Disaster

Spain mounts biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as death toll reaches 214

By Susana Vera and Guillermo Martinez VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) -The deadliest flash floods in Spain's modern history have killed at…

Hurricane Milton leaves at least 10 dead, millions without power in Florida

By Brad Brooks and Leonora LaPeter Anton FORT PIERCE, Florida/ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) -Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean…

Category 5 monster hurricane Milton heads for Florida: millions ordered to flee

By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Evan Garcia TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) -Hurricane Milton barreled toward Florida's battered Gulf Coast as an enormous…

By mule and helicopter, volunteers deliver aid to Helene victims

By Karl Plume and Nathan Frandino ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - An army of private volunteers including mule drivers and…

North Carolina mounts massive search and rescue operation in wake of Helene

By Maria Alejandra Cardona and Marco Bello BAT CAVE, North Carolina (Reuters) -Crews on Monday airlifted emergency food and water…

Factbox-Over 1.6 million US customers still without power from Hurricane Helene

(Reuters) - Over 1.6 million homes and businesses in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and other U.S. Southeastern and Midwestern states…

US southeast faces daunting task cleaning up from Helene; death toll rises

By Rich McKay, Joseph Ax and Andrew Hay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Authorities across a wide swath of the southeastern United…

At least 31 dead in Iran coal mine blast

DUBAI (Reuters) -A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran's South Khorasan Province killed at least 31 people and…

Record rains in Japan’s quake-stricken Noto region kill at least one

TOKYO (Reuters) -Record rains in central Japan's Noto region, still recovering from a major New Year's Day earthquake, killed at…

Floods, landslides in India’s Tripura displace tens of thousands

By Tora Agarwala, Ruma Paul GUWAHATI/DHAKA (Reuters) -Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety in India's northeastern state of Tripura…

Oregon wildfire explodes to half the size of Rhode Island

(Reuters) -Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including the largest fire…

Philippine Coast Guard to deploy floating barriers to contain oil spill

By Faith Brown with Pam Castro in Manila LIMAY, Philippines, July 26, 2024 (AFP) - The Philippine Coast Guard planned…

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