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A million people are relocated as Typhoon Yagi makes 2 landfalls in southern China

Sep. 06, 2024 11:48 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — A powerful typhoon made two landfalls in southern China Friday after it swept south of Hong Kong, bringing many aspects of life in the region to a halt and forcing about a million people in the country’s south to leave their homes. The Hainan province’s...

In a landslide-stricken town in California, life is like camping with no power, gas

Sep. 06, 2024 01:01 AM EDT

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Nick Mardesic and his family are living off the power grid, so light at night comes from a flashlight, and a hot meal and shower require driving several miles to his parents’ home. The family is not in a rugged location, but rather on a scenic...

Ravens-Chiefs opener to NFL season delayed by 20 minutes after storm passes through Kansas City

Sep. 05, 2024 20:24 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The start of the NFL opener between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs was delayed by 20 minutes Thursday night when a strong but brief storm passed over Arrowhead Stadium, bringing with it torrential rain and lightning. The game had been scheduled...

Torrential rains in northern Italy flood Milan and leave a man missing

Sep. 05, 2024 13:32 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — A wave of violent rainstorms battered northern Italy on Thursday, flooding the financial hub of Milan and raising fears for the life of a man who was swept away on a tractor in the Piedmont region. Footage by state TV RAI showed the wheel of the vehicle still visible...

Pakistan hasn't learned lessons from 2022 deadly floods, experts say

Sep. 05, 2024 09:46 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters, showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people, experts said Thursday, as an aid group said half of the victims among 300...

A lightning strike damages Rome's ancient Constantine Arch

Sep. 04, 2024 09:39 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — Workers mounted a crane Wednesday to secure Rome’s Constantine Arch near the Colosseum after a lightning strike loosened fragments from the ancient structure. A violent thunder and lightning storm that felled trees and flooded streets in the Italian capital damaged...

Heavy monsoon rains and floods kill at least 33 in south India and 5 children in Pakistan this week

Sep. 03, 2024 03:21 AM EDT

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in southern India and five children in Pakistan over the past two days, authorities said Tuesday. In India's Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, houses collapsed and were swept away by...

Storm sets off floods and landslides in Philippines, leaving at least 14 dead

Sep. 02, 2024 08:38 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A storm set off landslides and unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday, leaving at least 14 people dead and prompting authorities to suspend school classes and government work in the densely populated capital region. ...

Paralympic triathlon events are postponed for a day because of poor water quality in the Seine River

Sep. 01, 2024 17:33 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Paralympic triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday were postponed for a day because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall, organizers said. The 11 para triathlon events are now scheduled for Monday, the Paris 2024...

A deadly storm sweeps through Japan and heavy rainfall could last for days

Sep. 01, 2024 08:15 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan brought torrential rain Sunday to Japan ’s Shizuoka area southwest of Tokyo, as weather officials warned it would linger for several more days. Shanshan had packed maximum winds of 65 kph (40 mph) when it made landfall Thursday, leaving six...