Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Puerto Rico, threatening widespread destruction

Speed Read At least 24 people have died and 100,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 13 January 25

Speed Read The majority of the fires remain 0% contained

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 9 January 25

Speed Read About 30,000 people were under an evacuation order as the inferno spread

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 8 January 25

Speed Read Cyclone Chido slammed into Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 16 December 24

Speed Read The vessel sank near the Egyptian coastal town of Marsa Alam

By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published 26 November 24

Speed Read Negotiators gathering in South Korea seek an end to the world's plastic pollution crisis, though Trump's election may muddle the deal

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 25 November 24

Speed Read Nobody can reverse America's 'clean energy revolution,' said the president, despite the incoming Trump administration's promises to dismantle climate policies

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 18 November 24

Speed Read Torrential rainfall caused the country's worst flooding since 1996

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 31 October 24