natural disasters

Geomagnetic storm from a solar flare could disrupt radio communications and create striking aurora

Gregory Daniels

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday, saying an ouburst of plasma ...

Long recovery ahead for some in path of deadly tornadoes in central US

Elaine Hadley

LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing ...

Texas fires follow Warren Buffett’s warning on utilities

Elaine Hadley

A burned car and home following the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Fritch, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images Massive wildfires ...

A woman in her 90s is rescued alive 5 days after Japan’s deadly earthquake

Abhinav Thawait

A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after a ...

Flooded U.K. tunnels force Eurostar to cancel all London trains Saturday

Abhinav Thawait

Published: Dec. 30, 2023 at 10:46 a.m. ET Flooding in railway tunnels in southeastern England forced the cancellation of all ...

Hurricanes Norma and Tammy to strike Mexico and Leeward Islands this weekend

Abhinav Thawait

CNN  —  Hurricane Norma is expected to strike Mexico’s popular Los Cabos resort area from the Pacific Ocean on Saturday ...

Lidia makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane near Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta resort

Gregory Daniels

People walk by a restaurant damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Lidia, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico October 10, 2023. Christian ...

Canada’s wildfires set to shroud New York City in smoky haze

Gregory Daniels

CNN  —  Smoke from wildfires still raging in Canada is expected to blanket part of the Northeast US on Monday, ...

Storm treks farther up East Coast after lashing coastal North Carolina on Saturday

Gregory Daniels

CNN  —  Ophelia, now a tropical depression, is impacting parts of the mid-Atlantic after its landfall early Saturday near Emerald ...