Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a shooting has occurred on Interstate 75 in a rural area south of Lexington

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LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a shooting has occurred on Interstate 75 in a rural area south of Lexington.

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    Two people have died after a typhoon slammed into southwestern Taiwan, deluging the major port city of Kaohsiung with heavy rain and forcing the island to shut down for a second day.

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene says ‘they’ control the weather after Hurricane Helene kills 215 in the US

    At least 33 people are dead in Georgia due to the second-deadliest hurricane in US history

  • About 100 rescued elephants escape flash floods at popular sanctuary in northern Thailand

    Flash floods swept through a popular elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of about 100 elephants and trapping dozens of tourists, amid urgent pleas for help.

  • Taiwan cleans up after Typhoon Krathon batters south

    Workers removed felled trees and swept up shattered glass in southern Taiwan on Friday as Typhoon Krathon was downgraded to a tropical depression after killing two people and injuring hundreds more.Across the island, two people were killed, one was missing and nearly 700 were reported injured, with more than 70,000 homes still without power as of Friday afternoon.

  • Millions of Americans have never been this hot in October before as a historic heat wave hits

    Millions of people in the West are experiencing a dangerous and historic October heatwave with temperatures so extreme they’d be considered hot during the peak of summer.

  • Cities across Taiwan deal with aftermath of heavy rain from Typhoon Krathon

    Trees were brought down by high winds and roads were flooded in Kaohsiung, prompting the closure of schools and businesses, while a landslide in Keelung City triggered a large emergency service response. (AP video shot by Johnson Lai)

  • Wind and Rain Batter Taiwan as Typhoon Krathon Makes Landfall

    Weather conditions were worsening around Kaohsiung, in southern Taiwan, as Typhoon Krathon made landfall on Thursday, October 3.Footage recorded in Donggang, south of Kaohsiung, by X user @Blackst0748426 shows driving rain and strong winds.@Blackst0748426 said that the wind and rain were so strong that he could feel the roof of his house shaking.“It is as exaggerated as during Typhoon Kemi,” he said. “The fear I felt at that time suddenly emerged again.”Typhoon Kemi, or Gaemi, hit Taiwan in July. Credit: @Blackst0748426 via Storyful

  • Biden and Harris tour storm Helene havoc as death toll climbs

    Biden flew over storm-ravaged North Carolina, where tens of thousands of people remain without running water.

  • People moved to Asheville to escape extreme weather. They forgot its tragic history.

    The destruction reveals this city — like any in America — was never safe, it’s just that memories are short and the climate crisis consistently underestimated.

  • California's heat wave to come 'roaring back' this weekend, with more record-breaking temps ahead

    Though the current heat wave peaked on Wednesday, the outlook going into the weekend doesn't bring much relief, according to the National Weather Service.

  • Before-and-after images show Helene wiped parts of North Carolina off the map

    New before and after satellite photos paint a grim picture of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in parts of western North Carolina that have been hard to access after the storm swiped away the state’s roads and bridges.

  • After Helene: in North Carolina, most find they're uninsured

    STORY: Few of the North Carolina victims of Hurricane Helene will have help from federal insurance to rebuild.A Reuters analysis of government data shows only around 1 in 200 people in the state’s flood-stricken west are covered by the National Flood Insurance Program.That’s a far lower rate than the coastal or riverside areas it’s meant to serve.The Brosseaus, living near Asheville, weren’t among the insured."It came up to here. I'm surprised it didn't come through the windows. I mean it was pretty close, and the water was coming up from that way, which nobody would have expected that."Pamela Brousseau and her husband were beginning a long clean-up job on Thursday."I cried. I still cry. You walk into a place that you know what it looks like and then it's not there. It's pretty hard, but thankful that we had, you know, ourselves here to take care of things, to assess it, and I don't know, it was pretty hard."When they first moved in, the two were required to have flood insurance. But after three years, Libre, Pamela’s husband, said the flood maps were redrawn and their home was no longer required to have it.“…we were no longer included in the flood plain, the 100-year flood plain. There was mention of a thousand-year flood plain. But at any rate, the requirement of the bank was no longer mandatory to have the flood insurance. We're not wealthy people, so we opted out of that coverage."The insurance wasn't required because the federal program is mostly focused on the flood risks posed by rising seas and swelling rivers.It doesn’t anticipate the threat posed by the sort of extreme rainfall brought on by Helene.Asheville is the largest city in the area.It had actually gotten a reputation as a climate refuge in recent years – with people moving there from storm-prone areas.The federal government even moved its national data center for environment records there.And private insurance companies see the area as relatively safe. The industry asked state regulators earlier this year to approve a 99% rate increase for coastal areas, but only asked for a 4% hike for some of the mountain counties that Helene went on to hit.Yet as the storm approached, insurance was very much on the Brosseaus’ minds. "Yeah, it is. It was probably one of the first things we discussed as the storm was coming. Like holy crap. But if it's $600 a month and you have a mortgage on top of that, it's just really hard to do.”Heavy rainfall events like Helene are likely to be even more damaging with climate change, since warmer air can hold more moisture.According to the Environmental Protection Agency, since 1900 precipitation in the U.S. has increased as temperatures rise, and rain and snow are increasingly falling in intense bursts.

  • A huge cavern helps Tokyo prepare for a changing climate

    STORY: ::Kasukabe, Japan::July 4, 2024It looks like a secret underground cavern from the set of a movie. But it's actually a facility designed to keep Tokyo from flooding.It is one part of a growing system to ensure the expected increase in rainfall doesn’t overcome the Japanese capital.::This EarthHelping to oversee the expansion of this underground system is Shun Otomo.::Shun OtomoTokyo Bureau of Construction“As the climate changes, these kinds of rains are expected to become more and more frequent and to have even greater impact we intend to strengthen the provision of these facilities in order to ensure the safety and security of the people of Tokyo."::Tokyo, JapanFifty-nine massive pillars that are 59 feet high and weigh 500 tons each make up what is known as the “underground chamber” here north of Tokyo.It has enough volume to fit almost 100 Olympic-size swimming pools of water.When nearby rivers flood, the overflow courses through nearly four miles of massive underground tunnels before collecting here in what is officially known as the Metropolitan Outer Area Underground Discharge Channel.Facilities like this one help protect Tokyo from a changing climate being tracked by Tokyo University professor of environmental science and climate risk Seita Emori.::Seita EmoriTokyo University Professor"We are now in a long-term warming trend, so we anticipate that previously unseen record amounts of rain will fall as the temperature rises in the future."::July 6, 2024The summer of 2024 was the hottest since records began in 1898, Japan's weather agency said in September. In Tokyo, sudden, violent storms known as "guerrilla" downpours have become increasingly common.Tokyo’s flood defenses went into action on August 30th as security cameras captured water pouring into the underground cathedral as a typhoon lashed southwest Japan nearly 400 miles away.The system kicked in four times in June, more than all of last year. During Typhoon Shanshan, it captured enough water to fill the Tokyo Dome baseball stadium almost four times, before pumping it safely into the Edogawa River and out to sea.::July 17, 2024Work is also underway using a colossal tunneling machine to ground a path through the earth below Tokyo.The aim is to capture vast quantities of rain that might otherwise flood the streets above.

  • Residents say village flooding worst it has been

    Some pay a private firm to pump out water after suffering flooding for days.

  • Hurricane Helene is deadliest storm since Katrina as fatalities reach 182

    The majority of deaths were reported in North Carolina

  • Northern Lights possible as solar storms gather

    The largest solar flare since 2017 has been spotted erupting from the Sun’s surface.

  • Work and travel resumes across Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon finally dissipates

    Work, classes and flights resumed across Taiwan on Friday after Typhoon Krathon brought torrential rainfall to the island but finally dissipated over a mountain range. A heavy rain advisory remained in place for the northern coast and mountainous areas, where two landslides occurred early Friday. Krathon had brought much of the island to a standstill for three days but weakened to a tropical depression early Friday.

  • Taiwan hospital fire kills at least nine as Typhoon Krathon batters island

    At least nine people have died in a hospital fire in Taiwan as a typhoon batters the island. The fire happened in Pingtung county in southern Taiwan, which has been hit by Typhoon Krathon, bringing with it torrential rain and heavy winds. Typhoon Krathon made landfall in the major port city of Kaohsiung and is forecast to move slowly north and weaken by Friday, before it reaches the country's capital city, Taipei.

  • Flooding as Typhoon Krathon's strong wind and rain hits southern Taiwan

    A fire at a hospital in southern Taiwan killed at least nine people Thursday as the island was being battered by a typhoon. The fire occurred in Pingtung county, which has been hit hard by Typhoon Krathon, which made landfall in the afternoon with torrential rains and heavy winds and has brought parts of the island to a standstill.

  • How to help Hurricane Helene victims

    Millions of people from coastal Florida to the Blue Ridge Mountains are reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The storm made landfall on Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane – the strongest on record to strike the area.