Science & Environment
Cyclone Gezani leaves 59 dead in Madagascar, displaces more than 16,000
Flooding and fierce winds have pushed Madagascar’s death toll from Cyclone Gezani to 59, with more than a dozen people still unaccounted ...Cyclone Gezani kills dozens, displaces thousands in Madagascar
The death toll from Cyclone Gezani rose to 40 on Friday, three days after its passage across Madagascar, as officials struggled to ...Moscow records heaviest snowfall in over 200 years
Russia’s capital Moscow has this month seen the largest snowfall in more than 200 years, Moscow State University meteorologists said on Thursday. ...Sri Lanka flood death toll rises to 159, many more missing
By Amal JAYASINGHE AFP Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday and appealed for international assistance as the death toll ...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 ...














