cyclones
Orphans of disaster: Children face a perilous existence after Cyclone Idai
MOZAMBIQUE — Her name is Chuva, which in Portuguese means rain. For four days that was all she saw as she clung to her rooftop in the cyclone’s aftermath and...
Death toll from Cyclone Idai surpasses 500 in southern Africa
ZIMBABWE — A week after Cyclone Idai lashed southern Africa, flooding still raged Thursday as torrential rains caused a dam to overflow in Zimbabwe, threatening riverside populations. The confirmed death...
Australia moving 2,000 people from powerful cyclone's path
SYDNEY — About 2,000 Australians were being moved inland Thursday from part of the northern coast ahead of a powerful cyclone expected to hit this weekend. Evacuees were being moved...
Mozambique president says more than 1,000 dead after cyclone
JOHANNESBURG — Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi says that more than 1,000 may have been killed by Cyclone Idai. Speaking to state Radio Mozambique, Nyusi said Monday that although the official...
Tonga's Olympic flag bearer thinking of cyclone-hit homeland
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Tongan flag bearer Pita Taufatofua has more on his mind than just trying to compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics this week. The 34-year-old cross-country skier is...
Cyclone causes mass wreckage in northeast Australia
TOWNSVILLE, Australia — Residents of Australia's cyclone-battered tropical northeast emerged from their homes on Wednesday to find roofs lying in their yards, boats flung onto rocks and roads blocked by...
Biggest cyclone in a lifetime set to slam Australia
Thousands of Australians fled their homes on Monday as a powerful cyclone bore down on coastal towns in Queensland, where authorities urged 30,000 people to evacuate low-lying areas most at...
Climate change will throw Australia into a true endless summer
Imagine a city where 265 days a year, the temperature rises above 95 degrees F (35 C). The residents of Darwin in 2090 will not have to imagine it, because...
Riders climb down Cyclone after it breaks mid-ride
Coney Island’s Cyclone screeched to a halt mid-ride Saturday for the second time this season, forcing riders to once again climb down the famed clackety coaster. Michael Osborn, 36, and...
Cyclone rips through South Pacific islands of Vanuatu
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Many residents in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu were forced to hunker a second night in emergency shelters after venturing out Saturday only to find their homes damaged or...
Twin cyclones surprise, pound northern Australia
A powerful cyclone slammed into northeast Australia on Friday, destroying homes, upending trees, cutting power lines and causing flash floods, while a second storm severed communications to a northern island...