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Laura makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Texas
World
August 27, 2020
Laura makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Texas
DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) — Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as a ferocious Category 4 monster early Thursday, swamping…
Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
World
August 26, 2020
Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura is forecast to rapidly power up into a “catastrophic” Category Four hurricane, even stronger…
Fierce storm surge feared as Laura bears down on Gulf Coast
World
August 25, 2020
Fierce storm surge feared as Laura bears down on Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Laura entered the warm and deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday, gathering…
California’s heat wave and lightning storms rooted in same weather pattern
World
August 19, 2020
California’s heat wave and lightning storms rooted in same weather pattern
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The atmospheric pattern stoking California’s record-breaking heat wave this week has also played a role in…
Flood death toll hits 20 as Japan warned of more rainfall
World
July 5, 2020
Flood death toll hits 20 as Japan warned of more rainfall
TOKYO (Reuters) – The death toll from floods and landslides unleashed by torrential rains on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu…
Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead
World
July 4, 2020
Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people…
Slash emissions now or miss chance to avert climate disaster: UN
World
November 26, 2019
Slash emissions now or miss chance to avert climate disaster: UN
The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions,…
Ten killed as storms ravage eastern Japan: NHK
World
October 26, 2019
Ten killed as storms ravage eastern Japan: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in Japan climbed to 10 on…
Trump suggested nuking hurricanes: report
World
August 26, 2019
Trump suggested nuking hurricanes: report
US President Donald Trump suggested dropping nuclear bombs on hurricanes before they made landfall in the United States, Axios reported…
China: Landslide kills dozens as Typhoon Lekima rages
World
August 11, 2019
China: Landslide kills dozens as Typhoon Lekima rages
The death toll from a typhoon in eastern China that has been classed as the third-largest on record rose to…