Tropical Storm Dolly has formed over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean, becoming the fourth named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. According to the National Hurricane Center, the system was centered approximately 1,240 nautical miles east of the Leeward Islands, packing maximum sustained winds of 35 knots with gusts...
Torrential rain struck Japan’s north-central prefectures of Ishikawa and Toyama, triggering severe flooding and landslides that closed roads and stranded residents. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 heavy rain warning, urging precautionary measures before downgrading it to medium as rain subsided. Officials advised over 380,000 people to seek...
The San Perlita Independent School District in South Texas suspended classes due to a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, protecting students and staff health. This closure follows a similar one-day shutdown at Park Ridge Achievement Academy in Louisiana. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates indicate COVID-19 infections are growing...
A catastrophic flash flood along the Nepal-China border, triggered by a massive ice-rock avalanche, has killed 165 people and left nearly 1,500 missing, including at least 800 foreign nationals. Scientists report that rising global temperatures and melting glaciers are destabilizing high-mountain terrain in the Hindu Kush range, creating dangerous compound...
Northern Indiana Public Service Company announced that power restoration efforts are nearing completion across Gary, Indiana, more than two weeks after a devastating derecho struck the region. The severe weather event on August eleventh, two thousand twenty six, brought high winds reaching nearly one hundred miles per hour, resulting in...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency to protect the United States electric grid from foreign equipment threats. The directive invokes the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, targeting overseas power system hardware and associated software that pose cybersecurity or operational risks. Administration officials cited growing electricity...
At least 160 people have died and hundreds remain missing after a flash flood swept through Nepal’s Himalayan border region and Tibet on Wednesday, destroying homes, roads, bridges and power infrastructure. Nepalese police reported 157 deaths, while Chinese state media reported three deaths and 265 missing in Tibet’s Gyirong County....
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed eliminating mandatory public notice and comment periods for minor source air pollution permits, impacting industrial facilities and data centers. The policy change shifts discretion to state and local authorities regarding public participation. Administration officials state the measure aims to accelerate permitting for artificial intelligence...
A new wildfire named the Plaskett Fire erupted Wednesday morning along California's Big Sur coast in Los Padres National Forest, rapidly expanding to 50 acres. The blaze compounds an ongoing emergency as crews battle the separate, 17,817-acre Timber Fire burning thirty miles to the north. Officials deployed heavy aerial resources,...
The Food and Drug Administration approved Rasonque (daraxonrasib) on August 26, 2026, marking the first targeted RAS-inhibitor therapy cleared for advanced pancreatic cancer. Manufactured by Revolution Medicines, the once-daily oral tablet is indicated for adults with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma who previously received systemic therapy or cannot tolerate multi-agent chemotherapy. Approval...
