Rubble from collapsed houses is seen in the Anguwar Hausawa Gangari community, due to the flooding that killed 151 people and forced several thousand from their homes in Mokwa, Niger State Nigeria, May 31, 2025. — Reuters Flood hits Mokwa overnight, rescuers continue body search. Nigeria faces seasonal floods since rainy season begins April. 2022 floods killed 600, displaced millions, ruin …
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A drone view shows a flooded area near the Hunter River in Heatherbrae, Australia, on May 24, 2025. —Reuters Hundreds of flood-hit residents still in evacuation centres. Latest flood-linked death’s that of a man in his 80s. Albanese cancels a trip to Taree due to floodwaters. SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday the clean-up had begun in …
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A drone view shows a flooded area following heavy rains, in Tinonee, New South Wales, Australia, May 21, 2025. — Reuters SYDNEY: The body of a man was found in a car trapped in floodwaters in Australia’s southeast on Friday, raising the death toll to four, after three days of incessant rain cut off entire towns, swept away livestock and …
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For people on the West Coast, atmospheric rivers, a weather phenomenon that can bring heavy rain or snow from San Diego to Vancouver, are as common a feature of winter as Nor’easters are in Boston. Like those East Coast storms, “atmospheric river” can feel like a buzzword — more attention grabbing than just “heavy rain,” even if that is how …
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The severe storm system that has inundated the central and southeastern United States with heavy rain and high winds for days fits into a broader pattern in recent decades of increasing rainfall across the eastern half of the United States. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for 1991 through 2020 show that the Eastern part of the country …
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Australia’s cattle country is facing a devastating crisis as severe floods have swept through vast farmlands, causing massive livestock losses. Officials report that more than 100,000 cattle, sheep, goats, and horses have been either swept away, are missing, or have drowned in the disaster. The relentless downpours have submerged extensive grazing lands, leaving farmers helpless as they watch their livelihoods …
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While winds and flames continued to ravage Los Angeles, small teams began creeping onto the charred soils left in their wake. Roughly a dozen members of the California Watershed Emergency Response Teams and the United States Forest Service are studying the edges of the Eaton and Palisades fires to determine what patches of land burned most severely. Soon, they’ll issue …
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