Chiba biwa grower vows to continue despite post-Typhoon Faxai damage
In May this year, loquat grower Kenzo Takeba showed The Japan Times around his farm in Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, explaining how he cultivates the soft, juicy fruit that contributes so much to the local economy. Last week, Takeba was contemplating the damage done by Typhoon ...
'We are losing everything!': 160,000 at risk in Mozambique after second cyclone in six weeks hits
A second disaster unfolded on Sunday in northern Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Kenneth as raging flood waters killed one person and began to cut off the region's main city from the outside world. Some 160,000 people were at risk, with more torrential ...
Death toll from EF-3 Alabama twisters likely to rise beyond 23 confirmed as searches resume
Rescuers in Alabama stepped up the search for survivors Monday after two back-to-back tornadoes ripped across the southern state, with the death toll of 23 expected to rise further. "The devastation is incredible," Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told the local CBS affiliate. "It looks almost ...
Thousands of people in northeast Australia should expect "unprecedented flooding," authorities have warned, after relentless downpours forced a dam to be fully opened on Sunday. Once-in-a-century floods have turned streets into rivers and caused thousands to abandon their homes in Townsville, in Queensland state. Australia's tropical ...
Victims of last July's torrential rain that hit parts of western Japan were remembered Sunday, six months after the first special heavy rain warning during the disaster was issued. Bereaved relatives and residents laid flowers on an altar set up within the premises of a ...
Indian rescue workers were trying to reach 15 coal miners trapped underground for 13 days on Wednesday as families prayed for their safe return, but chances of survival looked slim after flood waters rushed through the illegal "rat-hole" pit. The 15 went to work at ...
Indonesia rescuers scramble amid rain and ash to reach isolated tsunami-hit areas
Indonesian search and rescue teams Wednesday plucked stranded residents from remote islands and pushed into isolated communities desperate for aid in the aftermath of a volcano-triggered tsunami that killed over 400. But torrential rains hampered the effort and heaped more misery on the region, as ...
Death toll tops 370 in Indonesian tsunami disaster as search for at least 128 missing continues
Body bags were laid out along the shattered coastline as Indonesian authorities stepped up efforts to collect the dead and save the injured Monday in the aftermath of tsunami apparently triggered by a volcanic eruption. The death toll climbed to 373 and was certain ...
Californians left homeless by wildfire brace for heavy rain, mudslides
Heavy rains were due to create new problems for residents of Northern California late on Tuesday, raising the risk of mudslides in an area where people left homeless by the state's deadliest wildfire remain huddled in parking lot encampments. State and federal officials warned people ...
Safari park gutted but Stanley the giraffe, other exotic animals survive Malibu wildfire
Stanley the giraffe and about 140 other creatures were safe after their small California exotic animal park was largely destroyed by the fierce wildfire that swept through the mountains above Malibu, the park's owners said. Stanley, who became a cause celebre on social media, rode ...
As relatives desperately searched shelters for missing loved ones Sunday, crews searching the smoking ruins of Paradise and outlying areas found six more bodies, raising the death toll to 29, matching the deadliest wildfire in California history. Wildfires continued to rage at both ends of ...
Hurricane Willa eases to potentially catastrophic Category 4 as it threatens Mexico's Pacific coast
A potential catastrophic Hurricane Willa swept toward Mexico's Pacific coast with winds of 150 mph (240 kph) Monday, threatening a stretch of high-rise resort hotels, surfing beaches and fishing villages. After briefly reaching Category 5 strength, the storm's maximum sustained winds weakened slightly to Category ...
