USA

Scores need rescuing from rising flood waters in Silicon Valley

Rescue workers have been forced to evacuate scores of people from a San Jose neighborhood in California after flood waters from an overflowing creek inundated a residential…

22 February 2017

USA

'Weather Bomb' mega-storm hits California

A colossal storm has been causing mayhem in California, with torrential rain, flash floods, strong winds and… sinkholes.

18 February 2017

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Wildfires rage in Australia

An out-of-control wildfire near Queanbeyan in Australia has destroyed at least 15 homes.

18 February 2017

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River Tisza: Hungary still on flood alert

Ice flows slowly along the River Tisza, Hungary.

17 February 2017

Hungary

Four dead in Hungary in fog pile-up

Fatal foggy pile-up in Hungary

15 February 2017

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Tisza River frozen in Hungary

A security guard was rescued on Monday (February, 13) from a ferry that was torn from its moorings on the Tisza River in Hungary.

14 February 2017

USA

Thousands evacuated to safety as part of tallest dam in US on verge of collapse

Close to 200,000 people have been ordered to evacuate from areas surrounding the Lake Oroville Dam in California amid fears of severe flooding.

13 February 2017

USA

Truck lands on police car in high winds

11 February 2017

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New California storm brings flooding, mudslides

The latest storm in the wet California winter triggered street flooding and rockslides around the San Francisco Bay Area.

9 February 2017

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Plane struggles to land in heavy winds at Bilbao airport

A British Airways plane was filmed struggling to land in windy conditions on Thursday (February 2) as it came in to Bilbao airport in Spain’s Basque Country.

3 February 2017

Greece

Migrant deaths prompt work at Greek camp

Greek media say three men were poisoned by fumes from stoves lit inside the tents to combat the bitter winter temperatures. However, the authorities would neither confirm nor deny this.

3 February 2017

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Skaters take to frozen river in Czech capital

People were ice skating on the Vltava River in Prague for the first time in several years on Wednesday.

2 February 2017

Romania

Sailors stranded on frozen Danube receive emergency supplies

Food and water was sent by helicopter from the town of Calarasi.

27 January 2017

World News

Watch: Hotel crashes into river as heavy rains hit Peru

A colonial-era hotel has collapsed into a river in Peru amid heavy rain in the South American country.

27 January 2017

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Bad weather in Italy

The region of Calabria, in southern Italy, has been hit by bad weather.

24 January 2017

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Skating on frozen water in The Netherlands

Canals and lakes across The Netherlands have frozen over in a cold snap.

24 January 2017

Italy

Italy: hotel rescuers find no sign of life after avalanche

Impossible to reach by car, emergency workers have been trying to access the Hotel Rigopiano by alternative methods.

19 January 2017

Italy

Four dead, up to 25 missing, after avalanche hits central Italian hotel

Four people have died and up to 25 are missing after an avalanche struck the Hotel Rigopiano in central Italy.

19 January 2017

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Serbia: medieval knight fight and swimming in subzero waters

Sub zero temperatures in Serbia did not deter history and heritage fans.

19 January 2017

Serbia

'Europe must do more to help refugees' according to the UNHCR

19 January 2017