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…
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…
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…
Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti pick up pieces after Hurricane Melissa’s destruction
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of…
Tropical Storm Melissa to become a hurricane and drop torrential rain on Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa neared hurricane strength Saturday and was expected to rapidly intensify this…
Tropical Storm Melissa nearly stationary in the Caribbean as a major flood threat
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean on Friday,…
Tropical Storm Melissa brings flood risk to Jamaica and Hispaniola
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a…
Cargo aircraft skids into the sea in Hong Kong, killing 2
HONG KONG (AP) — A cargo aircraft skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security…
Storm decimates 2 Alaskan villages and drives more than 1,500 people from their homes
JUNEAU, Alaska — JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaskan coast…
Storm brings heavy rain, possible mudslides to California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rare October storm arrived in California on Tuesday and threatened to pummel wildfire-scarred…
High tides raise flood risk in Carolinas as tropical storms churn
A storm without a name was expected to bring flooding to the East Coast from South Carolina to…
The complicated messaging surrounding SA’s algal bloom summer
The face of South Australia’s algal bloom response says the messaging around the natural event has been “really…