Pacific
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More flooding possible in Four Corners region after days of heavy rain
A rain-soaked swath of the Southwest U.S. is bracing for another round of potentially heavy showers and thunderstorms after days of rain forced evacuations and water rescues
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US south-west braces for more storms after enduring days of rain and flooding
More inclement weather forecast in rain-soaked Four Corners region after evacuations and rescues last week
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Severe flooding in the Four Corners region prompts evacuations and rooftop rescues
Heavy rain flooded dozens of homes in Utah, while tornadoes in Arizona tore off roofs, knocked trees onto structures, and brought down power lines
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More rain is expected after bad flooding in the Four Corners region led to rescues and evacuations
Hundreds of people have lost power and have been told to evacuate in the Four Corners area
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2026 Rugby League World Cup: What England need to avoid group stage exit
England need a few things to go their way next weekend to stay in the Men's Rugby League World Cup - but they have at least given themselves a chance.
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Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China
Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled
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Taiwan shuts schools and grounds flights as Typhoon Champi brushes by
Taiwan shut down schools and offices and grounded hundreds of flights as Typhoon Champi began brushing by the island
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A possible three tornados wallop Arizona, bringing golf-ball sized hail
Violent storms overnight knocked over utility poles and carried thunder and heavy winds through central Arizona
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UN warns El Nino could be strongest on record
The UN's aid chief says the humanitarian system cannot cope alone, as $50 million is released for 11 frontline countries including Chad and Somalia.
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Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees
Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island
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El Niño is dramatically increasing sea levels – how bad could it get?
El Niño has already raised sea levels in part of the eastern Pacific by 40 centimetres and as it continues to strengthen, there could be coastal flooding from Alaska to Chile
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Met Office explains why the UK felt so cold this weekend and when it will get warmer
The Met Office has blamed the colder weather on high pressure building from the west, while cooler air moved across the UK
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Hurricane Trudy menaces Mexico’s Pacific coast and Greece hit by deadly floods
Trudy weakens to tropical storm after warnings of strong winds and heavy rain, while one person killed in Greece
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‘This is not poker’: Alberta goes to polls in referendum that has exposed divisions, not least among separatists
Voters to be asked whether province should remain part of Canada or hold a second, binding independence vote
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Hurricane Trudy strengthens to category 2 as it heads toward Mexico
Hurricane warning in effect from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes as storm moves toward Pacific coast
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Six homes burned and two firefighters injured in fast-moving California wildfire
About 6,000 homes under evacuation, affecting 16,000 residents in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano
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Hurricane Trudy makes its way toward Mexico as Typhoon Champi threatens Guam
Hurricane Trudy is moving toward southwestern and west-central Mexico's Pacific coast
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Mexican judge sentences three men to 158 years in prison for murders of Australian and US surfers
Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, and their American friend Carter Rhoad, were killed while on a surf trip in Baja California in 2024
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Why hasn't the UK had any named storms yet?
So far this autumn wet and windy weather patterns have been steered away from the UK. When could we see that change?
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Brazil says Amazon deforestation fell to the lowest level since 1988
Brazil’s government announces that annual deforestation in the Amazon has fallen to its lowest level since 1988
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Chile's president makes first state visit to Bolivia in 71 years as region shifts right
Chile’s president is in Bolivia for the first state visit by a Chilean leader in more than seven decades
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Hurricane Trudy strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
Hurricane Trudy has strengthened to a major hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast
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Museum releases historical photos of island where Amelia Earhart may have crashed
Images from New Zealand aerial survey of Nikumaroro in 1938 offer new clues over aviator’s disappearance
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(S+) Meinung: Leaving the US: The Erosion of My American Dream
After more than 30 years as a DER SPIEGEL correspondent in the US, I am leaving. The country that I thought I knew no longer exists. It was an illusion - and it is being replaced by the unknown.
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Evacuations issued as multiple wildfires ignite in hot, windy California
Largest blaze the Henderson fire near San Diego as strong winds and severe heat could fuel rapid spread
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US winter is likely to be wetter and warmer, forecasters say, with more snow in the south
El Niño will likely shift weather patterns to bring more rain, but much snow still isn’t forecast for the northern sates
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California faces more extreme weather as hot, windy days raise wildfire risk
Warnings come as Californians have already in autumn felt brutal heatwave and storm surge that battered coast
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NOAA issues new US winter forecast - and a warning for East Coast cities
The weather agency is forecasting that parts of all of 39 states will see a wetter-than-usual winter
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Hurricane Trudy looms over Mexico’s Pacific coast as it strengthens into huge storm
Through the weekend, Trudy is expected to produce 4-8 inches of rainfall, with isolated totals around 12 inches across the southwestern Mexican states
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Trudy strengthens to a hurricane as system nears Mexico’s coast with major storm expected
Trudy has intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches the Pacific coast of Mexico
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Deadly flooding hits Europe as deaths reported in Greece and Turkey
Travel has been limited on Greek islands
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Meet the traveller walking the world after 70
Sarsenbay Kotyrashov began travelling on foot in his 70s. After walking across Kazakhstan and through parts of Asia and Europe, he is now preparing to cross the US.
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Met Office chief meteorologist issues weather warning: 'Not good news'
Ian Lisk from the UK’s national meteorological service warned that ’normal weather’ is a thing of the past
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Tokyo protests Russia’s arrest of Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying
Japan on Wednesday protested to Russia over the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying, demanding Moscow's explanation, access to the man in custody and humane treatment for him
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Pope Leo recovering from surgery after lung cancer diagnosis
Vatican says operation on US-born head of Roman Catholic church was ‘successful’
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Death toll rises to 6 as Hurricane Simon and Rachel remnants unleash floods in Mexico
Hurricane Simon and the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel have led to six deaths along Mexico’s Pacific coast
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Japanese journalist arrested in Russia's Sakhalin region on spying charges
Russia's top domestic security agency has arrested a Japanese journalist suspected of spying on Sakhalin Island
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California coastal homes battered and bruised after weekend of intense waves and flooding
Boardwalk destroyed in Long Beach and homes damaged, while Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas also affected
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Precision oncology: A revolutionary way of targeting tumours could beat even the worst cancers
We have long treated cancer based on its location in the body. But a whole new approach that analyses tumours differently is now helping people survive forms of cancer that were once considered a death sentence
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The land's ability to store carbon has bounced back after two bad years
Carbon absorption by forests and grasslands bounced back in 2025 thanks to favourable growing conditions, but El Niño could lead to another sharp slump next year
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Argentina temporarily closes Iguazu Falls after El Niño-fuelled surge in water levels
National park officials took the precautionary measure to limit tourist access after heavy rain caused the Iguazu River to flow at six times the normal rate
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Pacific hurricane region sets record for big, long-lasting storms thanks to El Niño
El Niño and other factors have combined to turbocharge the central and eastern Pacific hurricane region to record activity
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Balkan temperatures swing as heavy rain heads for Greece
Clear skies bring warm days and cold nights to Montenegro, while a low-pressure system moves towards Aegean Sea
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Hurricanes can produce a huge amount of rain but the big risk isn’t the total amount
Hurricane Harvey dropped an estimated 27 trillion gallons of water over Texas, enough to fill about 40 million Olympic-size swimming pools
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Storm Isaias tracker latest: 4 dead and scores without power after storm’s landfall
Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season
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Some in Florida and Alabama without power as Isaias moves north to Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic
Hurricane Isaias has left nearly 396,000 customers without power across the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama
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Thousands without power in Florida and Alabama as Isaias moves north
At least four deaths linked to storm amid warnings of flash flooding that could stretch into Appalachians
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A ferocious Hurricane Simon nears Mexico with 155 mph winds and flooding fears
Hurricane Simon is just off the Pacific coast of Mexico and is expected to move inland as an extremely powerful storm
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Let’s Talk About the Super El Niño and Climate Change
Here’s what we know about the record-setting El Niño on a record-hot planet, and the most important questions scientists are trying to answer.
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Four dead and thousands without power after Hurricane Isaias lashes US
Roofs were ripped off buildings after Isaias barrelled into the US on Friday evening, before it weakened to a post-tropical cyclone.
