3+ week, 3+ day ago  (579+ words) A record early heat wave striking the west of the United States on Friday is a one-in-500-years type event and all but certainly the result of human-caused climate change, experts say. The heat has been toppling records this week…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (551+ words) Pino Terzo Di Dio was in tears as firefighters carried his beloved parrots out of his home, which has been cordoned off as his town teeters on a cliff edge. They were the latest pets to be saved by firefighters…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (642+ words) Residents sought refuge on rooftops and cars floated through flooded streets on Tuesday as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines, leaving at least two people dead. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced by the powerful storm, which made landfall shortly…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (449+ words) The Philippines evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and confirmed at least three deaths Friday as a severe tropical storm battered the country, still feeling the effects of Super Typhoon Ragasa. Civil defence officials in southern Luzon's Bicol region said…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (720+ words) Thousands of Pakistani rescuers battled rain and knee-deep mud Sunday, digging homes out from under massive boulders in a desperate search for survivors after flash floods killed at least 344 people in the country's mountainous north. " Most of the deaths were…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (509+ words) Indian rescue teams on Friday dug through mud searching for victims, a day after the latest deadly flood to crash through a Himalayan village killed at least 60 people. Dozens more are missing, including Hindu pilgrims who were visiting a shrine,…...