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Hurricane Roslyn batters Mexico’s Pacific coast with damaging winds, major rainfall

Roslyn, a powerful Category 3 hurricane, made landfall in Mexico's Nayarit state on the Pacific coast Sunday morning, dumping a life-threatening storm surge with...

Hurricane Delta bears down on storm-battered US south coast

The storm toppled trees and torn down power lines in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as it swept over the western Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Humberto lashes Bahamas, seen becoming hurricane

Humberto had maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (85 km per hour) with higher gusts, and was expected to become a hurricane by Sunday night

Alive but lost: In Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian survivors wonder what next

Great Abaco is littered with mounds of unused construction materials, waterlogged notebooks and Bibles, stained piles of tattered clothes, single shoes, overturned bath tubs and rotting mattresses.

Hurricane Dorian pounds Bahamas, US evacuates coast

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) called the storm's impact "catastrophic"

Storm Barry takes aim at Louisiana, could roar ashore as hurricane

The large storm system currently in the Gulf of Mexico brings heavy rains, a potential storm surge and flooding that pose a threat reminiscent of 2005's deadly Hurricane Katrina.

10,400 deaths, $160bn damage due to natural disasters in 2018

Financial toll due to natural disasters was below the $350bn recorded previous year but above the 30-year average of $140bn.

Killer storm Florence dumping ‘epic amounts of rainfall’ on Carolina states

Hurricane Florence dumped "epic amounts of rainfall" across the eastern United States resulting in life-threatening flooding.

TV channel defends reporter accused of faking extreme wind conditions during hurricane coverage

NEW YORK: A video of a US weather reporter channel made rounds on the social media, showing him apparently exaggerating the force of Hurricane...

Trump rejects Puerto Rico storm toll of 3,000 as Democrat plot

Donald Trump rejected the official death toll from last year's Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, saying it had been inflated to almost 3,000 as part of a ploy to make him look bad.

Hurricane gathers force as it heads toward Hawaii and volcano

Hurricane Hector gained strength as it headed across the Pacific, threatening to hit Hawaii's Big Island and possibly its active volcano, officials said early...

Former presidents take stage at hurricane benefit concert

ATLANTA: All five of America's living former presidents took the stage Saturday at a benefit concert in Texas to raise money for victims of...

Trump gives self 10/10 for Puerto Rico response

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his administration ten-out-of-ten for its response a hurricane that hammered Puerto Rico exactly one month ago, as...

Pakistan pledges financial assistance for hurricane-hit Caribbean countries

ISLAMABAD: As an expression of support and solidarity from Pakistan with the Caribbean countries devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan...

Tropical storm Nate lashes US Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS: Tropical storm Nate moved quickly inland from the US Gulf Coast early Sunday after making landfall twice as a powerful hurricane, triggering...

Climate change and hurricanes: do we need a smoking gun?

WASHINGTON: Many climate scientists are convinced that mega-storms Harvey and Irma Hurricane -- which left scores dead and caused massive economic losses -- were boosted...

Hurricane Irma menaces Florida’s Gulf Coast after striking Cuba

REMEDIOS: Hurricane Irma pounded Cuba’s northern coast on Saturday and barreled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast as authorities scrambled to complete an unprecedented evacuation of...

Indian Embassy tells 1,500 hurricane-hit Indian families in Caribbean to ‘go to hell’

As many as 1,500 Indian families stranded in the Caribbean in the wake of powerful hurricane have simply gotten the cold shoulder from their...

So how do mega-storms get named, anyhow?

PARIS: First there was Harvey, which put much of Houston under water. Now Hurricane Irma is rampaging across the Caribbean and closing in on...

1.2 million people ‘battered’ by Irma: Red Cross

GENEVA: An estimated 1.2 million people have already been "battered" by Hurricane Irma, a number that could surge to 26 million, the Red Cross...

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