Science & Environment
Flood deaths rise to 174 in Indonesia, surge across Southeast Asia
The death toll from floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra island has risen to 174, up from the previous ...Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa
Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in ...Cuba struggles to ease power cuts amid reduced fuel supplies from Venezuela, Mexico
By Marianna Parraga and Dave Sherwood Reuters Cuba’s imports of crude and fuel in the first 10 months of the year fell ...Taiwan evacuates 3,000 ahead of arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong
Taiwan issued a land warning on Tuesday and evacuated more than 3,000 people ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong which, while ...Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon
Nearly a million people have been evacuated and floodwaters were rising in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected late-night landfall ...Typhoon Kalmaegi slams into Vietnam after unleashing deadly destruction in the Philippines
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JIM GOMEZ,Associated Press Typhoon Kalmaegi brought fierce winds and torrential rains to Vietnam on Friday, days after the powerful ...Philippine death toll tops 140 as typhoon heads towards Vietnam
By Faith Brown, Cecil Morella AFP Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 140 people and left another 127 missing after unleashing devastating flooding ...Afghanistan hit by deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Angela Christy M Reuters A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early ...Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba after hitting Jamaica with historic force
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one ...Jamaica braces as rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa creeps toward island
By Ricardo MAKYN AFP Hurricane Melissa was cutting a deadly path through the Caribbean on Sunday, strengthening into a Category 3 storm ...














