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Europe swelters in record-breaking June heatwave
Spain, France and other western European nations on Saturday sweltered under a blistering June heatwave that has sparked forest fi...
59 dead, millions stranded as floods hit Banglades...
Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 59 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of other...
Heatwave grips France and Spain as temps set to ri...
A punishing heatwave broke a string of records in France and Britain on Friday as Spain battled to contain forest fires that force...
Italy's Po Valley rations water amid record drough...
Italy's rich northern Lombardy region prepared to declare a state of emergency Thursday over a record drought which is threatening...
France braces for early heatwave as Spain battles...
French officials warned Thursday that a record pre-summer heatwave was spreading north from Spain, where authorities were fighting...
Spain bakes on fifth day of early heatwave
Spain's second heatwave in less than a month dragged on Wednesday for a fifth day, with temperatures expected to top 40 degrees Ce...
Floods, fires, heat waves: US struggles with clima...
Raging floods, devastating fires, powerful thunderstorms and a dangerous heat wave affecting a third of the population: the United...
Spain roasts in early heatwave
Spain was grappling Tuesday with a second unusually early heatwave in less than a month as temperatures hit levels normally seen i...
Sandstorm brings Iraq to standstill, grounds fligh...
Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport Monday as choking clouds of dust blanketed the capital, the latest crippling sandstorm in...
Southwestern US on alert for dangerous heatwave
A large swathe of the southwestern United States was on alert Thursday for a potentially deadly heatwave that could push temperatu...
Brazil storm death toll rises to 106
Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain have now killed at least 106 people in northeastern Brazil, officials said Tu...
Brazil storm death toll rises to 100
Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain have now killed at least 100 people in northeastern Brazil, officials said Tu...
Hurricane Agatha hits Mexico near Pacific beach re...
Hurricane Agatha, the first of the season, made landfall Monday near a string of beach resorts on Mexico's Pacific Coast, where re...
Bolsonaro visits disaster zone after deadly Brazil...
President Jair Bolsonaro sent his condolences Monday to the families of 91 people who died in torrential rains in northeastern Bra...
Death toll mounts from Brazil downpours as search...
Torrential rains in northeastern Brazil have left at least 56 people dead and dozens missing, civil defense officials said Sunday,...
Rain plays havc with start of Monaco Grand Prix
The Monaco Grand Prix finally got underway over an hour late and under a rolling start after heavy rain created scenes of chaos in...
Iraq sandstorm grounds flights, sends 1,000 to hos...
Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm -- the ninth since mid-April -- hit the cou...
One killed in Germany storm
A storm that swept through western Germany on Friday has killed at least one person and injured dozens, local authorities said Sat...
Millions stranded, dozens dead as flooding hits Ba...
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in parts of Bangladesh and India, leaving millions stranded and at least 57 dead, offi...
Two million stranded as worst floods in decades hi...
Rivers in Bangladesh have burst their banks and caused the worst floods in the country's northeast for nearly two decades, with ab...
Mideast sandstorms snarl traffic, close schools, h...
Sandstorms across the Middle East have delayed flights, closed schools and hospitalised thousands -- a phenomenon experts say coul...
Sandstorm blankets Saudi capital in grey haze
A sandstorm engulfed Saudi Arabia's capital and other regions of the desert kingdom Tuesday, hampering visibility and slowing road...
Pakistan parched and pummelled by blistering heatw...
Pakistan was in the grip of a heatwave on Friday, with parts of the nation previously scalded by temperatures of nearly 50 degrees...
Every heatwave enhanced by climate change: experts
All heatwaves today bear the unmistakable and measurable fingerprint of global warming, top experts on quantifying the impact of c...
Peru's president races home by car to avoid impeac...
President Pedro Castillo rushed back to Peru by car from a visit to Ecuador to avoid being impeached, after bad weather grounded h...
South Asia wilts in heat as Delhi rubbish dump bur...
Millions sweltered in an early summer heatwave across India and Pakistan on Thursday, leading to power and water shortages as annu...
'Ida' removed from UN agency's hurricane roster
The death and destruction caused by Hurricane Ida in the United States last year has prompted the World Meteorological Organizatio...
Garbage fire chokes Indian capital reeling from he...
Indian firefighting teams poured truckloads of sand and mud to douse a huge rubbish dump blaze on Wednesday after thick and putrid...
'Rare' springtime blizzard wallops parts of Canada...
A springtime blizzard walloped Canada's western Prairies region and parts of Ontario province this week, closing roads, airports a...
Dust storm covers Iraq for second time in a week
A dust storm blanketed Iraq again on Tuesday, sending people to hospital with breathing difficulties and leading airports to suspe...
Torrential rains kill 14 in Brazil
Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people includ...
Torrential rains in Brazil kill eight, 13 missing
Torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least eight people includi...