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  "last_updated": "Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM EDT",
  "overall_picture": "Vanuatu quake swarm: USGS reports an M6.9 at 02:31 UTC on Oct 24, 197 km west northwest of Port-Olry, followed by an M6.3 and 29 quakes of M4.5 or more in the area; PAGER green. Typhoon Champi: Taiwan's Central Weather Administration cancelled its typhoon warning in report No. 24 as Champi weakened to a severe tropical storm moving away to the north northeast. Tibet quake: local authorities say 16 people were killed and 76 injured, according to Xinhua. Tibetan Plateau quake: USGS reports an M7.0 earthquake 191 km east northeast of Nagqu, China, at 10:33 PM local time on Oct 22, with a PAGER orange alert for economic losses; Xinhua, citing local authorities, reports casualties in Baqen County. Champi: Taiwan's Central Weather Administration issued a sea and land typhoon warning on Oct 22, telling every area of Taiwan to stay on high alert; the center was about 430 km east of Eluanbi at 940 hPa and is forecast about 110 km east southeast of Yilan by the evening of Oct 23. PHP: the PHP project released 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 on Oct 21 to fix CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, critical flaws (CVSS v4.0 9.2) that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution; it says updating is the only safe choice, and CERT-EU and the UK NCSC advise isolating systems that cannot be patched. Champi (NWS Guam Advisory 28, its last, 6 AM EDT Oct 21) is a super typhoon at 175 mph and weakening, about 1,150 mi west-northwest of Guam, after peaking at 185 mph; no watches or warnings are in effect, and Taiwan's Central Weather Administration says it may issue a sea typhoon warning late Oct 21, Taiwan time. GDACS has a Red alert out. Kenya: nine confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases, all in one known cluster, with 134 of 135 contacts quarantined (Ministry of Health, Oct 20). Yemen: Shabwa's governor says 73 died in Monday's Houthi missile strike on a recruits' camp, with 14 missing. Hatteras Island: the NWS Coastal Flood Warning now runs to 8 PM Thu. Space weather: SWPC has a G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm watch for Oct 21; Kp reached 4 early Wednesday.",
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