More than 30,000 homes without power, rail passengers urged not to travel
Britain and Ireland hunkered down Sunday for a powerful storm expected to disrupt air, rail and sea links, cancel sports events, cut electrical power and damage property. With howling winds and driving rain, forecasters said Ciara would also hit...
The death toll from two avalanches in eastern Turkey rose to 41 on Thursday, the government's disaster management agency said, as rescue teams continued a difficult search for two missing people. Five were killed in the first avalanche in Van province...
Three days of rain all month
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Strong winds and high pressure weather system on the way
Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least three people and left hundreds of villages cut off following days of heavy rainfall, official media reported on Tuesday. "So far three people have been confirmed dead and one has been reported missing,"...
Hopes of containing Australia's months-long bushfire crisis rose Tuesday with heavy rain forecast, but toxic smoke in Melbourne disrupted warm-up events for the year's first tennis Grand Slam. Cool weather over recent days had already given some...
Malta was hotter and drier than average in 2019, in a year that will be remembered for its weather extremes. February’s violent storm, which wreaked havoc across the country, was followed by the stormiest May in decades and the hottest June on...
Largest military call-up in living memory to assist thousands of firefighters
Britain recorded its highest ever summer and winter temperatures in 2019, ending one of the hottest decades in history, the Met Office said Friday. As much of northern Europe sweltered in a July heatwave, the mercury hit 38.7 Celsius in the east of...
Chilly weather to persist in first few days of 2020
Tropical Cyclone Sarai was moving slowly away from Fiji on Sunday, leaving two people dead and more than 2,500 needing emergency shelter. The cyclone damaged houses, crops and trees, cut power and forced the cancellation of several international...
Temperatures expected to dip below average as from Sunday
A typhoon that swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of the central Philippines on Christmas Day claimed at least 16 lives, authorities said Thursday. Typhoon Phanfone, with winds of 195 kilometres (120 miles) an hour, tore roofs off...
But strong winds expected on Christmas eve
The death toll from storms that have battered Spain, Portugal and France rose to nine on Sunday as the region braced for more violent winds and heavy rain. Storms Elsa and Fabien have flooded rivers, brought down power lines, uprooted trees and...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited firefighters battling Australia's bushfire crisis on Sunday, as he apologised for a Hawaiian holiday that ended early after public outrage. Morrison toured headquarters of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service -...
Storms Elsa and Fabien batters parts of Spain, Portugal and France
Violent winds and torrential rain battered Spain, Portugal and France overnight leaving at least four people dead, rescuers said Friday, as the region braced for the arrival of another storm. In Portugal, one man died in a road accident caused by a...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison cut short a Hawaii holiday on Friday following a barrage of criticism for vacationing while his country battles an unprecedented bushfire crisis. Morrison expressed regret for the family trip as two volunteer...
Australia set a record for its hottest day ever for a second straight day, with an average national maximum temperature of 41.9 degrees Celsius, a full degree higher than the previous mark, officials said Thursday. The Bureau of Meteorology said the...
Australia this week experienced its hottest day on record and the heatwave is expected to worsen, exacerbating an already unprecedented bushfire season, authorities said Wednesday. The average nationwide temperatures of 40.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday...
Witnesses say that the migrants sleeping inside were not hurt
Business owners contend with strong swells as they wait for a breakwater project
Fourteen departments in southwestern France, the Alps region and the Mediterranean island of Corsica were on alert Saturday following gale-force winds and flooding that cut off electricity in 60,000 homes, killed one person and injured five others. The...
Three-day gaming event resumed on Saturday afternoon
Gozo Channel reroutes as Sicily catamaran service cancelled
Extra voyages on Sunday
A British woman suffering from severe hypothermia who was revived by doctors in Spain after more than six hours of cardiac arrest, on Thursday hailed her survival as "a miracle". Audrey Marsh collapsed at around 1pm on November 3 when she and her...
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