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Rain plays havc with start of Monaco Grand Prix
The Monaco Grand Prix finally got underway over an hour late and under a rolling start after heavy rain created scenes of chaos in...
Iraq sandstorm grounds flights, sends 1,000 to hos...
Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm -- the ninth since mid-April -- hit the cou...
One killed in Germany storm
A storm that swept through western Germany on Friday has killed at least one person and injured dozens, local authorities said Sat...
Millions stranded, dozens dead as flooding hits Ba...
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in parts of Bangladesh and India, leaving millions stranded and at least 57 dead, offi...
Two million stranded as worst floods in decades hi...
Rivers in Bangladesh have burst their banks and caused the worst floods in the country's northeast for nearly two decades, with ab...
Mideast sandstorms snarl traffic, close schools, h...
Sandstorms across the Middle East have delayed flights, closed schools and hospitalised thousands -- a phenomenon experts say coul...
Sandstorm blankets Saudi capital in grey haze
A sandstorm engulfed Saudi Arabia's capital and other regions of the desert kingdom Tuesday, hampering visibility and slowing road...
Pakistan parched and pummelled by blistering heatw...
Pakistan was in the grip of a heatwave on Friday, with parts of the nation previously scalded by temperatures of nearly 50 degrees...
Every heatwave enhanced by climate change: experts
All heatwaves today bear the unmistakable and measurable fingerprint of global warming, top experts on quantifying the impact of c...
Peru's president races home by car to avoid impeac...
President Pedro Castillo rushed back to Peru by car from a visit to Ecuador to avoid being impeached, after bad weather grounded h...
South Asia wilts in heat as Delhi rubbish dump bur...
Millions sweltered in an early summer heatwave across India and Pakistan on Thursday, leading to power and water shortages as annu...
'Ida' removed from UN agency's hurricane roster
The death and destruction caused by Hurricane Ida in the United States last year has prompted the World Meteorological Organizatio...
Garbage fire chokes Indian capital reeling from he...
Indian firefighting teams poured truckloads of sand and mud to douse a huge rubbish dump blaze on Wednesday after thick and putrid...
'Rare' springtime blizzard wallops parts of Canada...
A springtime blizzard walloped Canada's western Prairies region and parts of Ontario province this week, closing roads, airports a...
Dust storm covers Iraq for second time in a week
A dust storm blanketed Iraq again on Tuesday, sending people to hospital with breathing difficulties and leading airports to suspe...
Torrential rains kill 14 in Brazil
Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people includ...
Torrential rains in Brazil kill eight, 13 missing
Torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least eight people includi...
Heavy snow sees Saint-Etienne v Marseille postpone...
Heavy snowfall in central France has caused the postponement of the Ligue 1 match between Saint Etienne and Marseille, which had b...
Australia's flood-ravaged east braces for more sto...
Thousands of people across eastern Australia have been told to leave their homes as storms bear down on cities and towns still rec...
Sahara desert dust coats swathes of Spain
A mass of hot air from the Sahara desert dumped dust on large parts of Spain including Madrid on Tuesday, colouring the sky orange...
17 die as cyclone lashes Mozambique, Malawi
The death toll from a cyclone that struck Mozambique this week climbed to 12 on Sunday as it moved towards Malawi killing five mor...
Rescue effort starts as Cyclone Emnati lashes Mada...
Rescuers in Madagascar on Wednesday began to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Emnati, which overnight lashed the island nation...
One dead, 10 feared missing in Australia floods
One person was found dead in a submerged car and 10 others were reportedly missing on Wednesday after heavy rain caused flash floo...
Brazil storm death toll rises to 152
The death toll from torrential rains that triggered flash floods and landslides in the scenic Brazilian city of Petropolis has ris...
16 dead as Storm Eunice, hits power, transport in...
Emergency crews Saturday battled to restore power to more than one million homes and businesses a day after Storm Eunice carved a...
Toll mounts as Brazil storm rescuers retrieve more...
Rescue workers pulled more bodies Saturday from the muddy wreckage left by devastating floods and landslides in the Brazilian city...
14 dead as Storm Eunice hits power, transport in E...
Emergency crews Saturday battled to restore power to more than one million homes and businesses a day after Storm Eunice carved a...
Rescuers retrieve more bodies days after Brazil st...
Rescue workers pulled more bodies Saturday from the muddy wreckage left by devastating floods and landslides in the scenic Brazili...
13 dead as Storm Eunice hits power, transport in E...
Emergency crews Saturday battled to restore power to more than one million homes and businesses after Storm Eunice carved a deadly...
13 die as Storm Eunice leaves thousands in Europe...
Emergency crews Saturday battled to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes in Britain after Storm Eunice carved a deadly...
13 die as Storm Eunice leaves many in Europe witho...
Emergency crews Saturday battled to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes in Britain after Storm Eunice carved a deadly...
Nine dead as Storm Eunice batters Europe
Storm Eunice killed at least nine people in Europe on Friday, pummelling Britain with record-breaking winds and forcing millions t...