Science & Environment
Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars
BY DAMIAN DOVARGANES and JORDI LEBRIJA AP Tropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday ...Russia launches lunar lander in race to find water on moon
Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a bid to be the first nation to make a ...Amazon nations fail to agree on deforestation goal at summit
Eight Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified environmental policies and measures to bolster regional cooperation at a major rainforest summit ...Amazon rainforest nations gather to forge shared policy in Brazil
Leaders of the eight Amazon rainforest countries are gathering on Tuesday for the first time in 14 years, with plans to reach ...Powerful typhoon Doksuri lashes Philippines, threatens Taiwan, China
At least one person died as powerful typhoon Doksuri lashed the coastline of the northern Philippines with gale-force winds and torrential rain ...China, Taiwan brace for impact as super typhoon Doksuri nears
China urged fishing boats to seek shelter and farmers to speed up their harvest while Taiwan suspended annual military drills as super ...‘Heat storm’ stretches into southern Europe, health alerts issued
Italy issued hot weather red alerts for 16 cities on Sunday, with meteorologists warning that temperatures will hit record highs across southern ...South Korea landslides, floods kill more than 20, over 4,000 evacuated
Twenty-two people have died, 14 were missing and thousands evacuated in South Korea as of Saturday, according to ministry data, as a third ...Cerberus heatwave threatens new record temperatures for Europe
Southern Europe sweltered under a fierce heatwave on Thursday, with a warning that temperatures could hit record highs for the continent next ...Heat wave in Mexico leaves at least 100 dead
At least 100 people have died over the past two weeks in Mexico due to heat-related causes as temperatures climbed close to ...













