Storms

Storm-swollen rivers surge in UK, severe flood alerts issued

LONDON (AP) — Residents in central England and Wales piled up sandbags, readied water pumps and hoped for the best Tuesd...
15:28 18 February 2022

Wales bears the brunt as Storm Dennis hammers Britain

LONDON — Storm Dennis hammered Britain Sunday, bringing a month's worth of rain in just 48 hours to parts of South Wales, which bore the brunt of the ...
17:25 16 February 2022

UK faces another fierce storm; 2 found dead in rough seas

LONDON — Rescuers pulled two male bodies from rough seas off the coast of southeast England and military personnel mobilized to help build flood barri...
18:35 15 February 2022

Torrential rains leave swollen rivers, downed trees in South

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Days of torrential rain across the Southeast left residents to deal with rising rivers, falling trees, weakened dams and mudslides ...
21:52 13 February 2022

Ferocious storm in Europe kills 8, causes travel disruptions

BERLIN — Ferocious winds, with gusts over 200 kph (125 mph), lashed Corsica and whipped up a forest fire that flared overnight on the French Mediterra...
12:51 11 February 2022

Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel

LONDON — Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing...
23:18 9 February 2022

Riders in the storm: Dutch cyclists brave Storm Ciara

NEELTJE JANS, Netherlands — Call them riders in the storm.
12:57 9 February 2022

Storms sweep over Deep South with rain, wind, floods; 1 dead

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A powerful winter storm raked the Deep South on Thursday with high winds, rain and floods that killed one person and injured severa...
19:00 6 February 2022

Storm Gloria kills 11 in Spain, causes wide coastal damage

MADRID — A calamitous storm has killed at least 11 people in Spain and left five others missing, as well as causing rivers to overflow their banks and...
14:58 23 January 2022

Winter storm lashes Spanish coast, leaves 4 dead, power cuts

MADRID — A winter storm lashed much of Spain for a third day Tuesday, leaving 200,000 people without electricity, schools closed and roads blocked by ...
16:43 21 January 2022

Reservations brace for winter storms amid slow recovery

PINE RIDGE, S.D. —
14:37 18 January 2022

Chicago flights halted; plane slides off Kansas City taxiway

CHICAGO — The Federal Aviation Administration halted all flights in and out of Chicago's O'Hare Airport for hours Friday night due to a sprawling wint...
4:19 18 January 2022

Oops! Weather Channel has a correction for ‘Jeopardy’

NEW YORK — The Weather Channel says the folks at “Jeopardy!” need to get their directions straight.
21:55 17 January 2022

Storms cut power in Washington state mountain towns for days

SKYKOMISH, Wash. — Rural mountain communities outside Seattle that have been without power for days and cut off from the outside world by a series of ...
21:43 16 January 2022

Recovery begins after storms kill 11 in Midwest, South

Icy roads, deadly tornadoes, punishing waves — severe weekend weather has been blamed for 11 deaths and major damage in parts of the Midwest, South an...
6:35 13 January 2022

Experts warn Puerto Rico not prepared for big earthquakes

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — More than two years ago, Hurricane Maria revealed that Puerto Rico was utterly unprepared for a powerful hurricane despite its...
5:00 13 January 2022

Four dead as severe storm sweeps through southern US

BENTON, La. — Authorities say at least four people have died as severe storms sweep across parts of the U.S. South, bringing high winds and unrelentin...
16:29 11 January 2022

Puerto Rico earthquake aftermath deepens as govt seeks help

SAN JUAN — More than 2,000 people in shelters. Nearly one million without power. Hundreds of thousands without water.
15:28 9 January 2022

Major Southern California highways reopen after heavy snow

LOS ANGELES — Major interstates reopened in Southern California on Friday after lengthy closures caused by a cold storm that drenched the region and b...
21:48 27 December 2022

Historic US towns endured wars, storms. What about sea rise?

SWANSBORO, N.C. — Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, ...
7:22 5 December 2021

Schools, offices close as long-lived storm clobbers US East

ALBANY, N.Y. — A seemingly endless winter storm that hindered travel across most of the country over the long holiday weekend is delivering a last wal...
21:26 2 December 2021

Deadly storm moves cross country taking aim at Northeast

NEW YORK — Hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands delayed for travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday as a deadly winter storm ...
3:00 2 December 2021

Powerful storm pushes into Midwest with heavy snow and winds

Wintry weather bedeviled Thanksgiving weekend travelers across the United States Saturday as a powerful and dangerous storm moved eastward, dumping he...
2:16 1 December 2021

Approaching storm, snafus cast pall on Southeast Asian Games

CLARK, Philippines — An approaching typhoon is threatening to complicate the hosting by the Philippines of the largest biennial games in Southeast Asi...
2:47 30 November 2021

Winter storm threatens to scramble Thanksgiving travel plans

MINNEAPOLIS — A day after bringing havoc to the Rocky Mountains, a powerful winter storm rolled across the Midwest on Wednesday, threatening to scramb...
16:55 27 November 2021

One-two punch of storms threatens Thanksgiving travel in US

DENVER — Heavy snow and wind shut down highways Tuesday in Colorado and Wyoming, closed schools in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 travelers to sl...
2:28 27 November 2021

The most destructive hurricanes are hitting US more often

WASHINGTON — Big, destructive hurricanes are hitting the U.S. three times more frequently than they did a century ago, according to a new study.
20:12 11 November 2021

Hong Kong protesters vandalize subway station, storm mall

HONG KONG — Protesters smashed windows in a subway station and a shopping mall Sunday and police made arrests in areas across Hong Kong amid anger ove...
9:59 10 November 2021

Flooding in East Africa affects more than 1 million people

NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 1 million people in East Africa are affected by flooding after higher than normal rainfall, an aid group said Friday. Parts...
15:29 1 November 2021

Crews battle California blazes before windstorms return

LOS ANGELES — Crews fought Tuesday to drown, slash and smother wildfires that have incinerated dozens of homes in Northern and Southern California bef...
5:27 29 October 2021