At least 158 people have died in the “deadliest episode of flooding in Spain’s modern history,” reported The Guardian. Many more are still missing. The storm that started on Tuesday in southern and eastern Spain brought a year’s worth of rainfall in hours, CNN reported. In the hardest-hit Valencia region, where most of the deaths […]
Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in southwest Japan on Thursday with strong winds and heavy rain, killing at least four people and injuring 94 or more, reported BBC News. Millions were told to evacuate as Shanshan — downgraded Thursday evening to a “severe tropical storm” — knocked out electricity for 237,000-plus households, forced the closure of […]
In an extreme flooding event across eight districts in Bangladesh, roughly three million people have been left stranded. According to Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star, locals reported not having seen such severe flooding in 37 years. “I haven’t seen so much water in the last 20 years. Everything in my house is wrecked because the […]
A heat dome over Texas and the southwestern United States is baking more than 23 million people with some of the summer’s hottest temperatures, leading to heat advisories and warnings, Heat.gov said. Extreme temperatures were predicted to continue through the end of the week with record or near-record temperatures in some parts of New Mexico, […]
Hurricane Ernesto left about a third of Puerto Rico’s residents without power on Thursday as it strengthened to become a Category 1 hurricane and barreled toward Bermuda, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous storm surge. On Thursday morning, the storm was approximately 600 miles from Bermuda and crawling toward the island at about 13.8 […]
Glacial flooding damaged more than 100 homes and sent residents seeking shelter on Tuesday in Juneau, Alaska, in what has become a near-annual summertime occurrence. Last week, Juneau officials issued a warning that Suicide Basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier nestled just outside Juneau, had reached a level that meant flooding was possible. […]
Tropical Storm Debby gained strength over the weekend to become a Category 1 hurricane, making landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast early Monday morning with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, reported The Associated Press. The National Hurricane Center issued a storm surge warning for the coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. More […]
Since Monday night, northeast Vermont has been inundated with heavy rain and flash flooding that washed out roads, damaged buildings and left residents stranded, reported Reuters. Nearly eight inches of rain fell in only six hours in St. Johnsbury — considered a one in a thousand year event, CNN reported. “This is devastating and was […]
The death toll in India’s Kerala state has risen to 167, with nearly 200 people still missing, after two consecutive landslides swept away hundreds of homes in the Wayanad district. Hundreds of rescue workers sifted through mud and rocks in search of survivors as hopes began to dwindle, reported Reuters. The rescue effort was impeded […]
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