Top Italian culture officials are calling for swift action to save Pompeii, the ancient Roman city encased in volcanic ash, from further ruin after heavy rains reportedly caused part of a wall to collapse. Giancarlo Galan, the head of a …
Authorities had to pull an SUV out of a sinkhole that opened up in a parking lot during heavy rains in north Georgia. WSB-TV reports that no one was hurt in the incident Sunday afternoon in a Home Depot parking …
Tropical Storm Karen may bring more than 7 inches (18 centimeters) of rain, isolated tornadoes and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where it is expected to go ashore over the weekend, forecasters said. Karen, with top sustained winds …
A mayor in northern Mexico says heavy rains caused a half-built church in a suburb of Monterrey to collapse during Mass, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring 24 church goers. Juarez Mayor Rodolfo Ambriz says the injured were taken to …
Drenching rain from a summer storm packing thunder and lightning flooded parts of two Seattle, Wash.-area malls Tuesday evening. KOMO-TV says fire officials reported flooding at both the Westfield Southcenter Mall south of Seattle and the Bellevue Square Mall east …
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms, and flash flooding tore across several Midwest states early last week, after moist air surged ahead of a strong cold front and low-pressure system. While the worst of the …
Forecasters say heavy rains will create a flooding threat in parts of west Alabama through Monday. The National Weather Service has issued flash flood alerts for northwest Alabama and a section of southwest Alabama. The ground is already saturated with …
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, heavy rainfall began lashing the British Isles on Thursday, November 22, prompting hundreds of warnings and alerts. As of Tuesday, November 27 at 3 PM GMT, there were 182 flood warnings, two severe …
A government official in a southern Indian state says heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm have killed at least 22 people in the past four days. T. Radha, a state relief commissioner, says the deaths were caused by drowning …
As Hurricane Sandy makes its way toward the eastern seaboard of the United States, disaster experts and meteorologists warn that the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states face dangerous winds and heavy rains that could trigger flooding in the coming days. Some …