Thousands evacuated as forest fires rage in southern France. /AFP Around 2,700 people have been evacuated, some of them by boat, to escape forest fires that were raging Wednesday across a vast
Hagupit, the fourth typhoon of this year, has brought heavy downpours to Shanghai since Tuesday, causing urban waterlogging in some areas and disrupting traffic, accor
More than one million customers living along U.S. eastern coast were without power from Hurricane Isaias on Tuesday, according to PowerOutage.US. New Jersey is the mos
Graphics provided by the National Weather Service shows how New York City and its surrounding areas have been affected by tropical storm Isaias on Aug. 4, 2020. (Xinhua
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo is urging local governments to be prepared for the possible coming of Tropical Storm Isaias from Monday night to Tuesday morning,
East China's Fujian Province on Sunday launched a Grade III emergency response to Typhoon Hagupit, the fourth of this year. Authorities in Fujian have asked staff of c
A fast-growing wildfire in Riverside County of Southern California forced around 8,000 local residents to be evacuated, the authorities said Sunday. The blaze, dubbed
Storm clouds are seen over the city as Hurricane Isaias approaches the east coast of Florida on August 1. /AFP Photo Hurricane Isaias snapped trees and dumped torrential rains as it barreled t
Hanna, the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall Saturday on the southern coast of Texas, bringing heavy rains and flooding to the U.S. state already battered by the
A shopper looks at nearly empty shelves at a market as they prepare for hurricane Douglas in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 25, 2020. Ronen Zilberman / AFP Hurricane Douglas is currently headed towa
The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has made landfall in the U.S. state of Texas on Saturday, with maximum winds of 90 mph and pouring rains, as well as flash flood warnings an
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that his administration is closely monitoring Hurricane Hanna after it made landfall in the southern state of Texas. Th
Hanna, the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, has made landfall in the U.S. state of Texas, with maximum winds of 90 mph and heavy rains. Hanna morphed from a tropical storm in
A satellite image shows Hurricane Hanna in the Gulf of Mexico approaching the coast of Texas, U.S., July 25, 2020. /Reuters Hanna, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2020, slammed into the coast
China's national observatory on Sunday renewed a blue alert for rainstorms in several provinces and regions, where incessant downpours have already wreaked havoc. From
NASA’s latest mission won’t actually reach space – but it will come very close, with a massive observation craft made up of a football stadium-sized high-altitude balloon, along with a spe
Perched on a flowering shrub on a windy Andean mountainside, the tiny Ecuadorian Hillstar hummingbird chirps songs of seduction that only another bird of its kind can hear.As the male sings, he infla