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European athletics session under way after weather...
The evening session of the European Athletics Championships scheduled to start at 1805 GMT on Thursday started with a 20-minute de...
Severe weather sees European athletics session sus...
The evening session of the European Athletics Championships scheduled to start at 1805 GMT on Thursday has been suspended because...
Five dead after storms lash France's Corsica: poli...
Brutal storms with winds gusting up to 224 kilometres per hour (140 miles per hour) left five people dead on the French Mediterran...
Hundreds evacuated as 'frightening' floods hit New...
Hundreds of families on New Zealand's South Island were forced to leave their homes on Thursday after dramatic flooding prompted a...
Hundreds evacuated as 'frightening' floods hit N.Z...
Hundreds of families on New Zealand's South Island were forced to leave their homes on Thursday after flooding caused a state of e...
Portugal, Spain struggle to control forest fires
Firefighters in Spain and Portugal were battling on Wednesday to control multiple forest fires across the Iberian Peninsula with b...
France braces for violent storms after weeks of dr...
The French weather service warned Wednesday of new flash flooding risks after fierce rainstorms lashed much of the country overnig...
Portugal struggles to control huge blaze in natura...
More than 1,200 firefighters struggled Wednesday to control a huge forest fire in Portugal's Serra da Estrela park, which resumed...
Violent storms hammer France after weeks of drough...
The French weather service warned Wednesday of flash flooding risks across much of the south, where a historic drought has parched...
Firefighters contain French blazes but caution rei...
A huge fire that has devastated swathes of southwestern France appeared contained on Friday as French and foreign firefighters wor...
Torrential rain, flooding in Seoul kills seven
Subway stations and major roads were underwater in the South Korean capital Seoul after record-breaking rains caused severe floodi...
Receding floodwater lets police evacuate people tr...
Hours after rare and intense flooding hit California's Death Valley, closing roads and stranding some 1,000 people, waters were re...
Explosions, 'unprecedented' fire hit Berlin forest
An "unprecedented" fire broke out Thursday around a German police munitions storage site in a popular forest in western Berlin, se...
Blasts ring out as fires rage in Berlin forest
A huge fire broke out Thursday in a popular forest in western Berlin next to a police munitions storage site, sending plumes of s...
Rescuers face renewed rain as Kentucky flood death...
Rescuers in Kentucky are taking the search effort door-to-door in worsening weather conditions as they brace for a long and grueli...
Kentucky flooding death toll rises to 25: governor
Devastating flooding in Kentucky killed 25 people and the toll is expected to rise, the southern US state's governor said Friday a...
16 dead in Kentucky flooding, toll expected to ris...
Search and rescue teams were using boats and helicopters on Friday to look for survivors of flash floods caused by torrential rain...
16 dead in 'devastating' Kentucky flooding, toll e...
The death toll from severe flooding in Kentucky hit 16 on Friday and is expected to double, the US state's governor said, after to...
15 dead in 'devastating' Kentucky flooding, toll e...
At least 15 people have died in Kentucky in flash flooding caused by torrential rains that swept away homes and left some resident...
Eight dead in 'devastating' Kentucky flooding
Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on...
Three dead in 'devastating' Kentucky flooding: gov...
Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least three people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on...
Firefighters battle California wildfire as heat wa...
California firefighters were making slow progress Monday battling a raging wildfire near Yosemite National Park that will force so...
California wildfire grows as US bakes in record he...
A fierce California wildfire expanded overnight into Sunday, burning several thousand acres and forcing evacuations, as millions o...
California wildfire rages as US bakes in record-se...
A California wildfire ripped through thousands of acres Saturday after being sparked a day earlier, as millions of Americans swelt...
California wildfire rages as US engulfed in heat w...
A California wildfire ripped through thousands of acres Saturday after sparking a day earlier, as millions of Americans sweltered...
Record temperatures set across US as heat wave eng...
A relentless US heat wave that has triggered health alerts for more than 100 million people is set to intensify this weekend, with...
Tour takes to hills as France sizzles in heatwave
As the nation baked in a searing heatwave on Tuesday, the Tour de France moved away from the cauldron-like stone citadel of Carcas...
UK breaches 40C for first time as heatwave batters...
A fierce heatwave left western Europe sweltering on Tuesday, fuelling ferocious wildfires and stretching emergency services, as it...
UK breaks all-time temperature record as heatwave...
A fierce heatwave left much of western Europe sweltering on Monday, fuelling ferocious wildfires and stretching emergency services...
Tory rivals turn up the heat at fractious UK debat...
Barbs flew and derisive laughter rang out as the Conservative contenders battling to succeed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson clash...
UK leaders under fire as record heat beckons
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government stood accused Sunday of failing to take seriously an impending heat emergency as...
Forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe
Southwest Europe entered a sixth day of a summer heatwave on Saturday that has triggered devastating forest fires as parts of the...