal protections.

County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit

31 juillet 2025 à 14:47
At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.

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Kerr County officials testified at a hearing held in Kerrville by a select committee of the Texas Legislature.

When Earth’s Surface Shifts, the New NISAR Satellite Will See It

30 juillet 2025 à 15:02
NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes across our planet’s land and icy regions.

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The NISAR satellite, a joint mission by NASA and ISRO, lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India, on Wednesday.

Russia’s Far East Suffers Damage From Earthquake and Tsunami

30 juillet 2025 à 02:09
Regional authorities in Sakhalin Oblast declared an emergency after a tsunami hit the Kuril Islands, and Kamchatka region was watching for volcanic activity.

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The facade of a kindergarten was among the infrastructure in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky damaged by the quake.

Tsunami Warning Issued for Northern California

The area includes Crescent City, which is particularly vulnerable because of its low elevation. The rest of the state was under a lesser tsunami advisory.

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Waves at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Tuesday.

At Texas Flooding Hearing, State Officials Look Elsewhere for Blame

23 juillet 2025 à 16:59
At several points during the hearing, the state emergency management chief directed attention to the role of local emergency managers in disaster response.

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At least 136 people, including 37 children, were killed in flash flooding in Central Texas.

FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’, Colleagues Said

22 juillet 2025 à 15:24
Ken Pagurek had told colleagues the Trump administration was causing ‘chaos’ inside FEMA and creating dangerous delays in disaster response.

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Search and rescue personnel near the Guadalupe River in Texas on July 8 after catastrophic flooding.

How Did the Number of Missing After Texas Floods Drop So Drastically?

20 juillet 2025 à 18:47
Last week, officials said 97 people were missing in Kerr County. Now, it’s down to three. The drop is substantial, but such wild fluctuations can happen after disasters.

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A memorial for the victims of the floods in Central Texas.

Number of Missing in Kerr County, Texas, After Floods Drops to 3

19 juillet 2025 à 23:23
The new figure was a significant decline from 97 just days ago. The death toll in the county remained the same, and officials said many of the missing were reported safe.

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The Guadalupe River flowing past debris from the summer camp Heart O’ the Hills after one of the deadliest U.S. floods in decades in Hunt, Texas.

Floods and Heavy Rain Kill Dozens in Pakistan

18 juillet 2025 à 07:08
Relentless rain began on Wednesday, causing flooding in several cities and across vast rural stretches in the province of Punjab.

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A flooded village in northern Pakistan on Thursday.

20 States Sue Trump Administration Over Ending FEMA Funding for Disaster Mitigation

16 juillet 2025 à 14:37
FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse.” The program saved taxpayers more than $150 billion over 20 years, the plaintiffs said.

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Route 22 in North Plainfield, N.J., on Tuesday, after rains inundated the region. New Jersey is one of 20 states suing the federal government for ending a disaster mitigation program.

Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say

12 juillet 2025 à 05:01
Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.

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Flood-damaged homes lining the river in Chiva, near Valencia, Spain, in November. A flood alert system was in place but was not immediately activated.

Manitoba Declares Second Wildfire Emergency in a Near-Record Year

11 juillet 2025 à 07:56
The amount of land burned this year is on pace to be the most since 1994, as 100 blazes roared on Friday across the central Canadian province.

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A view of a wildfire in northern Manitoba in June.
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