#infrastructure-damage

#infrastructure-damage

Cloudflare's latest internet disruptions report reads like a global disaster log, with exam-related shutdowns, natural calamities, stray bullets, and even a Starlink software failure all taking chunks out of global connectivity. In its Q3 2025 internet disruption summary, the content delivery network said it observed "a wide variety of known causes" for global outages between July and September - from government-directed shutdowns in Sudan, Syria, and Iraq to cable cuts in Angola, Haiti, and the United Arab Emirates, along with power failures, cyberattacks, and natural disasters.

Heavy rains continue to disrupt rescue operations in the Himalayan nation as authorities struggle to respond to the crisis. Landslides and flash floods, triggered by heavy rains, have killed at least 47 people, blocked roads and washed away bridges in Nepal. Thirty-five people were killed in separate landslides in the Ilam district in the east bordering India, Kalidas Dhauboji, a spokesperson for the Armed Police Force, said on Sunday.

"We're still in the golden hour of our search and rescue," Office of Civil Defense deputy administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said in a news briefing.

I have been in Ireland since Friday, it is very difficult to wake up without the sound of the drones, shelling and bombing. I have friends, colleagues, family members there that I know are still suffering and they want to be evacuated, but it is difficult. I am here, but my heart and soul is there.

A water line was damaged Wednesday in Benicia, leading the city to call for an immediate reduction in water use. The city issued a stage 4 critical water shortage alert, which requires a 40% cutback in water use citywide. It applies to all residents, schools, businesses, community organizations and other facilities. Residents can conserve water by running dishwashers and washing machines only with full loads, limiting showers to no more than five minutes, and stopping all non-essential water use.

This new study shows it has been quietly building toward a potentially very large earthquake.

Authorities reported that two men died when falling rocks crushed their vehicle in Escuintla, highlighting the deadly impact of the tremors on the area.