PHOTO COLLECTION: Climate Extreme Weather Floods

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  • 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

  • My wife and I lost our multimillion-dollar home in a landslide — but the bank still chases us for our mortgage

    They want us to keep paying $6,950 a month. Don’t we get forgiveness if our home is destroyed?

  • About 100 rescued elephants escape flash floods at popular sanctuary in northern Thailand, two killed in evacuation

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

  • 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.

  • Weather: Hurricane Kirk remnants to batter UK with heavy gales, rain and snow

    Thundery showers have been forecast for London with snow set to fall in other parts of the UK

  • 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)

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene Says ‘They Can Control The Weather,’ Promoting Conspiracy About Hurricane Helene

    Right-wingers have long promoted wild theories about weather control, and Greene, a Donald Trump ally, gave them a big boost.

  • N.C. Couple, Who Canceled Nuptials Due to Hurricane Helene, Donates Wedding Food to Those in Need

    'Our [wedding host]... put the word out, and some people were able to come out and get food,' the couple said

  • Bosnia declares state of emergency after at least 21 killed in flooding

    Rescue teams in the south said several people were still missing and called on volunteers and the army to assist with search and rescue operations.

  • Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf, could intensify as a hurricane and threaten Florida

    A storm system that was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico strengthened into Tropical Storm Milton on Saturday, and forecasters warned that it could intensify into a hurricane and slam into the west coast of Florida next week. Tropical Storm Milton was about 245 miles (395 kilometers) north of Veracruz, Mexico, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said in an afternoon advisory. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was heading toward the north-northeast at 3 mph (6 kph).

  • Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers

    Mingma Rita Sherpa was not home when the muddy torrent roared into his village in Nepal without warning, but when he returned, he did not recognise his once beautiful settlement."We are afraid to return, there are still lakes above," Sherpa said.

  • Rescue teams search for missing after floods, landslides kill at least 16 in Bosnia

    JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday searched for those still missing after flash floods and landslides hit parts of Bosnia, killing at least 16 people and injuring scores more. Construction machines worked to remove piles of rocks and debris covering the central town of Jablanica after the rainstorm early on Friday. Huge quantities of rain fell in the area around Jablanica and nearby Konjic, causing sudden floods that broke into people's homes as they were sleeping.

  • North Carolina Republican Pleads To End Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories About Helene Disaster Recovery

    State Sen. Kevin Corbin calls out “conspiracy theory junk” about unburied bodies and FEMA stealing money.

  • Rainstorms and heavy floods hit large parts of Bosnia, killing at least 16 people

    KISELJAK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia overnight Friday, killing at least 16 people in floods and landslides in several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the country, with surging waters rushing into people's homes as they were sleeping. Rescue services in the south said several people were missing and called on volunteers and the army to assist as roads were closed and houses left without electricity. Josip Kalem, a resident of Fojnica, one of the towns hit by the floods, said his dog's barking woke him up at around 4 a.m. When he came out on the terrace, he saw the water rising rapidly.

  • Billionaire Mulberry owner charged in corruption investigation

    Mulberry’s billionaire owner has been charged in Singapore for his role in a scandal involving thousands of pounds’ worth of gifts he gave to a former government minister.

  • Woman died of heart attack caused by stranger repeatedly raping her, court told

    Natalie Shotter, 37, had been on a night out before she was sexually assaulted and killed on a park bench in London in July 2021, jurors have heard.