World / Science & Health Dec 5, 2019
Japan tops Global Climate Risk Index as extreme heat hits countries both rich and poor
The report says Japan faced “three exceptionally strong extreme weather events” in 2018.
World Dec 2, 2019
Moving across country, deadly storm draws bead on U.S. Northeast
A deadly winter storm that has been tormenting travelers across the U.S. since before Thanksgiving moved to the Northeast on Sunday, packing one last punch of snow and ice as people made their way home after the holiday weekend. The National Weather Service predicted more ...
World Dec 2, 2019
Nine reported killed, three injured in South Dakota plane crash during storm warning
Nine people died and three more were injured when a single-engine plane bound for Idaho crashed shortly after takeoff in South Dakota. Peter Knudson with the National Transportation Safety Board told The Associated Press 12 people were aboard the Pilatus PC-12 when it crashed about ...
National | Regional Voices: Tohoku Nov 29, 2019
Sendai launches new waterway project to prevent city flooding
Deadly Typhoon Hagibis caused riverbanks to burst across Japan in October, and also led to sewer flooding around Sendai Station, known as the gateway to the Tohoku region, leaving roads and underground passages in the heart of the city underwater. But for local business operators, ...
Asia Pacific Nov 29, 2019
More than 200 people have been forced to flee their homes after they were inundated by freak waves in the Marshall Islands' capital, Majuro. Swells averaging 5 meters (16 feet) washed rocks and debris onto roads, temporarily cutting access to the international airport at the ...
World Nov 28, 2019
A day after bringing havoc to the Rocky Mountains, a powerful winter storm rolled across the Midwest on Wednesday, threatening to scramble Thanksgiving plans for millions of people during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. The storm, which was blamed for one ...
World Nov 27, 2019
41 dead after heavy rain pounds Kinshasa, sparking landslides and floods
Forty-one people died in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa after torrential overnight rains, with some swept away by landslides, a top city official said Tuesday, giving a provisional toll. "The loss, in terms of property and lives, is really huge," Kinshasa's vice governor, Neron Mbungu, ...
World Nov 26, 2019
At least nine dead as downpours lash France, Italy and Greece
At least nine people have died after heavy rain slammed the Riviera coasts of France and Italy, trapping travelers in their cars, and caused flooding in parts of Greece. Some roads remained closed Monday on the French Riviera, and rivers were still rising in Italy ...
World Nov 25, 2019
Downpours sweep southern France and northern Italy, leaving at least three dead and pair missing
Flooding pounded France and Italy amid heavy rains over the weekend, leaving at least three dead and a stretch of elevated highway collapsed by a landslide, officials said Sunday. The weather has trapped travelers, downed trees and unleashing mudslides in parts of both countries. A ...
World Nov 23, 2019
At least 29 people were killed in Kenya when their homes were swept away in landslides during ferocious overnight rainstorms, the government said Saturday. Their homes were hit in the early hours of Saturday amid torrential rains in the Pokot region, some 350 kilometers (220 ...
Business Nov 23, 2019
Japan to assist creation of local power providers that function even during blackouts
The Environment Ministry plans to create a financial aid program to encourage the establishment of community-based power providers that could supply energy locally if disasters bring large-scale outages. The program will assist the creation of independent systems involving renewable energy facilities, transmission grids and storage ...
World Nov 14, 2019
An arctic blast that sent shivers across the Midwest spread to the Eastern U.S. on Wednesday, with bitter weather breaking records from Mississippi to Maine. Cold temperatures that stretched to the Gulf Coast followed a snowstorm that the National Weather Service said contributed to nearly ...