Climate and environment
Brazil floods: Forecast to worsen in south
World
ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (AP) — More rain started coming down on Saturday in Brazil’s already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, ...
Severe storms battering the Midwest bring tornadoes
U.S.
DETROIT (AP) — Severe storms barreled through the Midwest early Wednesday, a day after two reported tornadoes struck one Michigan city and ...
Too much water, and not enough: Brazil’s flooded south struggles to access basic goods
World
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with ...
Sperm whale language building blocks identified by scientists
World
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first ...
Tornadoes spotted in Oklahoma as hail pelts Kansas
U.S.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma and large hail pelted parts of Kansas as an outbreak ...
Texas floods: 1 child dies after being swept away in floodwaters
U.S.
HOUSTON (AP) — Storms in Texas brought additional rain Sunday to the already saturated Houston area where hundreds of people have been ...
Brazil floods: At least 75 people dead, 103 missing
World
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over ...
Talks advance on a treaty to end plastic pollution
World
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution as their fourth round of talks finished early ...
Oklahoma tornadoes kill 4; state of emergency issued amid damage
U.S.
SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes killed four people in Oklahoma, including an infant, and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive ...
Tornadoes devastate parts of Nebraska and Iowa with more coming
U.S.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and ...
