Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighbouring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal.
Britain is bracing for weather hell as a horror thunderstorm is forecast to bring the same amount of rainfall in just three hours that would normally fall in 10 days
Tourists have vanished on the Greek islands of Samos, Symi, Crete, Amorgos and Corfu
The geological record of the region indicates on average, these mega earthquake and tsunami events happen every 500 years.
Romance can be challenging, but few suitors have shown the determination and courage of Jacob, a three-legged lion.
Conservationists have launched a £1.5 million appeal to buy farmland that was left to nature 37 years ago and now features wildlife-rich scrub.
An oil spill affecting Singapore has spread beyond a luxury beach resort to a marine reserve and other parts of the island as the authorities intensify cleanup efforts.
It looks like summer could finally be on the way as temperatures are set to rise this week across Gwent.
Authorities are racing to contain oil spill on southern coastline
Inuit hunter Hjelmer Hammeken spotted a ringed seal near its breathing hole on the Greenland ice.To attract their prey, the Inuit scrape the ice with a long wooden stick called a "tooq", which imitates the sound seals make when they poke through their breathing holes in the ice.
Unease and anger are rising over proposals to build country’s first facility on Kilifi coast, home to white sand beaches, coral reefs and mangrove swamps
More than 55 million people across the nation were under an alert for extreme heat on Sunday and through most of the week ahead as temperatures are forecast to hit triple digits in some parts of the country. Over the next seven days, 265 million people, or about 82% of the U.S. population, are likely to experience temperatures topping 90 degrees as the official first day of summer arrives on Thursday. An Excessive Heat Watch was already issued Sunday for parts of New England, including Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Hot and cold extremes are expected this week in the U.S. Officials warned residents from coast to coast to take precautions as a heat wave moved east, while heavy rains and flooding could drench the Gulf states and snow threatens parts of the Rockies and Northwest. There was unseasonable cold in the Pacific Northwest, snow headed to the northern Rocky Mountains and heavy rainfall forecast from the northern Plains to the Upper Midwest. The National Weather Service estimated more than 63 million people were under heat advisories on Sunday, stretching from the Southwest northward up through Denver and into Chicago.
A long-lasting and expansive heat wave is set to grip the Midwest and Northeast with record-breaking high temperatures this week, ushering in the start of summer with this year’s most significant heat event yet.
Milder temperatures over Father’s Day weekend are set to give way much hotter weather
Singapore authorities said Monday a dredger boat reported a sudden loss in engine and steering control that led it to hit a stationary cargo tanker, causing an oil spill that has blackened part of the city-island's southern shores. The Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima struck the Singaporean fuel supply ship Marine Honor on Friday. It ruptured one of the cargo tanks on the Marine Honor, which leaked low-sulfur oil into the sea.
The Met Office has forecast bouts of rain and has predicted some thunder today as rain showers are expected to hit early this afternoon.
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek had some good news to share during her daily briefing on the city's water crisis Sunday morning. She said residents have been taking action to reduce their consumption.According to the mayor, consumption on Saturday was lower than on any other day since a catastrophic water feeder main break on June 5 cut the city off from 60 per cent of its drinking water supply. Just 438 million litres were consumed."It's better than what we hoped to achieve," Gondek said."I cannot t
Earthquakes remain confoundingly difficult to predict, according to experts, even though many are desperately trying to figure out the best way to handle big quake in a state encountering around 35 a day, writes Josh Marcus
China is being buffeted by two weather extremes, with heavy rain and flooding forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the south and a heat wave prompting fears of a drought for farmers in the north. The body of a student who fell into a swollen river in the southern city of Guilin was found two days later on Saturday, state broadcaster CCTV said in an online report. To the east, landslides and flooding hit parts of Fujian province, and 36,000 people have been moved, according to state media.
A start date of late September is planned for phase two of the major project to repair Exmouth's sea defences
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