Cyclone pounds Vanuatu, levelling buildings, amid virus shutdown
A powerful tropical cyclone made landfall on the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Monday, witnesses said, levelling buildings in a country already in...
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Twelve-year-old drives pickup to flee from Australian bushfire, tornadoes in US kill at least 3
A 12-year-old boy in Australia and his dog have escaped a fire that was lapping his family’s farm house by grabbing the keys to his brother’s pick-up...
Two die after thunderstorms sweep across western Greece
Two people drowned when their moored sailing boat sank as torrential rain and thunderstorms lashed Greece, coastguard officials said on Monday. The storms hit western Greece over the...
Flood warnings remain in place across Britain after more heavy rain
Almost 150 flood warnings remain in place across Britain after more heavy rain fell last night. While the Met Office is forecasting the rains to...
Japan typhoon death toll rises to 66 as hopes for missing fade
The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 66 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in...
One killed in Japan as typhoon approaches, over a million advised to evacuate
One man died and more than a million in Japan were advised to evacuate as a powerful typhoon was set to make landfall late on...
Japan’s capital braces for what could be heaviest rain in 60 years
TOKYO, Oct 11 (Reuters) – A powerful storm approached Japan on Friday, threatening to batter its capital with the heaviest rain and winds in 60...
‘Monster’ Hurricane Dorian pummels Bahamas, forecast to threaten Florida
Hurricane Dorian, the second-strongest Atlantic storm on record, pounded the Bahamian islands of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama on Sunday night and was forecast to...
Dorian menaces Bahamas after becoming catastrophic category 5 hurricane (Update 2)
Hurricane Dorian intensified into a dangerous category 5 storm as it approached the Bahamas on Sunday, expected to pound the islands with up to two...
China issues ‘red alert’ as super typhoon approaches mainland
China’s weather bureau issued a red alert early on Friday as super typhoon Lekima approached Zhejiang province on the eastern coast, after forcing flight cancellations...
Heavy rains in India kill 30, cripples financial capital (Update)
Wall collapses in Mumbai and nearby towns, caused by the worst monsoon rains in a single day in 14 years, killed 30 people on Tuesday...
Sizzling Europe battles wildfires, health risks
TARRAGONA, Spain/PARIS, June 27 (Reuters) – Wildfires raged across Catalonia and French authorities stepped up restrictions on water use and driving in cities as swathes...
Hotter than wasabi: Europeans struggle with heatwave
French authorities announced school closures and traffic restrictions on Wednesday as swathes of Europe continued to wither under a powerful heatwave. Residents and tourists alike...
Heatwave hits Europe, France and Italy most affected
Tourists in Rome and Paris scaled back their sightseeing in sweltering temperatures, dousing themselves at fountains and cooling down with ice cream as aheatwave continued...
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,...
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...
