Focus on Weather
A 20-year ‘mega-drought’ in Australia? Research suggests it’s happened before – and we should expect it again
Opinion: Much of Australia is drought-prone, and the risk is expected to increase as global warming continues.
El Nino drought declared a national disaster in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country needs $2 billion in aid to help millions of people who are going hungry due to...
New England braces for major spring snowstorm as severe weather continues to sock US
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A major spring storm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow in parts of New...
Hunger grips southern Africa as Zimbabwe declares drought a disaster
President Mnangagwa on Wednesday declared Zimbabwe’s drought a national disaster and said the country needed more than $2 billion in aid to feed...
Drought poses key risk to Canada’s natural gas producers in 2024: Deloitte
Persistent drought conditions are poised to challenge natural gas producers as they aim to ramp up in anticipation of Canada's first liquefied natural...
Storms with typhoon-like winds ravage South China, killing 7
BEIJING (Reuters) – Rare storms with typhoon-like winds have killed at least seven people in China’s southern Jiangxi province since the weekend, three...
California enters spring with vital snowpack above average for a second year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has entered spring with an above-average mountain snowpack and major reservoirs in good shape for a second consecutive...
Firefighters rescue 2 people trapped under Ohio bridge by fast-rising river waters
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one...
Dozens of Philippine schools suspend classes over heat danger
Dozens of schools in the Philippine capital of Manila suspended in-person classes on Tuesday due to dangerous levels of heat, education officials said.
