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'Dangerous' heat wave hits southwestern US
A "dangerous" heat wave was taking hold of the southwestern United States Tuesday, with punishing temperatures expected for the ne...
'Everything is destroyed': Pakistan flood survivor...
The smattering of homes in Panjal Sheikh started to collapse one by one, as torrential rain lashed the tiny southern Pakistani vil...
Pakistan floods: South Asia's monsoon explained
Floods in Pakistan have killed more than 1,000 people after what its climate change minister called a record unbroken cycle of mon...
Pakistan monsoon flooding death toll rises to 1,06...
The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has reached 1,061, according to figures released Monday by the country...
Hot dogs: UAE's perspiring pooches get air-conditi...
Oscar beats the summer heat of the United Arab Emirates by working out in a gym, hitting the treadmill twice or three times a week...
Pakistan orders thousands to evacuate near flood-s...
Thousands of people living near flood-swollen rivers in Pakistan's north were ordered to evacuate Saturday as the death toll from...
Heatwave triggers 'false autumn' in UK
Searing summer temperatures in the UK have not just parched the earth and dried up rivers, lakes and reservoirs but are also seein...
China warns of 'severe' threat to harvest from wor...
China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to prot...
Storm forces Philippine schools to shut day after...
Schools were ordered shut across the northern Philippines Tuesday -- a day after many resumed in-person learning for the first tim...
Flash flooding hits US parks, southern states in l...
A hiker swept away in flash floods and torrential rain was still missing Monday as a weekend of storms forced hundreds to evacuate...
Shanghai's Bund to go dark as China heatwave promp...
Shanghai will switch off decorative lights along its famed Bund riverfront for two days from Monday as a nationwide heatwave sends...
Chinese city dims lights in heatwave power crunch
A provincial capital in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, offi...
New Zealand flood recovery estimated to take 'year...
A New Zealand city devastated by flooding will take years to recover, the mayor said on Friday, as hundreds more homes were evacua...
European athletics session under way after weather...
The evening session of the European Athletics Championships scheduled to start at 1805 GMT on Thursday started with a 20-minute de...
Severe weather sees European athletics session sus...
The evening session of the European Athletics Championships scheduled to start at 1805 GMT on Thursday has been suspended because...
Five dead after storms lash France's Corsica: poli...
Brutal storms with winds gusting up to 224 kilometres per hour (140 miles per hour) left five people dead on the French Mediterran...
Hundreds evacuated as 'frightening' floods hit New...
Hundreds of families on New Zealand's South Island were forced to leave their homes on Thursday after dramatic flooding prompted a...
Hundreds evacuated as 'frightening' floods hit N.Z...
Hundreds of families on New Zealand's South Island were forced to leave their homes on Thursday after flooding caused a state of e...
Portugal, Spain struggle to control forest fires
Firefighters in Spain and Portugal were battling on Wednesday to control multiple forest fires across the Iberian Peninsula with b...
France braces for violent storms after weeks of dr...
The French weather service warned Wednesday of new flash flooding risks after fierce rainstorms lashed much of the country overnig...
Portugal struggles to control huge blaze in natura...
More than 1,200 firefighters struggled Wednesday to control a huge forest fire in Portugal's Serra da Estrela park, which resumed...
Violent storms hammer France after weeks of drough...
The French weather service warned Wednesday of flash flooding risks across much of the south, where a historic drought has parched...
Firefighters contain French blazes but caution rei...
A huge fire that has devastated swathes of southwestern France appeared contained on Friday as French and foreign firefighters wor...
Torrential rain, flooding in Seoul kills seven
Subway stations and major roads were underwater in the South Korean capital Seoul after record-breaking rains caused severe floodi...
Receding floodwater lets police evacuate people tr...
Hours after rare and intense flooding hit California's Death Valley, closing roads and stranding some 1,000 people, waters were re...
Explosions, 'unprecedented' fire hit Berlin forest
An "unprecedented" fire broke out Thursday around a German police munitions storage site in a popular forest in western Berlin, se...
Blasts ring out as fires rage in Berlin forest
A huge fire broke out Thursday in a popular forest in western Berlin next to a police munitions storage site, sending plumes of s...
Rescuers face renewed rain as Kentucky flood death...
Rescuers in Kentucky are taking the search effort door-to-door in worsening weather conditions as they brace for a long and grueli...
Kentucky flooding death toll rises to 25: governor
Devastating flooding in Kentucky killed 25 people and the toll is expected to rise, the southern US state's governor said Friday a...
16 dead in Kentucky flooding, toll expected to ris...
Search and rescue teams were using boats and helicopters on Friday to look for survivors of flash floods caused by torrential rain...
16 dead in 'devastating' Kentucky flooding, toll e...
The death toll from severe flooding in Kentucky hit 16 on Friday and is expected to double, the US state's governor said, after to...
15 dead in 'devastating' Kentucky flooding, toll e...
At least 15 people have died in Kentucky in flash flooding caused by torrential rains that swept away homes and left some resident...