Category 4 hurricane Otis spreads over Mexico’s southern coast

Category 4 hurricane Otis spreads over Mexico’s southern coast

[1/4]Members of the federal forces chat as they keep watch at a beach as Hurricane Otis barrels towards Acapulco, Mexico, October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Javier Verdin Acquire Licensing Rights ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Hurricane Otis reached Mexico’s southern coast on Wednesday, with damaging hurricane winds from the now Category 4 storm spreading inland over … Read more

Floods from waning Typhoon Haikui hit transport, force evacuations in China

Floods from waning Typhoon Haikui hit transport, force evacuations in China

[1/3]An aerial view shows flooded streets on the outskirts of Fuzhou, after heavy rains brought by typhoon Haikui in Fujian province, China September 5, 2023. cnsphoto via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights BEIJING, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Intense rain from the remnants of Typhoon Haikui lashed southeastern China early on Wednesday, bringing floods and waterlogging that … Read more

Burning Man festival road reopens, allowing thousands to escape muddy trap

Burning Man festival road reopens, allowing thousands to escape muddy trap

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Burning Man organizers reopened the road leading out of the remote Nevada desert festival on Monday, allowing tens of thousands of attendees to escape after they had been trapped for days by mud. But many of the 64,000 people who remained on site as of Monday may … Read more

Category 3 Hurricane Idalia slams ashore at Florida’s Big Bend

Category 3 Hurricane Idalia slams ashore at Florida’s Big Bend

STEINHATCHEE, Florida, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 storm on Wednesday after millions of residents evacuated or hunkered down in homes and shelters in anticipation of a life-threatening storm surge. Drawing strength from the Gulf of Mexico’s warm waters, Idalia unleashed destructive winds and torrential … Read more

Franklin very powerful Category 4 hurricane -U.S. NHC

Franklin very powerful Category 4 hurricane -U.S. NHC

Aug 28 (Reuters) – Franklin is a very powerful category 4 hurricane that is causing life-threatening surf and rip currents along the coast of the southeast United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Monday. Franklin was located about 440 miles (710 km) west-southwest of Bermuda with maximum sustained … Read more

Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, thousands urged to seek safety

Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, thousands urged to seek safety

[1/4]A collapsed road near the Saji River is pictured in Tottori, western Japan, after Typhoon Lan hit the region in this photo taken by Kyodo on August 16, 2023. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Nearly 900 flights in Japan were cancelled and 240,000 people were ordered to move … Read more

China intensifies flood rescue efforts south of Beijing after historic rains

China intensifies flood rescue efforts south of Beijing after historic rains

[1/3]Residents wade through floodwaters following heavy rainfall in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China August 1, 2023. cnsphoto via REUTERS BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) – China on Wednesday dispatched thousands of rescue workers to Zhuozhou, a flooded city of over 600,000 residents southwest of Beijing, as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri continued to wreak havoc on swathes … Read more

La Nouvelle-Écosse se débat avec les conséquences des inondations dévastatrices

La Nouvelle-Écosse se débat avec les conséquences des inondations dévastatrices

23 juillet (Reuters) – La province de la Nouvelle-Écosse, sur la côte est du Canada, a commencé à nettoyer dimanche après que des pluies torrentielles ont provoqué des inondations dévastatrices, alors que la recherche se poursuivait pour quatre personnes, dont deux enfants, portées disparues pendant le déluge. La tempête, qui a commencé vendredi, a déversé … Read more

India landslide death toll reaches 22, search for survivors to resume on Saturday

India landslide death toll reaches 22, search for survivors to resume on Saturday

MUMBAI, July 21 (Reuters) – The death toll from a landslide in the western Indian state of Maharashtra rose to 22 on Friday, and six more bodies were pulled from underground layers of mud before rescue operations were suspended, disaster relief officials said. The landslide occurred on Thursday evening in the remote mountain hamlet of … Read more