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Forecasters predict Tropical Storm Carlotta to grow into hurricane

Aug 01, 2024 (UPI)

In its 8 a.m. MST update, the NHC said Carlottta was located about 455 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, is already packing maximum sustained winds of...

N. Korea floods may have caused 'heavy casualties': Seoul

Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)

Pyongyang's state media said Thursday that some parts of the country in the north, near the border with China, "have recently been stricken severely by flooding...

At least 30 dead, 35 missing after torrential rains: China state media

Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)

The downpours were triggered by Typhoon Gaemi, which moved on from the Philippines and Taiwan to make landfall in eastern China a week ago, with hilly, landlock...

30 dead, dozens missing after torrential rain in central China

Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)

Confirmation of the deaths came the same day that weather authorities said July was China's hottest month since records began six decades ago. China is the worl...

Mountain split to trigger tsunami in Norwegian fjord -- but when?

Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)

The Akerneset mountain in western Norway, covered in green moss and shrubs, has been slowly splintering for decades, its eastern flank losing up to 10 centimetr...

Typhoons forming closer to coast due to climate change: study

Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)

Coastal communities and cities like Hai Phong in Vietnam and the Thai capital Bangkok are "facing unprecedented threats from longer lasting and more intense sto...

Brazil quake city victims hail landmark Dutch legal victory

Jul 30, 2024 (AFP)

Dutch judges in 2022 agreed to hear a case brought by nine plaintiffs against Braskem, potentially paving the way for thousands of others to seek compensation f...

Hundreds living in floodwater in Vietnam

Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)

Residents of Ben Voi village -- around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from central Hanoi -- are travelling through the streets by boat and sleeping in homes partially...

Thousands evacuated as record rains pound northern Japan

Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)

A rescuer is among the dead after the downpours in Yamagata and Akita prefectures on the main island of Honshu. Two other people, including another rescuer, are...

Greece's 'Instagram island' Santorini nears saturation point

Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)

This scene has inspired millions of fridge magnets, posters, and souvenirs -- and now the queue to reach the viewing spot in the clifftop village of Oia can tak...

'Back to zero': Manila flood victims clean up, start again

Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)

She is one of thousands in the Philippine capital coming to terms with their losses from the relentless rain, after Typhoon Gaemi intensified the seasonal monso...

Flash floods and landslides kill seven in Vietnam

Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)

Five people died in Son La and two others were killed in Dien Bien following the downpours. Rescue workers are also searching for 10 others reported missing in ...

Saharan Dust Influences Hurricane Rainfall Patterns

Jul 25, 2024 (SPX)

"Surprisingly, the leading factor controlling hurricane precipitation is not, as traditionally thought, sea surface temperature or humidity in the atmosphere. I...

North China authorities warn heavy rains could spark floods, landslides

Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)

China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains across the east and south coming as much of the north has sweltered under successive heatwaves. ...

Streets turned into rivers as Typhoon Gaemi blows past Philippines

Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)

Rescuers were deployed across the densely populated capital to help evacuate people from low-lying homes after downpours turned streets into rivers, trapping ve...

Taiwan shuts down as deadly Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall

Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)

On its path to Taiwan, Gaemi had also exacerbated seasonal rains in nearby Philippines, triggering flooding and landslides that killed six. The superstorm hit T...

Taiwan shuts down as deadly Typhoon Gaemi approaches

Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)

The typhoon also triggered flooding and landslides in the nearby Philippines, where authorities said four people were killed south of the capital Manila. Gaemi,...

Etna eruption forces closure of Sicily's Catania airport

Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)

Millions of passengers pass through Catania International Airport every year, serving the eastern part of Sicily. "Due to eruptions and ash emissions, it has be...

Flooding drives Liberia to mull capital city move

Jul 22, 2024 (AFP)

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains between the end of June and early July left nearly 50,000 Liberians in urgent need, the national disaster management ...

Monsoon rains pound India financial hub

Jul 20, 2024 (AFP)

A woman died and four others were injured after sections of a four-storey building came crashing down in Grant Road, an affluent suburb in the south of the city...