Scientists say the forest fires in some parts of northern India and neighbouring Nepal have been the strongest in the past 15 years. The European Union's Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) said that Uttarakhand's fo
Senegal has long been praised for its progressive stance on AIDS prevention and today has one of the lowest levels of HIV in Africa.
But despite this success in recent years rates have risen within the gay community – more than one in four are HIV po
Read more…More than a year into the pandemic, deaths in Brazil are now at their peak. But despite the overwhelming evidence that Covid-19 rarely kills young children, in Brazil 1,300 babies have died from the virus. One doctor refused to test Jessika Ricarte's
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April 6 (UPI) -- Over the last 50 years, precipitation patterns across the American West have become more and more erratic.
According to a new survey of weather records in Western states -- published Tuesday in the journal Geophysical Research L
Read more…A surge of Arctic air that smashed record low temperatures in Alaska late this past week is diving southward into the Lower 48, and will bring a return of winterlike conditions across the center of the country in the coming days.
Temperatures have so
Read more…More huge explosions rocked the island of St. Vincent Monday and Tuesday mornings as the La Soufrière volcano continued erupting.
On Monday, the volcano spewed a tremendous amount of ash and hot gas in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcani
Read more…Firefighters are battling wildfires in Nagarkot, as Nepal is suffering from the country's worst fire season in almost a decade.
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Read more…A weather system has drenched Australia’s east coast, causing widespread flooding and forcing thousands to evacuate.
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Read more…Tropical cyclone Seroja slammed Western Australia, leaving homes destroyed and many without power before it weakened into a tropical storm.
The storm made landfall as a category three cyclone and despite weakening, strong winds and rains are expected
Read more…The Iranian foreign minister has said his country will "take revenge" for an attack on an underground nuclear site, for which it has blamed Israel.
Iranian officials said the Natanz uranium enrichment plant was the target of "nuclear terrorism" on
Conditions were just right, with plenty of warm water and light to moderate wind shear, to the northwest of Australia for the tropical low northwest of Seroja to strengthen into Tropical Cyclone Odette on Friday morning, local time, as Seroja continu
Read more…A historic cold blast settling into Alaska this week will send temperatures plummeting far below zero, which could topple century-old low-temperature records in one city and even a longstanding state record.
The severe cold comes at a time when Alask
Read more…Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes on the Caribbean island of St Vincent after a volcanic eruption blanketed the island in smoke and ash.
La Soufrière, which has been dormant for decades, first started showing volcanic activity in De
Read more…North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told citizens to prepare for hard times ahead, following warnings from rights groups that the country faces dire food shortages and economic instability.
Speaking at a party conference, Mr Kim appeared to compare
It's been a blistering start to spring in the Southwest with record heat kicking off the first weekend in April. AccuWeather meteorologists say the heat is expected to persist, and even though widespread record-challenging temperatures aren't expecte
Read more…Americans across the southern United States are next in line for the threat of another outbreak of damaging storms heading into the weekend. AccuWeather meteorologists warn that people living in states from Texas to Georgia could be at risk for sever
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