Disaster Season
South Carolina braces for deluge as Tropical Storm Debby makes landfall
<div>Tropical Storm Debby made landfall early on Thursday and is forecast to dump even more rain on the South Carolina coast, prompting fears of flash flooding in areas already soaked by the slow-moving weather system.</div>
'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>
Deadly California storm triggers flooding, mudslides, power outages
<div>A deadly Pacific storm, the second "Pineapple Express" to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, crept over Southern California on Monday, unleashing torrential downpours that triggered street flooding and mudslides throughout the region.</div>
Power blackout hits Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and Croatia's Adriatic coast
<div>Montenegro, Bosnia and most of Croatia's Adriatic coast where temperatures approached 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40°C), experienced a major power blackout on Friday, according to Montenegro power distributor CEDIS and local media.</div>
At least 30 dead as torrential rains lash Central America
<div>At least 30 people have died and thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as storms and heavy rainfall continue to lash Central America, according to local officials, with the constant downpours flooding rivers, destroying homes, triggering landslides and cutting off entire communities.</div>
At least four die in Romania floods as rain batters central Europe
<div>At least four people died in eastern Romania after torrential rain caused flooding, the country's emergency response unit said on Saturday, as river levels surged in several other central and eastern European nations following days of heavy rainfall.</div>
Floods claim two more casualties as torrential rain batters central Europe
<div>One person drowned in southwest Poland and thousands were evacuated across the border in the Czech Republic after heavy rain continued to batter central Europe on Sunday, causing flooding in several parts of the region.</div>
New Zealand's east coast hit by floods, some residents evacuated
<div>Heavy rains and big seas on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island have caused homes to be evacuated as rivers flood and waves cause coastal inundation.</div>
Severe Flooding Along U.S. East Coast Leaves Thousands Without Power
<div>A powerful winter storm unleashed severe flooding across the East Coast, as strong winds downed power lines and left tens of thousands without electricity. The National Weather Service said another storm is expected to hit on Friday, which could bring more heavy rain.</div>
Super Typhoon Yagi sets sight on Vietnam after tearing through China's Hainan
<div>Super Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, churned towards the northern coast of Vietnam on Saturday after tearing through China's southern island province of Hainan with lightning, rain and violent winds.</div>
Tropical storm to make landfall in central Vietnam late Thursday
<div>A tropical storm is forecast to make landfall in central Vietnam late on Thursday, bringing torrential rains that could trigger dangerous floods, the government's weather agency said, shortly after northern regions were hit by the powerful Typhoon Yagi.</div>
'Humbling, and a bit worrying': Scientists fail to fully explain record global heat
<div><p>Blistering global temperatures have one NASA scientist warning: "We could be in uncharted territory." Others aren't so sure.</p></div>
'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Beryl hurtles towards Caribbean
<div>Hurricane Beryl barrelled across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Caribbean's Windward Islands as an "extremely dangerous" storm on Monday, threatening to devastate communities with floods, storm surges and life-threatening high winds, officials said.</div>
Greek prime minister warns of dangerous summer for wildfires
<div>Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday the country faced a dangerous summer for wildfires, with a prolonged drought and unusually strong winds contributing to tinderbox conditions.</div>
Beryl, southeast of Barbados, intensifies into hurricane
<div>The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Saturday that tropical storm Beryl had strengthened into a hurricane, and warned that it may rapidly intensify further.</div>
At least 22 people dead in devastating floods in Bosnia
<div>At least 22 people have died in severe floods and landslides which wiped out whole villages across Bosnia and Herzegovina and caused huge damage to the impoverished Balkan country, officials said on Tuesday.</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>
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>
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>
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