Photos: State of ‘catastrophe’ as downpours hit Chile | Weather News

Photos: State of ‘catastrophe’ as downpours hit Chile | Weather News

Heavy rains have battered southern and central Chile, killing one person and causing damage to hundreds of homes as authorities declared a state of catastrophe in several regions of the country. The person died in the southern city of Linares on Thursday when a street lamp post fell after hours-long…

California firefighters make progress against first large fire of the year | Weather News

California firefighters make progress against first large fire of the year | Weather News

The western US state has struggled to cope with wildfires that have grown in size and destructiveness in the last decade. Firefighters have made significant progress in their efforts to contain a wildfire near the San Francisco Bay Area in the western US state of California. The state firefighting agency…

UN warns of ‘significant’ disease risk after Papua New Guinea landslide | Environment News

UN warns of ‘significant’ disease risk after Papua New Guinea landslide | Environment News

The UN’s migration agency says displaced residents urgently need clean water, purification tablets and food supplies. Papua New Guinea has ruled out finding more survivors under the rubble of last week’s massive landslide, as a UN agency warned of a “significant risk of disease outbreak” among displaced residents, who are…

North India swelters as New Delhi records highest-ever temperature of 49.9C | Climate Crisis News

North India swelters as New Delhi records highest-ever temperature of 49.9C | Climate Crisis News

People in northern India are struggling with an unrelenting, weeks-long heatwave that saw the temperature in the capital, New Delhi, soaring to a record-high 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 degrees Fahrenheit) – 9C (16F) higher than average. Delhi’s suburb stations at Narela and Mungeshpur recorded the temperature on Tuesday, according to…

Death toll rises to 21 after storms sweep across several US states | Weather News

Death toll rises to 21 after storms sweep across several US states | Weather News

Tornadoes leave path of destruction across several US states as other parts of country brace for more possible storms. At least 21 people have been killed in a series of powerful storms that swept across the central and southern United States, leaving a trail of destruction and devastation. The storms…

‘A miracle’: Couple survives Papua New Guinea landslide that ‘buried 2,000’ | Weather News

‘A miracle’: Couple survives Papua New Guinea landslide that ‘buried 2,000’ | Weather News

Two found alive as overnight rains raise fears tonnes of rubble covering the area could become dangerously unstable. A couple has been found alive three days after a deadly landslide hit Papua New Guinea (PNG), media reports say, as the government informed the United Nations that more than 2,000 people…

Australia’s Starc fit and ready for T20 World Cup after heatwave-hit IPL | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup News

Australia’s Starc fit and ready for T20 World Cup after heatwave-hit IPL | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup News

Starc took 17 wickets in 13 matches in Kolkata’s title-winning run at the IPL 2024 season that lasted two months. Mitchell Starc has dismissed fears the intense heat might have drained him during his Indian Premier League-winning exploits, with the Australian declaring he was fit and ready for the ICC…

Cyclone Remal slams into Bangladesh coast as hundreds of thousands evacuate | Weather News

Cyclone Remal slams into Bangladesh coast as hundreds of thousands evacuate | Weather News

At least 800,000 people evacuate their homes in low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh as intense cyclone makes landfall. Cyclone Remal has smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh as authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, officials said. The storm started crossing the coast in the southern…