Category: Floods & Storms

Hurricane Earl strengthens, could swipe U.S. coast

MIAMI (Reuters) – Hurricane Earl strengthened into a major Category 3 storm on Monday as it lashed the northeast

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Hurricane Danielle strengthens to Category Four

MIAMI (AFP) – Hurricane Danielle, the strongest storm of the Atlantic season, surged to Category Four intensity Friday, with

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Ethiopia: Floods Displace Thousands

Addis Ababa — Heavy flooding in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia has displaced more than 8,000 people, say

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Hurricane Frank heads out to Pacific, leaves four dead in Mexico

MIAMI (AFP) – Tropical Storm Frank strengthened into the third Pacific hurricane of the 2010 season on Wednesday, veering

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Lightning kills 25 in India

NEW DELHI: At least 25 people were killed by lightning in the eastern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand,

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Pakistan warns of disease epidemic

The Pakistani government is warning of a possible epidemic of waterborne diseases as the nation's flood crisis worsens. Pakistani prime

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Pakistan city builds mud defence

Video Report: In southern Pakistan tens of thousands of people are fleeing a threatened flood-surge, three weeks after heavy

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Hurricane Danielle strengthening in Atlantic

MIAMI – Hurricane Danielle has strengthened a little as it swirls far out over the Atlantic. Danielle's maximum sustained winds

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Vietnam tropical storm leaves 4 dead, 10 missing

HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam's government says a tropical storm that hit the country has killed four people and left

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Niger hit by ‘double disaster’ of drought, floods

LONDON (AFP) – Aid agency Oxfam warned Tuesday of a "double disaster" for millions of people in Niger where

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