Lightning strikes across Pakistan’s Punjab province killed at least 10 people, officials said Monday as heavy pre-monsoon rains ravaged the area, according to the Associated Press. According to the news outlet, lightning strikes are a frequent occurrence...
There’s water! There’s water everywhere! Heavy rainfall on Wednesday caused flooding in parts of central and eastern Spain. The provinces of Tarragona, Castellón and Toledo were particularly affected by the storms, while in Madrid the...
Eerie scenes of dark-red skies, and of the sun completely blocked by smog from wildfires are coming today from the Republic of Sakha. Russia’s largest territory, used to be known as the Kingdom of Permafrost is...
(Bloomberg) — Another scorching heat wave is set to hit northwest and central Europe this week, putting further pressure on the continent’s strained power infrastructure. Sizzling temperatures are expected to hit the UK, Germany and...
Flash flooding spread through southeast Mauritius on Friday, April 16, 2021, damaging homes and leaving many people stranded on roads. Up to 408 mm (16 inches) of rain was registered in Plaisance, which is twice the average...
Tropical Cyclone Shaheen killed at least three people as it slammed Oman on Sunday with ferocious winds and heavy rain, flooding streets, prompting evacuations from coastal areas and delaying flights to and from the capital,...
Hurricane Ida, with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, made landfall in southeast Louisiana on Sunday as federal authorities warned of "catastrophic" damage that could threaten all homes and people in its path. Ida made landfall over Port...
Massive flooding in California has killed at least 17 people and left more than 200,000 homes and businesses without power as of Tuesday. Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed the deaths during a Tuesday visit to the town...
The US Forest Service shared a video of a fire tornado ripping through a northern California wildfire site as the Golden State braces itself for another dangerous heatwave that could break a 90-year-old record.  Officials shared a clip of...
(Chicago Tribune) John Sergeant, chief of emergency medical services at the Naperville Fire Department, was 12 years old when he first saw what a tornado could do. At the time, Sergeant had gone to help...