Follow the latest public stories in Disaster and branch into related briefings, coverage, and the broader ZettaWire wire.
Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in Zhejiang province along China's eastern coast, according to state news agency Xinhua.
China's national observatory on Sunday activated a red alert — the highest level in the country's typhoon warning system — as Typhoon Dolphin approaches.
Four people killed after a tourist helicopter crashed in a forested area of Rio de Janeiro, sparking a fire at the site. Three victims are believed to be Colombian tourists, while authorities work to formally identify those killed.
More than 110,000 acres have burned in wildfires across Greece's Attica region over 91 hours, with nearly 55% of the affected area burning during nighttime hours. Europe has recorded more than 1.2 million acres burned and over 1,500 wildfires so far this year.
A passenger train and a freight train collided Saturday morning near Skrinjari, about 60 kilometers east of Zagreb, Croatia, leaving 20 people injured — six severely and 14 with minor injuries — according to the Croatian Ministry of Health. The railway line between Sveti Ivan Zabno and Gradec stations was temporarily closed and an investigation into the cause is underway.
Three southeastern French departments remain under highest wildfire alert as a heat wave pushes temperatures above 40C, with authorities closing mountain areas in Var and firefighters containing a 100-hectare blaze in Aude
A fire broke out at a Wildberries logistics facility in Yekaterinburg due to an attack, with firefighters working at the scene, the company reported.
A fire broke out on board a ferry sailing in the strait between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok. All 144 people on board were rescued, the Jakarta Globe newspaper reported.
Typhoon Chan-hom weakens to a tropical depression after making landfall in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture, the first such landfall there since records began in 1951, the JMA said. Seven minor injuries were reported across northeastern Japan, and weather officials warned of potential flooding in lowland areas and overflowing rivers.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Hawaii at 0348 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 19.09 degrees north latitude and 155.40 degrees west longitude.
Two people were killed and several others injured or trapped when a landslide hit Mumbai's Ghatkopar area early Wednesday, a local official confirmed. The official said a large portion of a hillside fell on around six shanties, two bodies were recovered, and rescue work is ongoing.
PNG PoliceSir John Pundari warned on Tuesday that police will prosecute anyone exploiting the country's El Nino-induced drought, which Oxfam estimates could affect up to 3 million people. Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey said PNG can access up to 300 million kina (about $68 million) in World Bank drought support financing.