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...
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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...
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...
