ABCNEWS - Powerful earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador prompting people to evacuate
A powerful earthquake shakes western Colombia and neighboring Ecuador, prompting evacuations
NPR (The Associated Press) - Flood death toll in India's Assam reaches 100 as thousands lose their homes
Days of heavy monsoon rain has caused rivers, including the Brahmaputra, to overflow, inundating communities, disrupting livelihoods and damaging infrastructure.
HUFFPOST - Wildfires Burn Across Western US And Canada As Residents Are Evacuated
Wildfires have forced some residents to flee their homes and left others keeping an eye out for possible evacuation orders.
NYTIMES (John Eligon and Joao Silva) - Their African Islands Were Set to Be Decolonized. Then the U.S. Bombed Iran.
The inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were expelled by the British 60 years ago. Refugees were anxious to return this year, but their hopes have been caught in a morass of geopolitics.
STRIPES (Alison Bath) - More than a dozen US military members displaced by recent Naples-area earthquake | Stars and Stripes
More than a dozen members of the U.S. military community in Naples have been put out of their homes by a damaging earthquake that struck the region.
NPR (Kirk Siegler) - Authorities arrest arson suspect in connection with wildfires in Spokane
The suspect was arrested in connection with one of three wildfires in Spokane, Wash., that have destroyed hundreds of homes and displaced nearly quarter of the city's residents.
HUFFPOST - Washington Wildfires Leave Residents Devastated: 'There's Nothing To Save'
In some cases, only chimneys were left standing.
NYTIMES (Genevieve Glatsky) - U.S. Sends Flight With Deportees to Venezuela for First Time Since Earthquakes
A plane with 147 Venezuelans landed on Monday in the South American country amid criticism over the deaths of deportees housed in a collapsed building during June’s quakes.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Spokane wildfires level 700 structures and force 65,000 to evacuate as governor issues statewide burn ban
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson declared a statewide wildfire emergency and banned outdoor burning across all 39 counties as fires in Spokane destroyed at least 700 structures and drove tens of thousands from their homes, with 14 people still unaccounted for. The fires tearing through eastern Washington have burned more than 8,000 acres near Spokane with […] The post Spokane wildfires level 700 structures and force 65,000 to evacuate as governor issues statewide burn ban appeared first on American Almanac .
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson declared a statewide wildfire emergency and banned outdoor burning across all 39 counties as fires in Spokane destroyed at least 700 structures and drove tens of thousands from their homes, with 14 people still unaccounted for. The fires tearing through eastern Washington have burned more than 8,000 acres near Spokane with zero containment, according to Newsmax , leveling homes, businesses, and entire neighborhoods while 900 crews and National Guard soldiers fight to hold the line. Officials said Monday that the destruction toll, already at 700 structures, many of them homes, is expected to climb as satellite imaging of 1,100 additional areas gets underway to assess commercial and residential damage. The…Open
NPR (Scott Neuman) - Washington wildfires destroy homes, force thousands to evacuate
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown says nearly half of the city's neighborhoods have either been evacuated or are at risk as the fires remain uncontained.