Jaguars vs. Ravens prediction, best bet: Jacksonville’s elite defense spells trouble for injury-ravaged Ravens
There’s baptism by fire, and then there is Joe Fagnano’s last four days.
· Sean Treppedi
Follow the story
Natural Disasters
A focused view of neutral reporting on Natural Disasters, brought together across publishers.
Explore all topics →
Neutral reports only
Newest first · UTC+11:00
Preliminary 5.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Northern California
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook the coast of Northern California Wednesday night.
· Sheetal Banchariya
Putin holds talks with Iranian security chief as Turkish soldier killed by fire from Iran
Putin met Iran’s top security official at the Kremlin as Moscow urged Russians to avoid travel to Iran, while Turkey said a soldier was killed by cross-border fire from Iran.
· REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Heavy rain triggers flash flood emergency in Southern states as cross-country storm shifts east
Torrential rain triggered Flash Flood Emergencies across Polk County, Tennessee, and Fannin County, Georgia, along the state line early Thursday.
· FOX Weather
Iran says 5 tankers catch fire after striking naval mines in Strait of Hormuz
Five oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and army said in separate statements, according to local media on Thursday. Since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, Tehran has severely restricted traffic through the strategic waterway, which normally carrie…
· Agence France-Presse
Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter audiobook review – an urgent call for collective action
The writer and activist finds galvanising energy in grassroots initiatives in the face of inequality and the climate crisis‘Throughout the world confidence in progress has shattered,” notes Natasha Walter. “The certainty – even the hope – that human rights equality might be within everyone’s reach has disintegrated …
· Fiona Sturges
Dramatic moment off-duty fire captain rushes to save people trapped in SoCal inferno
A heroic off-duty California fire captain rushed into a fiery inferno to rescue trapped patrons after a vehicle crashed into a nail salon.
· Justin Choi
Burning rubbish chokes besieged Yemeni city of Taiz
Taiz residents face health risks as waste accumulates amid sniper fire, forcing people to burn it in the streets.
Wildfire warnings and dangerous surf in store for SoCal as Santa Ana winds return
Southern California is in for blazing temperatures and gusty Santa Ana winds.
· Pierce Sharpe
'Low Hire, Low Fire, Low Inspire': Claims Hit 57 Year Lows, Sentiment Still Sucks, And Payrolls Are Next
'Low Hire, Low Fire, Low Inspire': Claims Hit 57 Year Lows, Sentiment Still Sucks, And Payrolls Are Next Another week, another print showing that American employers still refuse to fire anyone in any meaningful numbers. Initial jobless claims remain parked near multi-decade lows, plunging to 189k this week (after re…
· Tyler Durden
‘Married at First Sight UK’ axed after female contestants alleged on-screen husbands raped them
The show came under fire after two women alleged they were raped by their on-screen husbands.
· Adam Silverstein
Iranian navy reports tanker on fire in Strait of Hormuz
Iranian navy reports tanker on fire in Strait of Hormuz The Iranian navy reports that an "offending tanker" attempting to cross an "unsafe area" in the Strait of Hormuz has caught fire after hitting a mine. In comments carried by Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency, the Iranian authorities said that the vessel h…
· Middleeasteye
Brooklyn house fire kills 6, injures several others including 3 firefighters
Six people were killed in a three-alarm blaze that ripped through a home in Brooklyn early Thursday morning, injuring seven others – including three firefighters.
· Nicholas McEntyre
Ukraine: Russian drone and missile attack sparks fire in Kyiv region
A Russian strike on a logistics facility in Sofiivska Borshchahivka, in the Kyiv region, injured one man and sparked a major fire, with emergency crews battling the flames following an overnight attack involving 128 drones and two missiles.
· AfricaNews
Indiana carries out first of 3 executions taking place on a single day in US
An Indiana man who admitted killing two children in a house fire was executed early Thursday in the first of three lethal injections scheduled for the same day in the US.
· Associated Press
Spain’s Asador Etxebarri tops The 50 Best Restaurants 2026, 2 Hong Kong spots in top 10
Spain’s Asador Etxebarri claimed the No 1 spot on The 50 Best Restaurants list at an awards ceremony held in Lima, Peru, on November 4. The restaurant has featured on the global edition of The 50 Best Restaurants list – formerly known as the World’s 50 Best Restaurants – for more than 15 years, hovering in the top f…
· Victoria Burrows
'The Devil’s Plan' Season 3 reunites champions, controversial winners
Forget rookies, the masters are back. Netflix Korea's entertainment show franchise "The Devil’s Plan" took global Netflix charts by storm in 2023 with a simple, unique premise: Throw lawyers, gamers, science YouTubers, and K-pop idols into an intellectual war zone and see who survives. Previous seasons pitted promin…
· Lee Yoon-seo
Teen charged over motorhome fire that left man inside critically injured
A 14-year-old boy has been charged over a motorhome fire in the Newcastle suburb of Wallsend.
· Giselle Wakatama
Centuries-old UK parliament risks ‘catastrophic failure’ over delayed revamp
Britain’s centuries-old parliament is at risk of a “Notre Dame-like” fire or other catastrophe if lawmakers continue to put off a major restoration project, MPs warned on Wednesday. Crumbling masonry, ageing electrics, frequent leaks and high asbestos levels are some of the problems besetting the Palace of Westminst…
· Agence France-Presse
Shot in class: Gaza's children return to school under Israeli fire
Shot in class: Gaza's children return to school under Israeli fire Submitted by Maha Hussaini on Wed, 11/04/2026 - 15:19 In Gaza’s first formal school year since the genocide, Israeli forces intensify shootings targeting teachers and pupils, alongside air strikes on universities Palestinian children walk to school p…
· Middleeasteye
World’s wettest rainstorms are getting wetter, affecting flood and drought risk
Events that deliver about half of global rainfall are getting shorter but more intense, with wide-ranging implicationsThe world’s wettest rainstorms produce about half of the global annual rainfall. Now a study shows that these intense downpours have become shorter in duration and fewer in number, compressing the sa…
· Kate Ravilious
Iran’s IRGC says two tankers, tugboat were ablaze in Hormuz Strait
Iran’s IRGC says two tankers, tugboat were ablaze in Hormuz Strait Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that two oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the statement, the separate incidents occurred after the vessels were attempting to pass through an "unauth…
· Middleeasteye
Iran's IRGC says two tankers and tugboat caught fire in Strait of Hormuz
The IRGC said one tanker hit a mine south of the strait, while another caught fire exiting the waterway in the east.
· REUTERS
Iran war latest: IRGC claims two tankers and tugboat caught fire in Strait of Hormuz | The National
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said one of the tankers struck a mine while attempting to cross an 'illegal passage' south of the strait
· The National
More asbestos found in Parliament, as MPs urged to get on with revamp
MPs told it's crunch time for a decision on refurbishment amid warnings of a Notre Dame-style fire.
· Bbcnews
Fans in liquor company jackets under fire for leaving stadium trash at Korean Series opener
A group of spectators wearing liquor company jackets have come under fire after photos showed tables littered with beer cans and food waste they apparently left behind after the Korean Series opener. In a Threads post on Wednesday, Song Min-gu, a baseball commentator for Daegu MBC radio, shared the pictures and crit…
· Park Jun-hee
GOP braces for mad dash to push conservative bills through Congress before Dem takeover
Now that the clock is ticking on the GOP's slim majority in Congress, Republicans are scrambling to push through as much their conservative agenda as possible before Democrats storm to power in January.
· Ryan King, Josh Christenson
Trump committee hearing on Fed Governor Lisa Cook rescheduled to Dec. 14
President Donald Trump first tried to fire Lisa Cook in August 2025, but the Supreme Court in June blocked him from doing so, for now.
· Dan Mangan
Video of lighter test revealed in court at federal arson trial of accused Palisades fire starter
Opening statements in the second federal trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, on Wednesday kicked off with the footage shown to jurors.
· Jeremy Louwerse
Hong Kong’s sweeping fire safety reforms are only the first step
Reform has taken centre stage as Hong Kong officials proposed sweeping legislative and institutional changes in building and fire safety in the wake of a damning inquiry report on the blaze that killed 168 people and displaced 1,984 families at Wang Fuk Court last year. The pledges by the top leader and the minister…
· SCMP Editorial
Security guard kills gunman in Florida office shooting; 2 dead
TAMPA, Florida — A gunman plowed a car into a courtyard on Citibank's sprawling Tampa business campus on Wednesday and opened fire with a rifle, killing a woman before a security guard fatally shot him, authorities said.
· Associated Press
Police to escort fire crews in latest crackdown on Bonfire Night disorder
As many as 1,700 officers could be deployed in the biggest Police Scotland operation since last year's visit by President Trump.
· Bbcnews
Chilling video shows obese, shirtless Tampa Citibank gunman moments before he gunned down victim
The crazed killer opened fire with an AR-15 style rifle as bank workers ate lunch.
· Emily Lefroy
'Australia's loneliest echidna' no longer solo after trail-cam discoveries
At first there was just one, now new trail camera footage from Tasmania's Lungtalanana/Clarke Island has shown multiple echidnas survived a near-island-wide bushfire in 2014, exciting conservationists.
· Sophie Jaggers
The newcomer shaping up as NZ's next potential 'kingmaker'
Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong is trying to blaze a new trail through New Zealand politics this election.
· Stephen Dziedzic
Earthquake recorded off Fujairah coast as UAE monitors seismic activity | The National
National Centre of Meteorology confirms 2.3-magnitude tremor detected off Fujairah on Wednesday
· The National
Corruption top concern of Filipinos — survey
FIGHTING corruption, including the flood control scandal, has overtaken high prices of basic goods as the top issue Filipinos want the government to address, a nationwide survey conducted in October showed.
· Franco Jose C. Baroña
Qantas flight canceled after fire appears under aircraft wing before take off
Passengers on the flight were safely deboarded, and the flight was cancelled.
· News.com.au
‘Tino’ survivors seek justice, reforms
LILOAN, Cebu — Survivors of Typhoon Tino returned to the banks of the Cotcot River in Compostela town on Tuesday to demand accountability for flood control projects and government response they blamed for compounding the disaster that killed their loved ones a year ago.
· Kaiser Jan Fuentes
Go extends assistance to fire victims
SEN. Bong Go continued his efforts to assist disaster-affected communities as his Malasakit Team extended assistance to families affected by a recent fire in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City, on Oct. 31.
· The Manila Times
SC drops Romualdez petition to stop Ombudsman’s plunder probe
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has dropped the petition of former speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez seeking to stop the Office of the Ombudsman from investigating his alleged involvement in the multibillion-peso flood control scam, ruling that the petition has become moot after a ₱7.4-billion plunder case …
· William B. Depasupil
Indonesian military helicopter on wildfire mission crashes off Borneo, killing 1
An Indonesian military helicopter carrying eight people on a firefighting mission crashed in waters off Borneo island on Wednesday, killing a crew member, the army said. The Southeast Asian archipelago has for months been struggling to control wildfires that have burned through large swathes of Sumatra, Borneo and P…
· Agence France-Presse
Roll with it! This year’s best portrait photography – in pictures
Dashing cowboys, a transgender storm chaser and a fetching mullet are among the subjects of these acclaimed photographs for the Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 Continue reading...
· Mee Lai Stone
Iconic country music act cancels LA show just hours before showtime: ‘Flew in from Oklahoma for this!’
Several fans pointed to the harsh financial climate, noting the brutal hit to ordinary fans’ wallets.
· Georgia Clelland
Coupang logs third straight loss in Q3 despite record paid membership
E-commerce giant Coupang posted its third consecutive quarterly operating loss, weighed down by a recent warehouse fire and lingering fallout from its data breach despite double-digit revenue growth and record paid membership. The company said Wednesday that revenue for the July-September period rose 11 percent on-y…
· No Kyung-min
[Contribution] What the Nankai Trough megaquake threat means for South Korea
By Lee Mi-seon, administrator of the Korea Meteorological Administration Could an earthquake in Japan cause high-rise buildings in South Korea, hundreds of kilometers away, to sway? When an earthquake occurs, we first check its epicenter and magnitude. However, in modern society, where high-rise buildings are common…
· Korea Herald
Cagayan Valley to test response to magnitude 8.5 quake in drill
MANILA, Philippines — The government will again test its disaster preparedness on Thursday as emergency responders, local government units and communities simulate their response to a magnitude 8.5 earthquake and tsunami off Cagayan in yet another drill, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said.
· Franco Jose C. Baroña
Truck, van engulfed in flames after crash on WA highway
A refrigerated van and a truck towing a container trailer catch fire after crashing in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt, with emergency services working to save the lives of those inside.
· Brianna Melville
(2nd LD) Coupang swings to Q3 loss on warehouse fire-related costs
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- E-commerce giant Coupang, Inc. said Wednesday it swung...
· Choi Kyong-ae