WEATHER REPORT

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At least 11 dead as floods and landslide hit Indonesia
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
A landslide killed nine people at Pacitan in East Java province and two people died in floods triggered by heavy rain in the same area. Thousands of homes were ...
US southwest sizzles as experts predict record Thanksgiving
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
Temperatures are expected to rise to 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33C) in parts of southern California on Wednesday and Thursday, while Phoenix, Arizona, is predicted...
Heatwaves have at least 27 ways to kill you
Nov 14, 2017 (SPX)
At times, the impacts of deadly heat are not measured in human lives, but in the numbers of people imprisoned indoors. In the last two years, for instance, mill...
Central Europe storms leave seven dead
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
Storm "Hewart" had Sunday pounded the region with cold rains and heavy winds, downing trees and flooding coastal areas and the German port city of Hamburg while...
California roasts under record-setting temperatures
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday broke the 1909 record of 99 degrees Fahrenheit (37.2) set for that day as temperatures rose to 104 Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsiu...
Fourteen feared dead in Malaysian landslide
Oct 21, 2017 (AFP)
Huge mounds of earth slipped off a hillside in the morning and buried the men as they worked on two apartment blocks. About 160 rescuers were deployed to hunt f...
Twenty-three killed in China rainstorms: ministry
Oct 09, 2017 (AFP)
Heavy rainfall since October 1 has caused widespread damage in southwestern Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality, the central provinces of Anhui, Henan a...
Germany reels from deadly storm; Severe train disruptions
Oct 06, 2017 (AFP)
Storm Xavier slammed into the country late afternoon on Thursday, uprooting trees and flinging signs and billboards to the ground with winds that reached 130 ki...
Seven killed as storm lashes Germany
Oct 05, 2017 (AFP)
Police in Hamburg said a tree fell on a car containing two women -- killing one and leaving the other with serious injuries. Another driver was killed in Berlin...
Sydney, Melbourne warned to prepare for 50-degree days
Oct 04, 2017 (AFP)
Other areas across the country should also prepare for extreme heat, said the research led by the Australian National University (ANU) and supported by the Cent...
Searing summers becoming the new normal in Europe: study
Sep 27, 2017 (AFP)
"We found clear evidence of human influence on this summer's record warmth, both in the overall summer temperatures and in the heatwave dubbed 'Lucifer'," said ...
Powerful wind storm kills eight in Romania
Sep 17, 2017 (AFP)
With gusts that reached nearly 100 kilometres (60 miles) an hour, the storm pounded the area around the western city of Timisoara before heading north toward Uk...
Storm kills three people in Germany
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
A man in a wheelchair was found dead in a river in the northern city of Hamburg, according to local firefighters. Witnesses saw him fall into the water and desp...
At least three dead, six missing, as storm hits Philippines
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
The tropical depression, which left some people wading through chest-deep waters outside Manila, was the latest to hit the Southeast Asian archipelago, which en...
Family drowns as violent storms thrash Italy
Sep 10, 2017 (AFP)
Four people from the same family were found dead in a flooded house in the city, where 40 centimetres (16 inches) of rainfall in four hours transformed streets ...
Fear and sweating in Pakistan's hottest cities
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
Scientists have warned that swathes of South Asia may be uninhabitable due to rising temperatures by 2100 -- and in the desert community of Sibi in southwest Ba...
Eight killed as lightning strikes goldmine in DR Congo
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
"Thirty people were struck, including seven who were killed instantly and an eighth who died of their injuries in hospital," local official Christophe Ikando to...
15 injured as lightning strikes French music festival
Sep 02, 2017 (AFP)
"The lightning struck in several areas during" the Vieux Canal festival in the northeast town of Azerailles, the regional council said in a statement. A woman i...
Landslide kills 40 in northeast DR Congo
Aug 17, 2017 (AFP)
Part of a mountain engulfed "a fisherman's camp after heavy rains caused a landslide" the deputy governor of Ituri province, Pacifique Keta, told AFP. He said 4...
312 dead as mudslides, flooding sweep through Sierra Leone capital
Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)
An AFP journalist saw several homes submerged in Regent village, a hilltop community, and corpses floating in the water in the Lumley West area of the city, as ...
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