Severe Weather

Dubai flooding amid atypical heavy rains snarls traffic on UAE roads and airport runways

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, flooding porti...

world | 5 months ago

At least 135 dead in Pakistan and Afghanistan as flooding continues to slam region

Death tolls across parts of central Asia have risen sharply as unusually extreme weather has continu...

world | 5 months ago

Dubai airport operations ramp back up as flooding from UAE's heaviest rains ever recorded lingers on roads

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates struggled Thursday to recover from the heavie...

world | 5 months ago

What is cloud seeding and did it play any role in the Dubai floods?

Stranded airline passengers and a cat submerged in floodwaters clinging to a car door handle became ...

world | 5 months ago

Tornadoes leave a trail of destruction in Oklahoma, communities begin to assess damage

Multiple tornadoes touched down in several counties across Oklahoma on Saturday night, leaving a tra...

us | 5 months ago

Kenya floods death toll nears 170 as president vows help for his country's "victims of climate change"

Nairobi — Kenyan President William Ruto convened a special cabinet meeting Tuesday to discuss measur...

world | 5 months ago

Kansas tornado leaves 1 dead, destroys nearly two dozen homes, officials say

One person died Tuesday and nearly two dozen homes were destroyed when a tornado ripped through the ...

us | 5 months ago

Kenya floods hit Massai Mara game reserve, trapping tourists who climbed trees to await rescue by helicopter

Johannesburg — Tourists were evacuated by helicopter on Wednesday from Kenya's Maasai Mara National ...

world | 5 months ago

Summer heat hits Asia early, killing dozens as one expert calls it the "most extreme event" in climate history

New Delhi — It's still spring but hundreds of millions of people across South and Southeast Asia hav...

world | 5 months ago

Millions still under flood watch as southeastern Texas braces for more rain

A flood watch remained in effect for parts of southeastern Texas on Sunday, with forecasters expecti...

us | 5 months ago

Brazil floods death toll nears 90 as rescue efforts continue amid skyscrapers of Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre — From top to bottom, rescuers have been scouring buildings in Porto Alegre for inhabit...

world | 5 months ago

Caramelo the horse rescued from a rooftop amid Brazil floods in a boost for a beleaguered nation

Canoas, Brazil — A Brazilian horse nicknamed Caramelo by social media users garnered national attent...

world | 5 months ago

Huge billboard in Mumbai toppled by storm, killing more than a dozen people in India's financial capital

New Delhi — At least 14 people were killed and 74 others injured when a massive billboard collapsed ...

world | 5 months ago

Powerful storms spawn more tornadoes, flooding in Midwest

Storms that pummeled much of Nebraska with torrential rain, high winds and large hail spun up fierce...

us | 4 months ago

Dramatic video shows Texas couple breaking windshield to save man whose truck was being swallowed in flooded ditch

A Houston-area couple risked their lives to save another from rushing waters earlier this week. Afte...

us | 4 months ago

Dangerous heat wave in the West is already breaking records and the temperatures could get worse

Parts of the West are under excessive heat warnings and officials say multiple record-high temperatu...

us | 4 months ago