Super Typhoon slams Philippines, killing 2 and displacing 1 million
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed ashore overnight on the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had…
Powerful quake strikes off the coast of Japan, tsunami advisory lifted after 3 hours
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful quake rattled northern Japan Sunday evening, followed by several more temblors, according to…
Nearly a million people evacuate as super typhoon threatens the Philippines
Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country’s northeastern coast…
At UN climate summit, countries attest to harms of Earth’s warming
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered searing dispatches of life on…
Vietnam looks to new strategies for living with extreme storms
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms…
Deadly earthquake strikes northern Afghanistan
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 530 injured after a powerful earthquake struck northern…
Typhoon Kalmaegi hits central Philippines, causing deadly flash floods
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fast-moving typhoon barreled across the central Philippines Monday after slamming ashore overnight from…
Jamaica rushes to prepare for peak tourism season after Hurricane Melissa
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s peak tourism season is one month away, and officials in the hurricane-ravaged…
Rescuers and aid workers race to reach flood-hit central Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Rescuers and aid workers in central Vietnam raced to reach isolated area that were…
Tens of thousands of people evacuate as typhoon approaches eastern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate to safer grounds and prohibited…
Alarm as residents are tempted to remove weather-felled trees
“Dangerous” measures to remove fallen trees in Otago and Southland have become the biggest long-term concern after last…
More than 150,000 evacuate in Philippines as typhoon approaches
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — More than 150,000 people evacuated to safer ground in eastern Philippine provinces Monday as…