Heavy rains lash Spain after deadly floods
Spain closed schools and evacuated residents as heavy rains lashed the country Wednesday, two weeks after its worst floods in a generation killed more than 200 people. National weather…
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Heavy rains in Barcelona disrupt rail service as troops search for more flood victims in Valencia
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The recurrent storms in eastern Spain that led to massive flooding last week and killed over 200 people, mostly near Valencia, dumped rain on Barcelona on Monday,…
World coffee, sugar prices surge as drought-hit Brazil awaits rains
WORLD coffee and sugar prices surged to new highs on Thursday (Sep 26) as investors remained focussed on drought-hit Brazil, the top grower of both commodities, with weather forecasts…
'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city's main prison as its walls got washed away by water rising from an overflowing dam.…
6 die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A landslide caused by heavy rains has killed six people near Mexico City, authorities said. The landslide on Monday night in Naucalpan, a community northwest of Mexico…
Central Europe braces for heavy rains and flooding forecast over the weekend
PRAGUE (AP) — The nations of Central Europe were bracing on Friday for severe flooding forecast to hit the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Hungary over the weekend.…
Torrential rains in northern Italy flood Milan and leave a man missing
ROME (AP) — A wave of violent rainstorms battered northern Italy on Thursday, flooding the financial hub of Milan and raising fears for the life of a man who was swept away on a tractor in…