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The death toll from Hurricane Helene in the United States increases to at least 64 people, including 21 in

Seventeen people are killed in two mass shootings at homes in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

The Brisbane Lions defeat the Sydney Swans 120–60 in the Australian Football League Grand Final to win their

A Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying Mari Petroleum employees crashes in North Waziristan District, Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing six people and injuring eight others.

At least 170 people are killed and 59 others are missing in floods and landslides in Nepal.

Nine people are killed, 27 others are rescued, and 48 others are missing when a boat carrying migrants

capsizes off the coast of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Spain.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declares a warning at the UN General Assembly for nearly a

billion people living in low-lying coastal areas due to the risk of rising sea levels caused by climate change potentially resulting in catastrophic flooding, coastal erosion, and climate migration.

2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st loss, Worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records

Nuclear risk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Shigeru Ishiba defeats Sanae Takaichi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal

Democratic Party and prime minister designate.

The Walters Dam in Tennessee was reported to have suffered a catastrophic failure due to ongoing heavy

rainfall, with Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis ordering the immediate evacuation of parts of the nearby city of Newport. . The reports were later confirmed to have been false.

Iraq and the United States agree to end the U.S.-led coalition mission in Iraq by September 2025, with all

remaining American troops withdrawing by the end of 2026.

The Emergency Management department of Rutherford County, North Carolina, issues a warning for the "imminent"

failure of the Lake Lure Dam due to significant rainfall, and orders immediate evacuations.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warns that Belarus will use Russian nuclear weapons if the country

Tropical Storm John brings over of rainfall to southern Guerrero, Mexico, twice eclipsing the amount of

rainfall dropped by Hurricane Otis on the same area in 2023.