On the northern portion of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Sept. 28, one person was reported to have been killed and about 10 people were injured when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Donggla.

Roughly three hours later, a 7.5-magnitude quake occurred in the same area, triggering a tsunami measuring up to 6 meters tall that struck the western coast of Sulawesi and caused massive damage to the city of Palu. At press time, 844 people were known to have been killed...

Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall in the southern Philippines on Sept. 15, leaving more than 80 people dead, most in landslides. The worst-hit area was in the town of Itogon, Benguet Province, where a landslide destroyed a shelter holding miners and their families, killing at least 32 people.

On Sept. 20, at least 21 people in Cebu province were killed in another landslide that occurred after the main portion of the typhoon had passed. Though Cebu had not been directly hit by the typhoon...

A major Atlantic storm, Storm Ali, which hit the British Isles on Sept. 19, was responsible for the death of one person in the Republic of Ireland and another in Northern Ireland. Injuries were reported throughout the region.

With gusts of over 100 miles per hour, Ali caused damage and knocked out power across Ireland, Scotland and northern England. An Oceania Cruises ship docked at Inverclyde, Scotland, was torn from its mooring, but company officials reported that there were no...