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Natural disasters

June 2026

  • A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon, 11 Jan 2025, in Los Angeles.

    Trial begins for man accused of sparking LA’s deadly Palisades fire

    Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting the blaze that became Los Angeles’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire

May 2026

  • A car boot filled with eggs, tinned food, water bottles

    Worried Britons ‘prepping’ for major disruption with stash of tins and cash, survey shows

    Fears over a natural disaster or cyber-attack are pushing households into contingency planning, Link survey shows
  • Smoke after the eruption of Mount Dukono in North Halmahera RegencyPeople watch as smoke rises after the eruption of Mount Dukono in North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia, May 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Jhon Frengki Manipa/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Verification Lines: - Buildings, flagpole, floor and basketball stand matched file and satellite images. - Date verified by original file metadata.

    Three hikers dead after Indonesia’s Mount Dukono volcano erupts

    Two Singaporeans and a local person were in no-go zone when they were killed, say officials
  • Video shows large ash clouds billowing from the Mayon volcano on Luzon island in the Philippines

    Volcano erupts in the Philippines, filling the sky with ash and causing 5,450 evacuations – video

    Video shows large ash clouds billowing from the Mayon volcano on Luzon island in the Philippines
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April 2026

  • A local resident carries a sandbag through a flooded street in Shepparton, Victoria, Sunday, October 16, 2022. The flooding crisis has worsened in Victoria's north with residents told to move to higher ground. (AAP Image/Diego Fedele) NO ARCHIVING

    While Rick waited for his insurance payout, mushrooms sprouted in his flooded Victorian home. He’s not alone

  • aerial view of damage from a tornado

    Tornadoes and heavy winds destroy homes and roads across US midwest

  • Densely packed brick houses on a hillside in Medellín.

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    Rainwater harvesting and eco-gardens: how one Colombian neighbourhood helped a whole city plan for climate change

  • a shaky photo of an aisle in a grocery store with cans and bottles spilling liquids

    Earthquake jolts rural Nevada near Carson City causing some damage

March 2026

  • A woman holding a child speaks with a Red Cross worker next to the debris of flattened buildings

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    Danger after disaster: why emergencies come with increased risks for women

    After events such as Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean, shelters offer refuge but no guarantee of safety to women and girls
  • A number of elderly First Nations people who have been evacuated from aged care facilities are sitting or lying on stretcher beds at a primary school. They are partially obscured from view by a metal school gate and fence.

    Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle: ‘vulnerable’ Katherine aged care residents evacuated to open-sided basketball court

    Some residents moved amid threat of flooding are under public guardianship due to reduced mental capacity. NT public guardian says they ‘would have been very frightened’

    • Trump’s DHS pick, Markwayne Mullin, stokes fears of more Fema cuts

    • Aerial footage shows swollen Katherine Gorge – video

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    • ‘I’m relieved she’s gone’: Fema staffers celebrate ousting of Kristi Noem

February 2026

  • large amount of smoke rises in air below fire outside

    Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters

    EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement
  • Kristy McBain, Australia's minister for emergency management, demonstrates the new emergency alert

    Blaring sirens on smartphones to warn of major disasters under overhaul of Australia emergency alert system

    Under the new Australia emergency alert system, alerts to be sent for bushfires, floods, biosecurity threats and other events which put lives at risk

    • ‘They were mothers, wives, friends’: how a ski trip turned deadly in the California mountains

    • Avalanche risks remain high in California after deaths of skiers

    • Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
      Landslides on one side, floods on the other: the Costa Rican village desperate to escape the climate crisis

January 2026

  • Members of the public lay tributes at the scene of a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand

    New Zealand landslide: six missing named as police confirm victims are unlikely to be found alive

  • Waves crash into a vehicle swept out to sea after flash flooding near the Wye River, Victoria, Australia

    Sydney awaits ‘soggiest weekend of summer’ as Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings

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