PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up Sunday from widespread damage caused by a line of severe, short thunderstorms that passed through.
Storm surge slams into windows as Typhoon Bavi hits China’s Taizhou city
BEIJING (AP) – Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang late on Saturday night and was expected to gradually weaken, according to China’s national weather center.
TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight Saturday as the country seeks to achieve the technology key to cut launch costs and compete in the global space market dominated by SpaceX.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A fast-spreading blaze prompted evacuation orders Friday afternoon in a sparsely populated area of Los Angeles County. The brush fire sparked around 1 p.m. under dry and scorching hot conditions in a remote high desert region about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of LA.
BEIJING (AP) – A powerful typhoon was heading toward China’s east coast Friday, the latest in a series of deadly storms that have already claimed 50 lives this week in two other parts of the country.
Nigeria’s eroding Orimedu coast threatens homes and livelihoods
MADRID (AP) – A wildfire roared through a remote expat community in southern Spain overnight, killing at least 12 people as victims tried to flee the flames in cars and on foot, authorities said Friday. Eight people were injured and 23 missing, Andalusia’s regional leader Juan Manuel Moreno said.
BEIJING (AP) – Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people died in flooding after a tropical storm dumped heavy rainfall, as the country’s east coast and Taiwan prepared for a typhoon expected to make landfall in the coming days.