By AFPThe death toll from floods in the Philippines has risen to 25, officials said Wednesday, with storms expected to dump more rain over the hardest-hit southern and central regions.Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as hea...

By AFPThe monster storm that killed dozens in the United States over the Christmas weekend continued to inflict misery on New York state and air travelers nationwide Tuesday, as stories emerged of families trapped for days during the "blizzard of the...

By AFPHeavy snowfall across large parts of Japan has killed 17 people over the last 10 days, with thousands of homes suffering power outages, Japanese officials said Monday.Much of the country's west coast as well as the northern region of Hokkaido h...

By AFPFrom prime ministers and millionaires to labourers and ascetics, Hindu faithful dream of trekking at least once in their lives to Gaumukh, where the waters of India's holiest river, the Ganges, emerge from a Himalayan glacier.But the ice at the...

By AFPPakistani three-year-old Afshan's trip to school is a high-wire balancing act as she teeters across a metal girder spanning a trench of putrid floodwater, eyes fixed ahead.After record monsoon rain flooded her classroom in the southeastern town...

By AFPEven as extreme weather and climate disasters are multiplying, half of countries lack the advanced early warning systems needed to save lives, the United Nations warned Thursday.In a fresh report, the UN agencies for weather and for disaster ri...

By AFPUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that he has "never seen climate carnage" on such a scale as he toured parts of Pakistan hit by floods, blaming wealthier countries for the devastation.Nearly 1,400 people have died...

By AFPSchools were ordered shut across the northern Philippines Tuesday -- a day after many resumed in-person learning for the first time since Covid-19 hit -- as torrential rain and strong winds pounded the main island of the archipelago.Severe trop...

By AFPA fire that destroyed thousands of hectares of tinder-dry forest in southwest France has flared again amid a fierce drought and the summer's latest heat wave, officials said Wednesday.An additional 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of pine forest h...

By AFPSubway stations and major roads were underwater in the South Korean capital Seoul after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said Tuesday.Authorities warned there was mo...

With a heat wave striking the region, a wildfire has hit California’s northern border, recording the state’s largest blaze this year.The wildfire exploded over the weekend, resulting in evacuations and forcing nearly 2,000 to leave home. The blaze, c...

By AFPKentucky's governor predicted bodies will continue to be found "for weeks" as the death toll from devastating flooding rose Sunday to 28 and rescuers embarked on a long and grueling effort to locate victims.Some areas in the mountainous region...