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Three people were found dead after an airboat carrying seven passengers took on water and capsized near the Kissimmee River in Highlands County, Florida, on June 15, 2026, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and local authorities.
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder report what they describe as the first direct evidence that angrite meteorites originated within a large planetary embryo rather than a small asteroid. The findings, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters on April 10, 2026, are based on pressure estimates derived from mineral crystals preserved in the rare meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 12774.
One person died and another was left in critical condition after both were swept into the ocean near Bonny Doon Beach in Santa Cruz County, California, this week. Officials said the incident marked the fifth water rescue in a month along the 1.6 km (1 mile) stretch between Yellow Bank Beach and Bonny Doon Beach.
National Park Service rangers recovered the body of a 41-year-old man from Yellowstone Lake on June 8 after occupants of a vessel discovered him floating near Rock Point on the lake’s northwest shore near Bridge Bay. Authorities said the incident remains under investigation.
At least 301 people have been killed and 385 injured by floods and related natural disasters across Afghanistan over the past 10 weeks, according to figures released by the National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) on June 9, 2026. The disasters affected 18 812 families nationwide, destroyed nearly 2 000 homes, damaged another 7 187, washed away about 580 km (360 miles) of roads, and devastated approximately 10 522 ha (26 000 acres) of farmland and 1 631 ha (4 030 acres) of orchards.
The Arietids peak around June 10, bringing the year’s strongest daytime meteor shower to Earth. Most activity occurs in daylight, but observers may catch a few meteors during the final dark hour before sunrise.
A tornado struck Xingning District in Nanning, Guangxi, on June 7, 2026, tearing apart part of a logistics warehouse’s roof and causing power outages in the area. According to the Xingning District Emergency Management Bureau, four people were injured.
The Storm Prediction Center upgraded parts of the Mid-Atlantic and northern High Plains to an Enhanced Risk for severe thunderstorms on June 6, 2026, as severe storms and heavy rainfall continued across parts of the Plains, Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, and Northeast through June 8.
An explosion at a street-side shop in Benxi, Liaoning Province, China, killed two people and injured 13 others at 06:42 LT on June 5, 2026, according to the Benxi Fire and Rescue Bureau.
A fireball detected over the South Atlantic Ocean at 02:13:14 UTC on April 1, 2026, has emerged as a candidate interstellar meteor following an orbital analysis by Avi Loeb and Richard Cloete, who argue that its trajectory is inconsistent with an origin within the Solar System. The object, designated Polar-IM, is described by Loeb and Cloete as the strongest interstellar meteor candidate yet identified in the NASA Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) fireball database, with a confidence level above 99.9997% under the researchers’ uncertainty model.
