#extreme weather conditions

Two Bundesliga matches have been scrapped due to large amounts of snow and ice blanketing pitches across Germany, while a third-round FA Cup match on Saturday has also been postponed ...

Thousands of homes were blacked out, aircraft were grounded and train services disrupted as Storm Goretti hurled gale-force winds and heavy snow at northern Europe on Friday, compounding a week ...

Paphos is on standby, ready to deal with any problems that may arise due to extreme weather conditions, Paphos district government organisation (EOA) president Charalambos Pittokopitis said on Monday. Pittokopitis ...

At least 37 people were killed in flash floods triggered by torrential rains on Sunday in Morocco’s Atlantic coastal province of Safi, 330 kilometres (205 miles) south of the capital Rabat, Morocco’...

The level of floodwater in the north began to recede in the north during the early hours of Wednesday morning, with Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci saying that water ...

A yellow weather warning has been issued by the met office for storms on Saturday. The warning will remain in effect between midday and 6.30pm, with storms expected to hit ...

More than 60 calls were made to the fire brigade on Wednesday as severe weather caused widespread flooding and disruption across the Nicosia district. Among the incidents reported was a group ...

Hurricane Melissa’s confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed ...

Hurricane Melissa barreled through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday after thrashing Cuba’s second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where at least 25 ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday of catastrophic conditions in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall, bringing winds gusts exceeding 300 kilometres per hour, flash floods, and landslides, marking ...

Hurricane Melissa was packing sustained winds of up to 175 mph (282 kph) on Monday afternoon, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica, in what could be ...

Residents in an eastern Taiwan town where flooding from a strong typhoon killed 14 people took to shelters on Wednesday fearing further disaster, as Premier Cho Jung-tai called for an inquiry ...

From record-breaking heat in Japan and the Middle East to deadly floods across China and India, extreme weather events are unfolding with alarming frequency and intensity — a stark reminder that ...

Extreme weather killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year’s worth of rain fell in a matter of days, stretching the Chinese capital’s disaster management capabilities and ...

Torrential rains triggered flash floods in New Mexico that killed at least three people on Tuesday, including two young children, and trapped dozens in homes and vehicles in the resort ...

Search teams plodded through muddy riverbanks and flew aircraft over flood-ravaged central Texas on Monday as hopes dimmed of finding survivors among dozens still missing from a disaster that has ...

Search teams looking for dozens of people still missing after flash floods in central Texas faced the danger of more heavy rain and thunderstorms on Monday after a disaster that ...

Some 27 people, including nine children, have been confirmed dead after flash floods in central Texas, authorities said on Saturday, as rescuers continued a frantic search for survivors including dozens still ...

A winter storm brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures to a broad swath of the U.S. on Sunday, with some 60 million people across more than a dozen states from ...

Authorities in Mayotte were racing on Tuesday to get food and water to residents stricken by the weekend’s devastating cyclone and fighting to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness spreading ...

Britain’s roads and railways were hit by closures on Monday after Storm Bert battered the country over the weekend, causing widespread flooding and killing four people. There were more 200 ...

Massive floods caused serious damage and power outages on Friday in parts of France’s mountainous southeast region after days of heavy rain, though there were no immediate reports of ...

The Southeastern U.S. began a huge cleanup and recovery effort on Sunday and the death toll climbed towards 100 after Hurricane Helene knocked out power for millions, destroyed roads and ...

Hurricane Helene roared through Florida and into Georgia on Friday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., with fears of deaths and widespread destruction in ...