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One-hundred-twenty counties in the U.S. state of Texas are under a disaster declaration as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches the Gulf Coast.
2024-07-7

Alaska, United States, reports its worst air quality in recorded history after extreme amounts of smoke enter the state.
2023-08-10

American commercial bank Silicon Valley Bank is forcibly shut down by regulators for the U.S. state of California, and its assets controlled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after the bank failed to raise enough capital and a subsequent bank run occurred. With assets totalling US$209 billion, the bank's closure is the second-largest bank failure in American history.
2023-03-10

The White House's spokesperson John Kirby announces that the United States Air Force shot down a high-altitude object over territorial waters in Alaska, just days after shooting down a Chinese balloon over the Atlantic Ocean. The object was ordered to be shot down by U.S. President Joe Biden because it posed "a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight".
2023-02-10

Volcán Wolf, the tallest mountain and volcano in the Galápagos Islands, erupts.
2022-01-8

The cost of the Oroville Dam spill rises to US$870 million. The U.S. state of California continues to hope for federal aid for the project.
2018-01-26

The Villarrica volcano explodes in southern Chile leading to the evacuation of 3,000 people.
2015-03-3

A set of three unusually well preserved triceratops specimens is unearthed in the U.S. state of Wyoming.
2013-06-3

8 people are seriously injured when a tour bus carrying a church group lost control, slides off a road and rolls onto its side on an icy highway in the U.S. state of Colorado.
2010-12-19

The U.S. state of Virginia is reported to be Googling "WikiLeaks" more than any part of the country.
2010-12-10