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Mud-caked volunteers clean flood debris in a Spanish town as authorities struggle to respond

Nov. 01, 2024 21:52 PM EDT

CHIVA, Spain. (AP) — Mud cakes her boots, splatters her leggings and the gloves holding her broom. Brown specks freckle her cheeks. The mire covering Alicia Montero is the signature uniform of the impromptu army of volunteers who, for a third day Friday, shoveled and swept out the...

In ‘Blitz,’ Steve McQueen shows wartime London through a child’s eyes

Oct. 31, 2024 15:28 PM EDT

It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.” As a Londoner, the German bombing raids on the city during World War II are never all that far from his mind. Reminders of it are everywhere. But the spark of inspiration...

Asia needs to spend much more to adapt to climate change and limit its damage, bank study says

Oct. 30, 2024 22:25 PM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Countries in Asia will suffer worse damage from the climate crisis than other regions and are falling far behind in spending on improvements to limit the damage and adapt to changing weather patterns and natural disasters, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released...

A powerful typhoon nears the Philippines, with many shelters still crammed after a recent storm

Oct. 30, 2024 07:36 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Villagers in northern Philippine provinces were forced to evacuate on Wednesday as a powerful typhoon approached the nation still reeling from a recent storm that left at least 182 dead and missing and emergency shelters crammed with displaced people. ...

These artificial reefs off a New York City beach help sea creatures. They might also save lives

Oct. 29, 2024 11:40 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Almost nothing stood in the way of the pounding waves that crashed into seaside homes in Staten Island's Tottenville neighborhood when Superstorm Sandy struck the city 12 years ago. A narrow strip of sand, some beach scrub and a few lonely trees did almost nothing to slow the...

A Philippine town in the shadow of a volcano is hit by landslides it never expected

Oct. 28, 2024 02:24 AM EDT

TALISAY, Philippines (AP) — As a storm pounded his rural home, Raynaldo Dejucos asked his wife and children to stay indoors and keep safe from possible lightning strikes, slippery roads or catching a fever. One thing the 36-year-old didn't mention was landslides. In the lakeside...

At least 126 dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides in Philippines

Oct. 26, 2024 16:38 PM EDT

TALISAY, Philippines (AP) — The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and the president said Saturday that many areas remained isolated with people in need of rescue. Trami blew away...

Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed 7

Oct. 26, 2024 12:18 PM EDT

HAVANA (AP) — A small town in Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least seven people after Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain. Cuba's capital was partially illuminated after a large-scale blackout generated...

Havasupai Tribe set to receive federal aid for severe flood damage

Oct. 25, 2024 20:59 PM EDT

SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) — The Havasupai Tribe is set to receive federal emergency aid to help repair damage caused by severe and deadly flooding this summer. President Joe Biden on Friday approved a disaster declaration for the Havasupai, whose reservation at the southwestern edge of...

Tropical storm battering Philippines leaves at least 24 people dead in flooding and landslides

Oct. 24, 2024 06:02 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Widespread flooding and landslides set off by a tropical storm in the northeastern Philippines on Thursday left at least 24 people dead, swept away cars and prompted authorities to scramble for motorboats to rescue trapped villagers, some on roofs. The...