Science & Environment
Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams
BY SAMY MAGDY AP Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal ...Morocco rescuers race to find survivors as quake death toll tops 2100
Rescuers raced against time on Monday to find survivors in the rubble more than 48 hours after Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more ...Rescue teams struggle to reach survivors as Morocco quake kills over 2,000
By Jihed Abidellaoui and Alexander Cornwell Reuters Rescuers searched on Sunday for survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades, ...Morocco earthquake death toll rises amid aid efforts
By Ahmed Eljechtimi Reuters A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 800 people and injured hundreds more, destroying buildings and ...Hong Kong hit by heaviest rainstorm in 140 years
By ZEN SOO AP Hong Kong on Friday closed schools and halted trading on the stock exchange as torrential rain lashed the ...South China soaks as rains from Haikui continue to pound region
The remnants of Typhoon Haikui drenched China for a third day since making landfall, as moisture-laden clouds dumped rain onto the country’s ...Typhoon Saola makes landfall in Guangdong after slamming Hong Kong, Macau
Typhoon Saola made landfall in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong early on Saturday as violent winds lashed nearby Shenzhen, Hong Kong ...After the moon, India successfully launches its first mission to the Sun
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee Reuters Following quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday ...India becomes first nation to land spacecraft near Moon’s south pole
By Aishwarya KUMAR AFP India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic ...Japan to release Fukushima water into the ocean starting Thursday
By Sakura Murakami and Tom Bateman Reuters Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tonnes of ...