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…
Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica’s farmers and fishers
The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa…
Kenyan landslide death toll rises to 26 as flash floods hamper search for survivors
NAIROBI, Kenya — The death toll from a deadly landslide in western Kenya has risen to 26 after…
Rescuers and aid workers bring relief to hurricane-hit Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and…