Florida governor says water may continue to rise for days following Hurricane Milton
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida governor says water may continue to rise for days following Hurricane Milton.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida governor says water may continue to rise for days following Hurricane Milton.
Thousands of villages were ordered to evacuate and ports shut down, officials said Monday, as the disaster-weary Philippines was struck by another typhoon -- the fourth in less than a month.At least 1,400 people were moved from coastal areas as well as flood-prone and landslide-prone areas of Dinalungan and nearby Baler municipality, said disaster operations official Donald Allan Ty. In all, the government ordered 2,500 villages to be evacuated on Sunday, though the national disaster office does
Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the first day he returns to the White House. Many of the largest offshore wind companies put a brave face on the election results, pledging to work with Trump and Congress to build power projects and ignoring the incoming president's oft-stated hostility to them. In campaign appearances, Trump railed against offshore wind and promised to sign an executive order to block such projects.
In a sprawling plant in the heart of California's farmland, millions of shells rush down a metallic chute and onto a conveyor belt where they are inspected, roasted, packaged and shipped off to groceries around the world. Pistachios are growing fast in California, where farmers have been devoting more land to a crop seen as hardier and more drought-tolerant in a state prone to dramatic swings in precipitation. The crop generated nearly $3 billion last year in California and in the past decade the United States has surpassed Iran to become the world’s top exporter of the nut.
A new report is flashing a warning signal about natural disasters, finding that their total economic damage has intensified in recent years.
The fluffy chick’s chunky form is slimming down as he starts to fledge
HAVANA (Reuters) -An earthquake rocked eastern Cuba on Sunday, shaking buildings in Santiago de Cuba, the island's second-largest city, and the surrounding countryside. The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey listed as magnitude 6.8, struck Cuba's southeastern coast in Granma province near the municipality of Bartolome Maso, where former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had his headquarters during the Cuban Revolution. "We've felt earthquakes in the past, but nothing like this," said Santiago resident Griselda Fernandez by telephone.
America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for their economies, security and the world’s grinding wars. Climate diplomats gathering for talks Monday are just as anxious.
With swathes of South Sudan submerged, a whistleblower warns water sources are being polluted by oil.
Deep in a thick forest in Italy's northwestern Piedmont region, the hunt is on for the white Alba truffle, with excited dogs zigzagging and digging into the wet earth. Its intense and refined scent, a mixture of hay, garlic and honey, allows hunting dogs to detect it, even if the truffle is sometimes buried up to a metre deep.
STORY: Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spewed an ash column over five miles into the air, as the volcano erupted at least three more times on Saturday morning (November 9).Officials say they plan to widen the restricted area around the mountain in the country's east.They've been scrambling to evacuate 16,000 people from villages nearest the crater since a big eruption last Sunday (November 3) killed nine. Some 10,700 people have been removed so far from the area, data from Indonesia's disaster agency showed on Saturday.Evacuees like Sherliana Ose Soge have left their homes behind."Yes, here we are comfortable and are given food and water. Thanks to god, sleeping conditions are also good, but for those who have toddlers, they are still sleeping on mats, there are no mattresses and supplies for toddlers are also still limited."Authorities plan to expand the no-go zone southwest to northwest of the crater to 5.6 miles, up from 5. Disaster agency officer Agus Riyanto says three evacuation centres have been set up and the local government is preparing three more.Though Riyanto believes more may be needed.On Friday, Mount Lewotobi erupted several times, with an ash column up to 6.2 miles high.
The region’s president responds to criticisms that he was slow to act by attacking the prime minister
Seeing Yellowstone National Park in person is more amazing than anything you've seen on screen.
Thousands of people sought shelter and ports shut down in the Philippines on Monday, officials said, as the disaster-weary nation was struck by another typhoon -- the fourth in less than a month.Before that, Severe Tropical Storm Trami and Super Typhoon Kong-rey together left 158 people dead, the national disaster agency said, with most of that tally attributed to Trami.
This marks Afghanistan's first participation in a major UN climate event since the Islamist group's 2021 takeover
BAKU (Reuters) -The annual U.N. climate summit began on Monday with some prominent leaders planning to skip the event ahead of tough talks on finance and trade, after a year of weather disasters that have emboldened developing countries' demands for cash. Delegates gathering in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, hope to resolve the COP29 summit's top agenda item – a deal for up to $1 trillion in annual climate finance for developing countries, replacing a target of $100 billion. "Let's dispense with the idea that climate finance is charity," U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell said at the Baku Stadium venue.
The pylons, spanning 50 miles, will run wind farm energy into England but will dissect the Borders countryside.
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Cuba on Sunday, causing material damage in several regions as the island continues to recover from widespread blackouts and the impact of two hurricanes over the past few weeks.
Extending life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant on Burrup Peninsula could result in billions of tonnes of climate pollution, critics say
Protesters are demanding the resignation of the Valencia regional head, accusing him of mishandling the response to last month's floods.
Garnacho was left out against Leicester but came off the bench to score for United in their 3-0 win