The strongest storm of the year , plus data centers in water-stressed areas, Ebola in Nigeria, protests, terrorism, and Wars that seem to have no off-ramp—and may be colliding.

Last Week in Collapse: October 18-24, 2026

This is Last Week in Collapse , a weekly newsletter compiling some of the most important, timely, soul-crushing, ironic, amazing, or otherwise must-see/can’t-look-away moments in Collapse.

This is the 252nd weekly newsletter. The October 11-17, 2026 edition is available here if you missed it last week. The unabridged newsletters are also available (with images) every Sunday in your email inbox by signing up to the Substack version .

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Super Typhoon Champi rumbled through the Philippines before lashing Taiwan on its path to eastern China . Its sustained wind speeds exceeded 185mph (298 kph) and made it the strongest storm of 2026—so far, anyway—before it weakened over Taiwan.…