It arrived quickly with devastating consequences. We look back at the tidal surge which saw cliffs collapse, livestock drown ...

If your home is built using contemporary bushfire design standards, is well prepared and you can actively defend it, it may provide shelter.Decide early if you are going to leave, and make sure you ...

A 71 year-old pedestrian died Sunday night after he was hit crossing Rattlesnake Hammock Road just west of Collier Boulevard, Florida Highway Patrol reports. Troopers report that a 46 year-old Lehigh ...

UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) - Attacks on aid convoys in the Gaza Strip by looters and armed gangs could decline as humanitarian relief floods the area after the truce takes effect between ...

Gaspar John Ramano Burnside, 26, of Coral Springs and Dquaan Judah Charles, 31, of Margate, each were booked into the Martin County Jail on Jan. 11. The two men were in a black 2017 sedan traveling ...

Thirty-two residents of an aging long-term care home in New Glasgow, N.S., were evacuated earlier this week after a water main break in the basement of the facility caused significant flooding ...

But even though wildfires and floods seem like meteorological opposites, they appear to be two sides of the same climate coin. Scientists suggest the two extremes could be related through a ...

For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. South Africa suspended operations at a key border crossing with Botswana after heavy rains caused flooding. Water levels reached a point ...

Flood warnings remain in place for Marble Bar after more than 100 millimetres of rain in just over two hours left the outback town cut off. Roads across the Pilbara, including North West Coastal ...

Millions of Aussies are being warned of severe thunderstorms and potential flash flooding in the coming days as rain and winds batter the country. Severe thunderstorms are set to affect Queensland ...

Ice and snow will begin to melt as temperatures rise above 0C (32F), with localised flooding possible, the Met Office said. At least 30 flood alerts and two flood warnings are in place across England.

So even small shifts in weather patterns can hurl the state into periods of biblical flooding or landscape-scorching drought. These massive swings from dry to wet to dry conditions — known as ...