Sydney Braces for Flash Floods as Rain Disaster Moves South March 3, 2022 SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney was preparing on Wednesday for dangerous flash flooding as population centers farther north began a massive...
Brazil Mudslide Death Toll Reaches 105, With Dozens Missing February 18, 2022 By Mauricio Savarese and Diarlei Rodrigues PETROPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — Rio de Janeiro state’s government has confirmed 105 deaths from floods and mudslides that swept away...
Landslides Kill at Least 24 as Rains Deluge Ecuador Capital February 3, 2022 By Gonzalo Solano QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A rain-weakened hillside collapsed in Ecuador’s capital, sweeping over homes and a sports field and killing...
Study Explores Social Legacy of Frequent Wildfires January 31, 2022 Three months after the most destructive fire in California’s history, while the residents of Paradise were sifting through the rubble...
Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar Count Deaths, Damage by Storm January 28, 2022 By Alexandre Nhampossa MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP)–Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi are counting the deaths and damage by tropical storm Ana and more than a...
Tropical Storm Ana Floods Madagascar’s Capital; 34 Dead January 25, 2022 By Laetitia Bezain ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP)–Tropical Storm Ana has caused widespread flooding in Madagascar, including in the capital city, raising the death toll...
Terrebonne Levee System to Get $379 Million in Federal Money January 24, 2022 By Keith Magill HOUMA, La. (AP)–A levee system that protects Terrebonne and parts of Lafourche from Gulf of Mexico hurricanes will receive $379...
Severe Brazil Flooding Spreads in Bahia and Beyond December 30, 2021 By Debora Alvares BRASILIA, Brazil (AP–A total of 116 cities in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia were in a state of emergency...
Forecaster Says Philippine Supertyphoon Rai ‘Exceeded All Predictions’ December 22, 2021 By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE–The rapid intensification that turned this week’s Typhoon Rai into the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year surpassed...
Typhoon Deaths in Philippines Top 140; Mayors Plead For Food December 20, 2021 By Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP)–The death toll in the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has reached at least 146,...