The winners of this year’s Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge created innovative projects to improve their cities’ core services – many using some combination of artificial intelligence and the…
Read more Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge winnersCalifornia was walloped Monday by a powerful winter storm carrying treacherous thunderstorms, high winds and heavy snow in mountain areas. Millions of Los Angeles County residents faced flash…
Read more California walloped by winter storm with high winds and heavy rain and snowCalifornia was walloped Monday by a powerful winter storm carrying treacherous thunderstorms, high winds and heavy snow in mountain areas. Millions of Los Angeles County residents faced flash…
Read more California walloped by winter storm with high winds and heavy rain and snowANTANANARIVO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – At least 59 people died when Cyclone Gezani struck Madagascar last week, the disaster management office said on Monday, as it assesses the…
Read more Cyclone Gezani Leaves 59 Dead in Madagascar, Displaces More Than 16,000PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) – The Louvre museum’s Denon gallery, where its most valuable paintings are displayed, was hit by a water leak on Thursday evening, though the…
Read more Louvre Museum’s Denon Gallery Damaged by Water Leak, Mona Lisa UnaffectedLISBON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Portugal is bracing for a new storm that authorities warn could trigger floods and further devastation, as the country still struggles with the…
Read more New Tempest Threatens Portugal, One Week After Storm KristinMAPUTO, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Mozambique’s President Daniel Chapo has cancelled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week due to severe floods that have…
Read more Mozambique President Cancels Davos Trip Due to Severe FloodsCAIRO, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he valued an offer by U.S. President Donald Trump to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters…
Read more Egypt’s Sisi Says He Values Offer by Trump to Mediate Egypt-Ethiopia Dispute on Nile River WatersRain poured down on the iconic Rose Parade on Thursday for the first time in 20 years, as flood warnings and evacuation orders in Southern California joined snow…
Read more Rain soaks Rose Parade in California and snow squalls hit Midwest and Northeast on first day of 2026Rain poured down on the iconic Rose Parade on Thursday for the first time in 20 years, as flood warnings and evacuation orders in Southern California joined snow…
Read more Rain soaks Rose Parade in California and snow squalls hit Midwest and Northeast on first day of 2026For the first time in 20 years, rain is expected to intrude on the Rose Parade in Southern California, a venerable New Year’s Day event that attracts thousands…
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Read more Storms bring heavy rain to the Pacific Northwest, snow and freezing rain to the Upper MidwestWRIGHTWOOD, Calif. — A strong storm system that brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California this week was expected to ease Friday, but there was still a…
Read more Rain-soaked California still at risk of floods and high surfWRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A strong storm system that brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California this week was expected to ease Friday, but there was still…
Read more Rain-Soaked California Still at Risk of Floods and High SurfREDDING, Calif. — Heavy rain and flash flooding soaked roads in northern California, leading to water rescues from vehicles and homes and at least one confirmed death, authorities…
Read more Flash flooding in northern California leads to soaked roads, water rescues and one deathPETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before…
Read more Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly 2 months after Hurricane MelissaBy Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ramadan Abed CAIRO/GAZA, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Torrential rain swept across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, flooding hundreds of tents sheltering families displaced by…
Read more Rain Has Flooded Gaza Tents and a Baby Died of Exposure, Medics SayJAKARTA, Nov 29 (Reuters) – The death toll from floods and landslides following cyclonic rains in the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to 303, the head of…
Read more Indonesia Flood Death Toll Climbs to 303 Amid Cyclone Devastation, Disaster Agency SaysJAKARTA/BANGKOK (Reuters) -The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 129 on Friday, with authorities in the region working to rescue…
Read more Rescuers Step up Recovery Operations as Southeast Asia Flood Deaths Reach 129By Cong Sun and Huey Mun Leong HAY YAI, Thailand/KUALA PERLIS, Malaysia (Reuters) -Rescuers in Thailand readied drones on Thursday to airdrop food parcels, as receding floodwaters in…
Read more Thailand Eyes Drones to Boost Flood Relief Efforts; Deaths Climb in Indonesia