Typhoon Haishen hammers southern Japan with high winds and power outages
Typhoon Haishen battered Japan’s southern mainland with powerful winds and drenching rain, cutting power to tens of thousands of homes and prompting authorities to call...
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46 degrees Celsius in Nicosia (video)
On a day in September when the highest-ever temperature was recorded in Cyprus (specifically in Nicosia), we talked to Efi Xanthou, the deputy president of...
Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana, kills six, but less damage than forecast
Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana on Thursday, killing six people and flattening buildings across a wide swatch of the state before moving into Arkansas with...
Hurricane Laura slams southwestern Louisiana (Update 2)
Hurricane Laura ripped through southwestern Louisiana on Thursday, destroying buildings in the city of Lake Charles and killing a 14-year-old girl after making landfall in...
Thousands evacuate as dueling storms take aim at U.S. Gulf Coast
Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura tore through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, forcing thousands of coastal residents in Louisiana and Cuba...
Evacuees brave heat, pandemic to flee California’s lightning-caused firestorms
Tens of thousands of displaced Californians huddled under evacuation orders in the midst of a heat wave and a pandemic late on Thursday as lightning-sparked firestorms...
Heavy rains in S.Korea displace more than 1,000 people, 13 dead
South Korea’s longest spell of monsoon rain in seven years caused floods that have forced more than 1,000 people to leave their homes, killing at...
Isaias strengthens into hurricane ahead of expected landfall in Carolinas
Isaias regained hurricane strength on Monday night just hours before it was due to make landfall in the Carolinas and churn its way up the U.S....
Floods kill scores in India’s tea-growing Assam; nine rhinos drown
Intense rain and floods in the Indian state of Assam have killed at least 84 people and displaced more than 2.75 million since May, authorities...
Buildings collapse in heavy rain in India’s Mumbai, killing eight (V)
Heavy rains lashing India’s financial capital of Mumbai have caused the collapse of a multi-storey building, killing six people and injuring several, authorities said. The...
Three die, hundreds evacuated in Ukraine flooding
Torrential rains in Ukraine have killed three people, forced hundreds from their homes and cut off villages in western regions, authorities said on Wednesday. While...
‘Once in a decade storm’ hits Western Australia, New Zealand PM stays cool during earthquake
Thousands without power in Western Australia after once in a decade storm Wild weather downed trees and left tens of thousands of people without power...
Michigan flooding displaces thousands, encroaches on chemical plant
Rising floodwaters unleashed by two dam failures submerged parts of the central Michigan town of Midland on Wednesday, displacing thousands of residents and spreading into...
Cyclone kills 14 in India, Bangladesh leaving trail of destruction
A powerful cyclone pounded eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and destroying thousands of homes, officials said, leaving authorities struggling...
Strongest cyclone in over a decade slams into India, Bangladesh (Update)
A powerful cyclone tore into eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, destroying mud houses and embankments and whipping up a storm surge along the coast, officials said,...
At least 5 killed as severe storms sweep through Oklahoma and Texas
Severe storms swept through the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas on Wednesday killing at least five and injuring dozens, CNN reported, citing emergency officials....
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...
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...
