Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana face flood of ‘historic magnitude’
By Alex Dobuzinskis May 29 (Reuters) – Thousands of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana residents braced for more flooding on Wednesday, and some evacuated their homes,
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Cyclone slams Indian temple town after a million flee (Update)
A cyclone barrelled into eastern India on Friday, bringing down trees and power lines and “extensively” damaging the tourist town of Puri, but there were no early
India plans to evacuate 800,000 as cyclone nears east coast
By Jatindra Dash and Neha Dasgupta BHUBANESHWAR, India/NEW DELHI, May 2 (Reuters) – India will use boats, buses and trains to evacuate 800,000 people along
Deadly storms push through the U.S. East Coast
Tornados, wind gusts of up to 70 mph and pounding hail remained threats early Monday from eastern New York and into New England, as the
Iran reports massive flood damage to farms (V)
Flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to Iranian agriculture, an official said, as the parliament speaker questioned whether government funds would
Floods kill at least 18 in southern Iran, provinces on alert
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 25 (Reuters) – At least 18 people were killed and around 100 others were injured in flash floods in Iran’s
Missouri River flooding forces evacuation of 7,500 from waterfront city
By Karen Dillon ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 22 (Reuters) – Record floodwaters that submerged vast stretches of Nebraska and Iowa farmland along America’s longest river
At least 23 dead in Alabama tornado, toll expected to rise (V)
By Sharon Bernstein March 3 (Reuters) – At least 23 people, some of them children, died after a tornado swept through Lee County, Alabama on
Australia’s Queensland flooding worsens with dam release
MELBOURNE, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Major flooding threatened several thousand homes on Monday in the Australian state of Queensland, forcing more than 1,100 people to
Over 20 dead in US polar vortex, frostbite amputations feared
By Jonathan Allen Tens of millions of Americans braved Arctic-like temperatures on Thursday as low as minus 56 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 49 Celsius) that paralyzed
Deep freeze grips U.S., blamed for at least 12 deaths (V)
By Suzannah Gonzales CHICAGO, Jan 30 (Reuters) – A blast of icy polar air brought dangerously low temperatures to the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday, causing
Heat wave brings blackouts to Melbourne, halts play at Australian Open (V)
MELBOURNE, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Scorching temperatures suspended play at the Australian Open tennis grand slam in Melbourne on Friday, expected to be the hottest
Heatwave wilts Australia’s southeast, fanning fire, health concerns
SYDNEY, Jan 4 (Reuters) – A heatwave sweeping Australia engulfed the densely-populated southeast on Friday, boosting temperature records, spurring fire bans and arousing concern about
Police issue Troodos weather warning for motorists
Police have announced that all roads leading to Troodos, both from Limassol and Nicosia, are closed due to heavy snowfall. The following roads are open
Australia swelters through heatwave as records tumble
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Australia looks set to sweat through one of its hottest Decembers ever, the national weather bureau said
Thousands without power in U.S. southeast after snow storm
At least three people had died and thousands of homes were left without power in the Carolinas and Virginia early on Tuesday after a storm
One in 100 year storm lashes Australia, gale-force winds elsewhere fan fires
Torrential rain and gale force winds lashed Australia’s biggest city of Sydney on Wednesday causing commuter chaos, flooding streets, railway stations and homes, grounding flights
Death toll rises to nine as storms hammer Italy (V)
Nine people have been killed in Italy as violent storms batter the country for a third day, with several regions on high alert. The breakwater
More than a thousand remain missing days after Hurricane Michael
More than a thousand people were still missing on Wednesday a week after Hurricane Michael flattened communities across the Florida Panhandle, killing at least 27.
Flash floods in southern France kill at least 12 people
At least 12 people died in southwestern France on Monday when some of the worst flash floods in a century turned rivers into raging torrents
