More than 40 people are now known to have died after multiple landslides struck Kenya and Uganda’s mountainous border region last week. “I lost a grandmother, a maternal…
Read more Agony for families as landslide death toll climbs in Uganda and KenyaHurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since record-keeping began 174 years ago.The storm…
Read more Jamaica braces for catastrophic damage as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa approachesHurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength on Monday as it neared Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, multiple landslides and extensive infrastructure damage.Melissa is…
Read more Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane as it nears JamaicaIn mid-May, at about ten thousand feet above sea level, a rocky mountainside in the Swiss Alps gave way and tumbled onto a field of ice called the…
Read more The Lessons of a Glacier’s CollapseCNN — Hilary has triggered deadly flooding, heavy rains and powerful gusts across parts of the southwest and Mexico, transforming streets into raging rivers and forcing some residents…
Read more Hilary moves through Southwest with historic amount of rainfall | CNNCNN — A powerful typhoon brought widespread flooding and landslides to the Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least five people, authorities in the country said. Typhoon Doksuri, known…
Read more Typhoon Doksuri kills at least five as Philippines battles floods and landslides | CNNCNN — California state emergency officials have deployed crews across the state to respond to the potentially damaging impacts of yet another atmospheric river slamming the storm-fatigued state.…
Read more Most Californians are under a severe weather alert as another atmospheric river dumps heavy rain | CNNCNN — Still reeling from storms that inundated neighborhoods, forced rescues and damaged roads, storm-battered California is bracing for another atmospheric river that threatens even more flooding Monday.…
Read more Another atmospheric river is coming for California, where neighborhoods are still flooded and hundreds of evacuated residents are in shelters | CNNCNN — An atmospheric river is a plume of moisture that helps carry saturated air from the tropics to higher latitudes, delivering unrelenting rain or snow. Think of…
Read more What is an atmospheric river? | CNNCNN — A CSX freight train derailed Wednesday morning after striking a rockslide in a remote area of West Virginia, injuring three crew members and spilling diesel fuel…
Read more CSX freight train derails after striking rockslide in West Virginia, injuring 3 and spilling diesel into river | CNNCNN — Another atmospheric river has arrived in storm-battered California, bringing renewed flooding fears, possible landslides and treacherous travel to the state Monday where a relentless string of…
Read more Another atmospheric river lashes California, renewing flooding concerns in state where storms have left at least 19 dead | CNNCNN — Storm-battered California – still reeling from weeks of deadly flooding, mudslides and rescues – is being hit with more rainfall over the weekend. An unrelenting string…
Read more More rain is on the way for weather-beaten California, where storms have flooded communities and left at least 19 dead | CNNCNN — The historic storms devastating much of California have turned entire neighborhoods into lakes, unleashed sewage into floodwater and killed at least 18 people. And there’s more…
Read more ‘A very significant emergency’: California’s deadly, record-setting storms are about to get an encore | CNNCNN — A powerful storm battering California has forced thousands to evacuate – including an entire community – and prompted dozens of water rescues as floodwater inundated roadways,…
Read more Thousands urged to flee their homes as storm wallops California, closing down roads, prompting water rescues and leaving 1 dead | CNNCNN — Much of California can’t soak up another drop of rain. Yet the state is getting pummeled again with torrential downpours and ferocious winds, causing power outages…
Read more 90% of Californians are under flood watches as another storm threatens mudslides, power outages and deadly inundation | CNNCNN — No injuries were reported after part of a cliff collapsed onto a beach Friday in coastal Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles County, the Southern California…
Read more Concerns of ‘more landslides’ in Southern California after portion of cliff collapses onto beach | CNNCNN — At least eight people have been confirmed dead after a landslide hit the Italian island of Ischia on Saturday, damaging buildings and obliterating transport infrastructure in…
Read more Landslide on Italian island of Ischia kills at least 8 | CNNCNN — Whether you are flying home after the long Thanksgiving weekend or planning a trip to a faraway destination, we’ve got some tips and tricks from the…
Read more Start your week smart: China, Severe weather, Landslide, World Cup, Irene Cara | CNNCNN — A landslide in Venezuela on Sunday has killed at least 39 people and left over 50 missing in the north central state of Aragua, Venezuela’s leader…
Read more Venezuela landslide kills at least 39 people, over 50 missing | CNN
