Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to 2,000
The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to over 2,000, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. It’s one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the…
Sikkim cloudburst: Five dead and 23 missing in northeast India following flash floods
CNN — Five people have died and 23 Indian Army personnel are missing in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim after a cloudburst led to flash floods. The flooding happened in…
Flash floods foreshadow a threatening reality in New York City
Cars drive along a flooded street on Church Avenue amid a coastal storm on September 29, 2023 in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn borough New York City. Michael M. Santiago…
Landslide causes large chunk of Swedish motorway to collapse
CNN — A large chunk of a motorway in southwest Sweden collapsed overnight, causing three people to be taken to hospital with light injuries, police said on Saturday. The landslide…
Climate change threatens Hong Kong’s luxury cliffside mansions
Hong Kong CNN — Until recently, the upscale homes of the Redhill Peninsula seemed like an oasis for rich Hong Kongers aspiring to a tranquil lifestyle in an otherwise notoriously…
10 dead after tornadoes tear through two cities in eastern China
Beijing CNN — Ten people have died as two tornadoes ripped through two cities in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. It’s the latest deadly extreme weather event to hit the country,…
Death toll from Brazilian floods rises to 31
CNN — Over thirty people are dead after heavy rains and floods in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, state governor Eduardo Leite said Wednesday. Leite visited the…
Tunisian leader sparks outrage by claiming ‘Zionist movement’ behind naming of storm that battered Libya
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN — Tunisian…
Storm-hit Libya needs tens of millions in aid, relief groups say
Members of the rescue teams from the Egyptian army carry a dead body as they walk in the mud between the destroyed buildings, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall…
Morocco’s quake survivors must rebuild their homes and lives. But decimated communities can do little to help
Atlas Mountains, Morocco CNN — Khadija Ait Si Ali was just starting to rebuild her life when the earthquake struck. Her husband died in a road accident seven months ago.…