Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.
At least 10 people are dead after a volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted multiple times overnight, spewing fireballs and ash on surrounding villages.
Some of the east coast and the north will bake in a furnace of potentially life-threatening heat, the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts
An 87-year-old woman was rescued after three days trapped with the body of her dead sister-in-law after the Valencia floods.
Floods left cars piled up like toys in streets, swallowed homes, and covered entire neighbourhoods in sludge as authorities report 217 fatalities
A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it had survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant was shut down again Monday due to an equipment problem, its operator said. The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant on Japan’s northern coast was put back online on Oct. 29 and had been expected to start generating power in early November. The reactor was operating normally and there was no release of radiation into the environment, Tohoku Electric said.
AccuWeather reported that the hurricane’s most probable US landfall will be the Louisiana coast
Angry residents in flood devastated areas of Valencia, booed King Felipe of Spain and pelted him with eggs and mud as scuffles broke out around him.
Flooding has severly impacted the Valencia region and now Barcelona is experiencing torrential rain
Irene Cuevas will never forget the sound of the waves crashing below her apartment’s balcony. “It was a constant fear because we didn’t have light to see by," Cuevas told The Associated Press. Cuevas, a 48-year-old embryologist, is a resident of Chiva, a village perched on a hill about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Valencia city, whose southern outskirts were likewise ravaged by the floods on Tuesday and Wednesday.
More than 200 people have died in Spain's worst flash floods in modern history.
Citizens, volunteers and thousands of soldiers and police officers pressed on with their gargantuan clean-up effort to clear out mud and debris following devasting floods in eastern Spain.View on euronews
Terry and Don Turner from Staffordshire have been missing since Tuesday in Valencia.
Hundreds of volunteers take up buckets and brooms in Valencia as the government bolsters its response to the devastating floods.
A broad area of low pressure in the western Caribbean Sea is becoming better organized and the National Hurricane Center is initiating advisories on the system as of 4 p.m. Sunday.
Tropical Storm Rafael formed Monday in the Caribbean and will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening into a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba, forecasters said. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Jamaica, and a hurricane watch was in effect for the Cayman Islands and for parts of Cuba including the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Artemisa, La Habana, Mayabeque, Matanzas, and the Isle of Youth.
Given "significant uncertainties," forecasters with the National Hurricane Center are uncertain about the storm's path and potential impact
Storm expected to bring heavy rain to US Gulf coast later this week
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted overnight, killing at least 10 people as it spewed fireballs and ash on surrounding villages, officials said Monday as they raised the alert to its highest level.Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-metre (5,587-feet) twin volcano located on the popular tourist island of Flores, erupted shortly before midnight, forcing authorities to evacuate several villages.Residents described their horror when the crater started shooting flaming rocks at their homes."I was asleep when suddenly the bed shook twice, as if someone had slammed it. Then I realised the volcano had erupted, so I ran outside," said 32-year-old hairdresser Hermanus Mite."I saw flames coming out and immediately fled. There were ashes and stones everywhere. My salon also caught fire and everything inside was lost."Abdul Muhari, spokesman of the country's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB), confirmed the death toll at a press conference, adding that 10,295 people had been affected by the eruptions.He said the number of evacuees was still being calculated.An AFP journalist near the volcano said five villages were evacuated, forcing thousands of people to seek shelter elsewhere.Buildings near the volcano were covered by thick ash while some wooden homes caught fire, and the ground was pockmarked with holes caused by flying molten rocks.The crater erupted just before midnight and then again at 1:27 am (1727 GMT Sunday) and 2:48 am, the country's volcanology agency said.The volcanology agency hoisted the highest alert level and told locals and tourists not to carry out activities within a seven-kilometre (4.3-mile) radius of the crater."There has been a significant increase in volcanic activity on Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki," it said in a press release Monday.It released images that showed the roofs of houses collapsed after they were hit by volcanic rocks, and locals sheltering in communal buildings.- 'All in panic' -Locals said the initial eruption was masked by adverse weather conditions."We didn't hear any warning signs because it started with thunder and lightning," said Petrus Muda Turan, head of a village on the Catholic-majority island, adding that the dead included a baby and a young nun."After midnight, people finally began to evacuate in a panic. When we ran, we didn't know what to bring, so we just took ourselves."Authorities warned there was a potential for rain-induced lava floods and advised people to wear masks to protect against volcanic ash.Abdul from the disaster agency said an airport in Maumere, the second-largest town on Flores, had been temporarily closed and a desk had been set up for locals to report any missing relatives.There were multiple tremors and eruptions at the volcano last week, sending columns of ash between 500 and 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) into the sky several days in a row.Laki-Laki, which means "man" in Indonesian, is twinned with a calmer volcano named after the Indonesian word for "woman".The mountain had several major eruptions in January, prompting authorities to evacuate at least 2,000 residents.Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation, experiences frequent eruptions due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an area of intense volcanic and seismic activity. In December last year, an eruption at one of the country's most active volcanoes, Mount Marapi in West Sumatra, killed at least 24 climbers, most of them university students. And in May, more than 60 people died after heavy rains washed volcanic material from Marapi into residential areas, sweeping away homes.That month, Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi province erupted more than half a dozen times, forcing thousands of people on nearby islands to evacuate. agn-jfx/lb
Tornadoes and flooding spawned by severe thunderstorms tore through parts of Oklahoma overnight, leaving at least 11 people injured and shredding homes and other properties.
STORY: Spanish rescuers searched for bodies on Monday (November 4) in underground parking lots in the Valencia region that were flooded after last week's devastating rains.::Spanish police It comes as the government announced it's sending thousands more troops to help with the clean-up, in the face of rising public anger over authorities' handling of the disaster. At this 5,700-car shopping mall garage near Valencia airport, medics and forensic teams were seen at the site, alongside firefighters, police and military units.Teams also looked near river mouths where currents may have deposited bodies.The official death toll from Spain's worst flash floods in modern history edged higher to 217 on Sunday (November 3).Almost all of them were in the Valencia region, with dozens just in the suburb of Paiporta.That's where residents vented their anger at the Spanish king and queen, as well as prime minister, who visited the stricken area on Sunday.Some chanted "murderers" and hurled mud, as they accused the authorities of sending late flood warnings.They also say emergency services responded too slowly after disaster hit. At least one security officer was seen with a bleeding forehead amid the chaos. Some of the protesters were also seen wearing symbols of far-right groups that often stage protests against the leftist government. Defense minister Margarita Robles said extremist groups were taking advantage of the situation for political gain.::Spanish Defense MinistryOn Monday, Robles told state-owned radio RNE that 2,500 more troops are being sent to the country's flood-hit east.They'll be backing up the 5,000 that arrived at the weekend to help hand out essentials, clean up streets and protect shops and properties from looters.The region faces an enormously difficult clean-up after torrential rains last Tuesday and Wednesday caused Europe's worst flood-related disaster in five decades.Rainfall has continued during the rest of the week, but there's been no more major flooding in the area.