Millions urged to evacuate as Florida Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Ian
Florida Gulf Coast residents emptied grocery shelves, boarded up windows and fled to evacuation shelters as Hurricane Ian churned closer on Wednesday, lashing the state’s...
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Cuba entirely without power after Hurricane Ian causes grid to collapse
Cuba‘s electrical grid collapsed late on Tuesday, local officials said, leaving the entire country in the dark shortly after Hurricane Ian plowed through the western...
Typhoon batters Japan with record rain, killing one
Typhoon Nanmadol brought ferocious winds and record rainfall to parts of Japan on Monday, as one of the biggest storms to hit the country in...
At least eight dead as flash floods hit central Italy
At least eight people have been killed by torrential overnight rains and floods in the central Italian region of Marche, authorities said on Friday, as...
Houses burnt as new wildfire rages in southwestern France
A wildfire is raging in southwestern France, destroying four houses, burning 1,300 hectares and forcing the evacuation of 540 people in an area already hit...
Pakistan foreign minister says help needed after ‘overwhelming’ floods
Pakistan needs financial help to deal with “overwhelming” floods, its foreign minister said, adding that he hoped financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund...
Portugal’s drought prompts water price rise, street-cleaning ban
Facing an unprecedented drought, Portugal’s government recommended that 43 municipalities temporarily increase water prices for their biggest consumers and suspend street cleaning and watering in...
Europe facing its worst drought for 500 years – study
Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity...
English regions brace for drought as water restrictions tighten
British households faced new water usage restrictions on Friday, with parts of England likely to formally declare a drought as the government, environment officials and...
France battles ‘monster’ wildfire as heatwaves scorch Europe
Firefighters flew to France from across Europe to battle a “monster” wildfire raging for a third day near the wine-growing heartland of Bordeaux on Thursday,...
