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Colombia confronts a cascading environmental emergency with 344 municipalities under red alert for wildfires, while recovery continues from a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that killed 288 people and damaged over 80,000 structures.
Malaysia's meteorological authority has cautioned residents across five states to prepare for hazardous weather including thunderstorms and intense rainfall expected to persist through early afternoon.
Chinese rescue teams deployed controlled explosives on Monday to break through massive boulders blocking access to 34 people missing since a Friday landslide in southwestern China that killed eight and displaced over 1,100 residents.