Floods in Philippines kill at least 9 and trap others on roofs as storm approaches

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Torrential rain set off by an approaching tropical storm swamped the eastern Philippines with widespread flooding that killed at least nine people, trapped others on their roofs and sparked frantic appeals for help, officials said Wednesday. The...

Tropical Storm Oscar disintegrates en route to the Bahamas after killing 7 people in Cuba

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Oscar disintegrated Tuesday as it headed toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least seven people and unleashing heavy rains on an island also hit by an unrelated massive power outage. ...

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

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...

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

HAVANA (AP) — A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain. Cuba's capital was partially illuminated Monday night after...

Oscar brings winds, heavy rains to eastern Cuba after striking the Bahamas

HAVANA (AP) — Tropical Storm Oscar brought heavy rains and winds to Cuba, an island already beleaguered by a massive power outage, late Sunday after brushing the Bahamas. It made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) in the eastern...

Cubans struggle as power not fully restored days after blackout and hurricane hits island

HAVANA (AP) — Many Cubans waited in anguish late Sunday as electricity on much of the island had yet to be restored days after a country-wide blackout. Their concerns were heightened as Hurricane Oscar slammed into Cuba's eastern coast, lashing it with heavy wind and rain. Energy...

Hurricane Oscar forms off the Bahamas, heavy rain expected in region that includes Cuba, Turks and Caicos

Two days of torrential rain bring major flooding to central France

PARIS (AP) — France's prime minister said Friday that firefighters and other rescuers have been involved in about 2,300 operations, some of them lifesaving, in what appears to be the biggest flooding in 40 years in central France. Michel Barnier visited French authorities' crisis...

Flooding in central France submerges rail and road links

PARIS (AP) — Torrential rains and flooding submerged roads and railways in central France on Thursday, disrupting transportation in the region. National railway operator SNCF halted regional trains between the cities of Lyon and Saint-Étienne, saying the tracks were impassable....

Florida digs out of mountains of sand swept in by back-to-back hurricanes

BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When a hurricane sets its sights on Florida, storm-weary residents may think of catastrophic wind, hammering rain and dangerous storm surge. Mounds of sand swallowing their homes? Not so much. That’s the reality for some after Hurricanes Helene and...