Disaster Season

Parts of India record hottest April as heatwave kills nine

<div>Eastern India experienced its hottest April on record as a heatwave scorched parts of the country amid a general election, killing at least nine people, and the weather office on Wednesday forecast above normal temperatures for May too.</div>

North Korea says Russia's Putin offered humanitarian aid over flood damage

<div>Heavy rains have pummeled the North's northwestern areas, flooding more than 4,000 homes and isolating some 5,000 residents</div>

Winter weather snarls air, train travel across Germany

<div>Freezing rain in central and southern Germany grounded hundreds of flights and restricted train traffic on Wednesday as the weather service warned of slippery roads and heavy snowfall.</div>

Heavy rains in Nepal kill 20 in two days amid landslides, lightning strikes

<div>Heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in Nepal, killing at least 11 people, with another nine killed by lightning strikes over the past two days, officials said on Wednesday.</div>

Hundreds still stranded, plants closed in India's flood-hit Chennai

A volunteer offers food to a resident after his house got partially submerged following heavy rains due to Cyclone Michaung, in Chennai, India, December 6, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File photo Volunteers waded through stagnant water to hand out food and supplies, and some manufacturing plants remained shut in India's southern tech-and-auto hub district of Chennai on Friday, four days after cyclone Michaung lashed the coast. At least 14 people, most of them in Chennai and its state of Tamil Nadu, ha

'Catastrophic' Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 5, takes aim at Florida

<div><p>Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 hurricane, threatens disastrous winds and storm surge to the Tampa Bay area and the west coast of Florida, officials said Monday.</p></div>

Austria battles major flooding after record downpours

<div>Heavy rains lashed Alpine regions of Austria and left parts of Vienna under water at the weekend, causing severe damage in parts of the country and disrupting road and rail transport, authorities and local media said.</div>

Hurricane Beryl: Where is it going and what is a Category 5 storm?

<div>Powerful Hurricane Beryl barreled towards Jamaica on Tuesday as the 2024 Atlantic season's first hurricane and the earliest storm on record to reach the strongest possible ranking: Category 5.</div>

Torrential rains kill at least 22 in Congo's Kasai region

<div>At least 22 people died on Tuesday in Congo's Kasai-Central province, where torrential rains destroyed infrastructure and caused flooding, authorities of the town of Kananga said.</div>

Heavy Rio de Janeiro rains kill at least 11 people

<div>Heavy rains that buffeted Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state this weekend have killed at least 11 people, according to the state fire service.</div>

North Korea says thousands of homes hit by flooding

<div>Over 4,000 homes in North Korea's city of Sinuiju and Uiju County near the border with China have been flooded due to heavy rainfall, state media KCNA said on Wednesday.</div>

'Severe' geomagnetic storm impacts Earth; could bring northern lights to the U.S.

<div><p>This is the third geomagnetic storm to reach G4 status during the current 11-year solar cycle, which began in 2019, officials said.</p></div>

Forty-seven dead in heavy rain, floods in northern Afghanistan, official says

<div>At least 47 people have died after continued heavy rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday, a day after a similar number were killed in a central province.</div>

Winter Storms and Dangerous Cold Bring Weather Warnings Across U.S.

<div>Arctic freeze is expected to stretch from the Pacific Northwest to the Rust Belt and into the South, along with snow and sleet.</div>

South Korea monsoon rains spur evacuations, disrupt flights

<div>South Korea ordered people living near rivers in its central region to evacuate homes on Thursday as heavy monsoon showers dumped more than 300 mm (12 inches) of rain, while warnings went out across a large swathe of the country, including the capital.</div>

Taiwan clears up, slowly re-opens after hit from Typhoon Krathon

<div>Southern Taiwan worked on Friday to clear up damage from flooding and high winds after Typhoon Krathon slammed into a major metropolis, while most of the rest of the island resumed work and financial markets re-opened.</div>

Arctic blast ends New York snow drought, brings record cold to West

<div>Millions of Americans awoke on Tuesday to snow, freezing rain and frigid temperatures as an Arctic blast gripped much of the United States, ending a nearly two-year "snow drought" in New York City and putting much of the West into a deep freeze.</div>

Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall in Florida as Category 1 Storm

<div>The storm is expected to bring heavy rain and catastrophic flooding to the southeast Atlantic coast.</div>

Hurricane Ernesto nears Bermuda as Puerto Rico outages persist

<div>Hurricane Ernesto on Thursday barreled toward Bermuda where it threatened powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and heavy rains over the weekend after leaving hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans without power in its wake.</div>

Fresh storms dump more rain on Mexico's Pacific coast, slammed by Hurricane John

<div>More downpours are set to drop rain on Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, after the area was already soaked by the deadly Hurricane John last week.</div>