6.2-magnitude earthquake jolts western Japan
The initial quake was followed by a sizeable number of aftershocks....
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The initial quake was followed by a sizeable number of aftershocks....
Since the mercury dropped on Monday, five people have died in France and one woman in Bosnia as heavy snow and rain sparked floods and power outages across the Balkans....
A falling branch killed one person near a Swedish ski resort. Thousands of homes in Finland, Sweden and Norway were left without power....
Multiple earthquakes struck western Japan on Tuesday, local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture and neighboring Tottori Prefecture....
A passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, killing at least 15 people....
Two 18-year-olds have died after suffering facial injuries in separate accidents involving homemade fireworks a western German city. DW has more....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Power outage on December 21, 2025, affected 130,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers in San Francisco. ✓ Waymo suspen...
The state of California is under a state of emergency as 40+ million brace for potential catastrophic rains....
A Baltimore neighbor saved a mother and two kids from their home after it caught fire....
A fire believed to have been caused by a short circuit in a household appliance broke out at a Hong Kong public housing estate in east Kowloon, prompting more than 300 residents to flee their flats. P...
A Maryland man risked his life this week to rescue his neighbors after their home caught on fire....
The bushfires ignited as an intense heatwave swept southern Australia, creating the most dangerous conditions since the "Black Summer" blazes from late 2019 to early 2020....
January 7 marks one year since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area in California. It killed 31 people and destroyed about 13,000 homes and other residential properties. To improve i...
Investigators have said they believe sparkling candles atop champagne bottles started the fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana when they came too close to the ceiling....
The fire that tore through a bar in Crans-Montana was likely started by sparklers in Champagne bottles coming too close to the ceiling, authorities have said. Follow DW for more....
The driver of a car carrying British boxer Anthony Joshua that was involved in a fatal crash in Nigeria has been charged with reckless and dangerous driving, police in Nigeria’s southwestern Ogun stat...
Flash flood warnings were in effect in Los Angeles and most of southern California on Wednesday as one of the worst Christmas storms in recent memory brought heavy rain and fears of deadly mudslides. ...
A car sits buried in mud after flooding Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in Wrightwood, Calif. Wally Skalij/AP Photo An atmospheric storm caused heavy rain across Southern California over Christmas. The Nati...
Palisades, CA - January 06: An aerial view of empty lots and homes under construction in the Palisades fire zone on the one year anniversary in Pacific Palisades Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Allen J. Schabe...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Power outages spread across San Francisco on Saturday. ✓ Social media videos showed multiple Waymo vehicles stalled in tr...