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Tropical Storm Philippe threatens heavy rains and flash floods in Leeward Islands, forecasters say
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Philippe is threatening to unleash heavy rains and flash flooding in the northeastern Caribbean on Monday before eventually spinning north into the open Atlantic, where it could strengthen into a hurricane around midweek, forecasters say. ...
Typhoon Koinu strengthens while moving toward Taiwan and is forecast to hit land this week
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Koinu, traveling westward from the Pacific, was strengthening as it moved toward Taiwan, meteorologists on the island said Monday. The storm was expanding in size and was expected to make landfall by Thursday morning, they said. Koinu...
Tropical Storm Philippe a threat for flash floods overnight in Leeward Islands, forecasters say
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Philippe is threatening to unleash heavy overnight rains and flash flooding in the Leeward Islands before eventually recurving out into the central Atlantic where it could gain hurricane status around midweek, forecasters say. The U.S. National Hurricane...
India's devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Sanjay Chauhan witnessed monsoon rains lash down over his home and farm in the Indian Himalayas this year with a magnitude and intensity he's never experienced before. “Buildings have collapsed, roads are broken, there were so many landslides including one...
New York begins drying out after being stunned and soaked by record-breaking rainfall
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City began drying out Saturday after being soaked by one of its wettest days in decades, as city dwellers dried out basements and traffic resumed on highways, railways and airports that were temporarily shuttered by Friday's severe rainfall. While the...
New York City area gets one of its wettest days in decades, as rain swamps subways and streets
NEW YORK (AP) — Rain walloped the New York metropolitan area with a startling punch Friday, knocking out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranding drivers on highways, flooding basements and shuttering a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours in one of the city's wettest days in decades....
Storm eases in Greece but flood risk remains high amid rising river levels
VOLOS, Greece (AP) — Bad weather eased in central Greece on Friday leaving widespread flooding and infrastructure damage across the farming region that has been battered by two powerful storms in less than a month. Divers located the body of missing pilot, a day after a helicopter...
New storms batter central Greece as government prioritizes adapting to effects of climate change
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — New floods following torrential rain swept Wednesday across swathes of central Greece already battered by deadly storms weeks earlier, once again damaging roads, flooding homes and causing power outages in the city of Volos and the island of Evia. At least...
Searchers find body believed to be that of a woman swept into ocean from popular Washington beach
RIALTO BEACH, Wash. (AP) — The search for a 26-year-old woman who was swept into the ocean from a popular beach on the Washington coast has ended after a body was found that matches her description, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday. The Coast Guard said it received a call at 10:50...
Ukrainian boat captain found guilty in Hungary for the 2019 Danube collision that killed at least 27
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The captain of a river cruise boat that collided with another vessel in Hungary's capital in 2019, killing at least 27 people who were mostly tourists from South Korea, was found guilty on Tuesday of negligence leading to a fatal mass catastrophe and sentenced to five...
