The five living former National Weather Service leaders wrote and released an open letter to the American people warning about the impact of staffing and program cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , saying their "worst nightmare" is the cuts will lead to "needless loss of...
In a series of reports, CGTN talked to businesses, residents and tourists about their experiences of some of the worst floods in living memory. Error loading player: No playable sources found 02:09 One asylum case With hundreds of thousands of people going through the asylum process across ...
“All this has profound implications for coastal communities around the world and their risk of being exposed to flooding and erosion,” said Dr Inès Otosaka from the UK’s Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM), who led the latest assessment. “It’s really important that we ha...
I read the news today, oh boy. The week-end queues at the airport are the worst they have ever been because of the number of people from China who are using their new Asian Union passports to get into our country without jobs to go to or the 40m rupees required for a business migra...
Floods Swamp Vietnam as Typhoon Death Toll Reaches 27 More Reuters A storm batters a street in Nha Trang, as Typhoon Damrey descends on southern Vietnam, in this still image taken from social media video, November 4, 2017. @SINITSYN_NIKITA/via REUTERS By Mai Nguyen and Matthew Tostevin HUE...
Eric Blake, acting branch chief for the NHC in Miami, said Bermuda would see high surf, storm surges, heavy rainfall and powerful winds even if Fiona kept on its current path and passed to the west of the island. Bermuda will see the worst of the...
Extreme weather cost the world some 100 billion U.S. dollars and thousands of lives in 2018. In August, India was hit by the worst monsoon flooding in a century, leaving over 1,400 dead and millions displaced. From Japan's summer floods to Europe's heatwaves, to the hurricanes sweeping...
8) Floods - Australia's third largest city Brisbane faced its worst flood in decades, before the flooding also hit Victoria. A month later, with winds reaching up to 181mph, Cyclone Yasi hit Queensland. 9) Elizabeth Taylor dies - the Oscar-winning actress died aged 79 in March. Her...
France is 'no place' for racism and hate, says Macron after murder of Muslim in mosque President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that racism and hatred based on religion can have no place in France after the brutal murder of a Muslim in a mosque in the south of the country. The man ...
While climate change has resulted in extreme heat, drought and floods, experts say the west would need several exceptionally rainy years in a row to replenish aquifers and reservoirs. At least 12 people have died from weather-related incidents in California in the pas...