Southern China rains kill 55, leave 14 missing
Chinese authorities say rainstorms that battered southern China this week have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing.
Chinese authorities say rainstorms that battered southern China this week have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing.
Predicting the arrival of a storm is no easy task even for meteorologists.
The death toll from a tornado that ripped through 20 villages in eastern Bangladesh has climbed to 20 people, with another 200 hurt, a government official said Saturday.
A heavy late-winter snowstorm battered northwestern Europe on Tuesday, causing widespread travel chaos with the cancellation of hundreds of flights at main airports and the suspension of train services including Eurostar.
A massive winter storm pounding the northern United States grounded over 1,200 flights, closed hundreds of schools and made roadways and highways impassable Tuesday.
Two powerful winter storms blanketed huge swaths of the central United States Monday and threatened to bury much of the northern portion of the country in the coming days.
The northeast of the United States crawled out from under a mammoth blizzard Sunday that caused at least eight deaths and paralyzed the region with high winds and heaps of snow.
A ferocious snowstorm pummeled the northeastern United States for a second straight day Saturday, killing at least two people, bringing transportation to a halt and cutting off power to at least half a million customers.
Planes, cars and trains came to a standstill across the densely populated US Northeast on Friday in the face of a blizzard raging from New York to Boston.
The United States government has given $4 million in additional aid for survivors of Typhoon “Pablo,” according to a top official of an international relief agency.
Protesters here on Tuesday night lifted their human barricade as the government gave in to their demand of fair distribution of relief goods to typhoon-affected areas.
Storm signals were lifted as Tropical Storm “Auring” (international name Sonamu) made its exit out of the Philippine territory Friday afternoon, the state weather bureau said.
Tropical Storm “Auring” (international name Sonamu) continued to head out of the country and is expected to exit the Philippine territory Saturday morning, the state weather bureau said Friday.
