California copes with heavy rain, flooding in latest ‘atmospheric river’ storm

Reuters 03/12/2023

LOS ANGELES – Emergency officials in several California counties spent Friday patrolling levies and swollen rivers as an “atmospheric river” storm drenched the already-sodden state with torrential rains, causing floods that washed out roads and prompted evacuations.…

Greek rescuers comb through train crash wreckage as hopes fade

Reuters 03/02/2023

Larissa, GREECE – Rescuers resumed a search on Thursday for survivors of Greece’s deadliest train crash, combing through the buckled and crushed remains of carriages that derailed and then caught fire in a disaster that killed at…

The man who survived the Turkey earthquake, and his family who didn’t

Reuters 02/09/2023

HATAY, Turkey — Peering out from under a large slab of concrete and brick, Abdulalim Muaini gestures weakly at his rescuers. It has been over two days since a massive earthquake brought his home in Hatay, Turkey,…

Major earthquake kills 3,700 in Turkey and Syria, weather hits survivors

Reuters 02/07/2023

KAHRAMANMARAS – A huge earthquake killed more than 3,700 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the thousands left injured or homeless and hampering…

Turkey earthquake of magnitude 7.9 shakes central region, Syria

Reuters 02/06/2023

DIYARBAKIR  – A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck southern Turkey early on Monday and was felt in Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria, collapsing buildings and sending residents into the snowy streets, witnesses and broadcasters said. The German…

At least 23 dead as dozens of wildfires torch forests in Chile

Reuters 02/05/2023

SANTIAGO – Dozens of wildfires blazing through Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires that have claimed at least…

China says it strongly opposes US move to shoot down balloon

Reuters 02/05/2023

SHANGHAI — China’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that it expressed strong dissatisfaction and opposition towards the United States’ use of force to attack its airship.     A U.S. military fighter jet shot down the airship,…

Spanish police seize cocaine worth $114 million from cattle ship

Reuters 01/29/2023

MADRID – Spanish police seized 4.5 tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of 105 million euros ($114 million) after raiding a cattle ship off the Canary Islands earlier this week, a statement said on Saturday.…

No immediate surge of Chinese tourists expected after re-opening

Reuters 12/28/2022

SHANGHAI – China’s relaxation of COVID-19 rules for international arrivals has raised hopes that its multi-billion dollar travel business will soon flourish again but countries longing for the return of Chinese tourists will likely face more of…

New Delhi fog disrupts air and rail travel

Reuters 12/27/2022

NEW DELHI, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Low temperatures and fog in New Delhi hit air and rail movement on Tuesday morning as a cold wave gripped the Indian capital with minimum temperatures dipping as low as 5.6…

‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ blizzard kills at least 27 in western New York

Reuters 12/27/2022

A blizzard that paralyzed western New York over the Christmas weekend has killed more than two dozen people, local officials said on Monday, as crews struggled to dig out the snow-bound region around Buffalo from its fiercest…

Seven dead in Buffalo as Arctic system freezes eastern U.S.

Reuters 12/26/2022

A deadly blizzard paralyzed Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping motorists in their cars, knocking out electricity to thousands of homes and raising the death toll from a severe winter storm system that has chilled much…

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