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Rare Thai typhoon creates floods and blackouts but spares tourist islands
Floods and blackouts caused by Tropical Storm Pabuk left nearly 30,000 people in evacuation shelters across southern Thailand Saturday, as relieved tourists stranded on islands further north were spared the worst and began to plot routes home. Pabuk, a once-in-three-decades weather system, packed winds of ...
Snow-related accidents across Japan claim at least four lives
As many as four people die in accidents amid heavy snow over the weekend as wide areas of the country are gripped in frigid weather.
Storms bring blizzards, freezing rain and flooding across much of America
A powerful winter storm that brought blizzard warnings Friday across the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least three fatal crashes. Flash flooding from rains in the South swept away cars and forced dozens of water rescues. In northern New England, a mix of snow, ...
From floods to extreme heat, 10 of the worst climate-linked disasters in 2018 caused at least $84.8 billion worth of damage, a study released by the charity Christian Aid said on Thursday. Extreme weather driven by climate change hit every populated continent this year, the ...
Marine debris teams were dispatched to assess the damage this week after a tiny, remote Hawaiian island was largely wiped off the map when a raging hurricane passed through, officials said. East Island was a low-lying island composed mainly of loose sand and gravel, and ...
Typhoon Yutu leaves Northern Marianas without power or water
Rescue teams and heavy equipment were mobilized across the Northern Mariana Islands on Thursday after a typhoon hit U.S. Western Pacific territories overnight, causing blackouts and damage to critical infrastructure. With sustained winds of over 270 kph (168 mph), Typhoon Yutu pulled down trees, telegraph ...
Storms packing nearly winds of 180 kilometers per hour (110 mph) winds hit Portugal early Sunday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power before carrying heavy rain on into Spain, authorities said. The region around capital Lisbon and the center of the country at ...
Hurricane Michael death toll rises to at least 17 as search goes on in Florida
The death toll from Hurricane Michael rose to 17 people across four states on Friday as rescuers, hampered by power and phone outages, used cadaver dogs, drones and heavy equipment to search devastated communities in the Florida Panhandle. Searchers found one person dead in the ...
A cyclone packing winds of up to 150 kilometers per hour (95 mph) and heavy rains hit eastern India early Thursday. Over 300,000 people were evacuated from low-lying areas. Two men were reported killed. Officials in neighboring Bangladesh were on alert in the coastal district ...
Hurricane Michael, fiercest in 80 years, pounds Florida with 250-kph winds
Hurricane Michael, the third-most-powerful ever to strike the U.S. mainland, battered Florida's Gulf coast with roof-shredding winds, raging surf and torrential rains before it was downgraded to a tropical storm as it headed through Georgia. Michael, whose rapid intensification as it churned north over the ...
Scientists blame warm water in the Gulf of Mexico for spawning Hurricane Michael's intensity
When Hurricane Michael barreled into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with 155-mph (249-kph) sustained winds, it defied forecasts made just two days beforehand, its wind speeds doubling since Monday and coming in just short of the highest category of intensity. Michael was not the only ...
Snarled traffic and snapped trees: Typhoon Trami in pictures
Two people were killed and more than 160 were injured by powerful Typhoon Trami that battered Japan over the weekend, as the storm’s aftermath brought travel chaos to morning commuters in the capital.
