Hurricane Melissa has strengthened to a Category 5 storm and is expected to produce catastrophic floods and heavy infrastructure damage in Jamaica. Flash floods are projected to sweep…
Read more Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica as Category 5 StormThe high north is dreaded for its bone-chilling winters. Even worse, say soldiers there, is the warmer season, when insects infest marshes that flood overnight. Sune Engel Rasmussen…
Read more How Arctic Soldiers Train for What They Fear Most: Warm WeatherTOKYO (AP) — Japan issued tsunami alerts and ordered evacuations following a series of earthquakes on Monday that started a fire and trapped people under rubble on the…
Read more Japan issues tsunami warnings after dozens of quakes, including a 7.6 magnitude, off western coastWhat’s going on with frozen fruit and vegetables? Food prices rose 0.2% on the month in July after remaining unchanged in June, and they rose 4.9% on the…
Read more Why have frozen fruit and vegetable prices soared by almost 12% — but the cost of fresh produce has not?KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine they control,…
Read more Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up dam near Kherson; flood could displace thousands
