Jamaicans across the island are bracing for the worst hurricane the country has seen. In Montego Bay, Glendevon Primary school is being turned into a shelter. Shelter manager Sandra Simon Clarke and her team have laid mats across desks and the floors, turning classrooms into makeshift bedrooms. “I have seen and heard that it is … Read more
The country is hit by some 20 storms and typhoons a year, striking disaster-prone areas where millions live in poverty. Published On 18 Oct 202518 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Thousands of residents of a Philippine island have fled their homes along the Pacific coast as weather experts warned … Read more
The South American nation has reeled under a substantial increase in violent crime over the last several years. Gunmen in Ecuador have killed at least 17 people, including a child, in an attack on a bar, the latest incident to underscore the South American nation’s challenges with rising violent crime. The country’s attorney general said … Read more
Gunmen stormed a hospital in Mexico Monday to attack a man recovering from a gunshot wound, killing him and two police officers, authorities said. The attackers shot the man more than 10 times in the central town of Atlixco, then killed police who tried to stop them from fleeing, the public security secretariat in Puebla … Read more
Tropical Storm John was strengthening over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday and was forecast to become a hurricane and make landfall in Mexico, where it killed at least two people earlier in the week. The storm was forecast to regain hurricane status before making landfall Thursday night near the southwestern city of Lázaro Cárdenas, the … Read more
Workers use sandbags to block water as the worst floods to hit Central and Eastern Europe in at least two decades kill 24. The Danube River has peaked at a 10-year high in a heavily fortified Budapest with its water reaching the steps of parliament, after deadly Storm Boris lashed Europe. Torrential rains and strong … Read more
Europe floods: Death toll rises as Storm Boris wreaks havoc DW (English) Central Europe braces for further flooding ‘apocalypse’ as death toll rises Reuters What We Know About the Deadly Floods in Central Europe The New York Times 10,000 Asked To Leave: Floods Hit Czechia, Poland The Weather Channel Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe The … Read more
Schools and government offices shut down in capital Manila, while ferry services and domestic flights are suspended. A fierce tropical storm has caused floods and landslides that have killed up to 11 people in the Philippines. Tropical Storm Yagi lashed the north of the country overnight into Monday. The heavy rains flooded many areas and … Read more
Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the Atlantic by Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Ernesto was in the Caribbean on Tuesday morning, about 250 miles east-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and moving west-northwest at 18 mph with 50 mph maximum sustained winds. That movement is expected to … Read more
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