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Super Typhoon Champi, locally named Rosal, weakened slightly on 21 October while remaining a powerful cyclone east of northern Luzon. At 5 p.m. Philippine time, PAGASA located the centre about 725 kilometres east of Aparri, Cagayan, with maximum sustained winds of 205 km/h…
Bleached coral fragments recovered fully within seven weeks after contact with healthy fragments from the same clone in Stanford laboratory experiments. Beneficial algae and nutrients began moving between their tissues within three days; in some tests, five days of contact…
The Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached 9,552 confirmed cases as of 18 October 2026, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) daily epidemiological update. The total included 4,602 confirmed deaths and 2,550 recoveries.…
Afghanistan is entering the 2026–2027 winter lean season with a deepening hunger and malnutrition crisis. The World Food Programme (WFP) projects that 19.2 million people — nearly 40 percent of the population — will experience acute food insecurity, up from 17.4 million a…
Funding shortages are forcing the World Food Programme (WFP) to cut food assistance in Gaza by about one-third, leaving 500,000 people without this support. From October, it is reaching 1.1 million of the most vulnerable people with food and cash, down from 1.6 million in…
Category 2 Hurricane Trudy was moving away from mainland Mexico on 18 October. At 15:00 UTC, the United States National Hurricane Center placed the centre near 19.1°N, 106.8°W, about 185 km southwest of Cabo Corrientes, with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h and a minimum…
More than 100 people graduated from a 548 Foundation clean-energy workforce programme at Life Center Church of God in Christ on Chicago's South Side on 10 October. The three-month programme combines solar installation, electrical and carpentry training with job preparation,…
Category 2 Tropical Cyclone Wati strengthened near the Cook Islands on 17 October. At 18:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the Fiji Meteorological Service placed its centre near 14.7°S, 163.0°W. Central pressure was 975 hectopascals (hPa), with sustained winds of 55 knots.…
Tropical Storm Simon continued to weaken while drifting southwest off western Mexico early on 15 October 2026. At 03:00 UTC, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) located it near 19.1°N, 108.6°W, about 445 km south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas and 335 km…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak continued to expand into October 2026. WHO's daily epidemiological update reported 9,277 confirmed cases, 4,478 confirmed deaths and 2,486 recoveries in the country as of 15 October. The current WHO…
Flooding across Ecuador between 15 September and 14 October 2026 is linked to six deaths and seven displaced people in a Green national, multi-episode aggregate from the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS). These national figures are not allocated to Los…
In a release published on 13 October and datelined 12 October, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimated that 38,000 people, including 8,300 children, needed humanitarian assistance after the 9 October earthquake in Panama. Hundreds of people in central Panama are…
South African jurist Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. The Norwegian Nobel Committee highlighted her courage, integrity and work to strengthen a legal order in which grave crimes can be prosecuted…
A destructive flash flood swept through the Budhi Gandaki river corridor in Nepal’s Gorkha district early on 11 October 2026 after a landslide appears to have temporarily blocked the river near Chumchet and the natural dam failed. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and…