TOPSHOT – Cars are stranded on a flooded street in Dubai following heavy rains on April 18, 2024. Dubai’s giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on April 18, a day after the heaviest rains on record. Giuseppe Cacace | Afp … Read more
Passengers queue at a flight connection desk at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai on April 17, 2024. Afp | Getty Images The CEO of Dubai Airports said Friday that he expects services to return “close to normality” within 24 hours after the major transit hub was hit by unprecedented flooding. The United Arab Emirates … Read more
People wade through submerged street after heavy rain in United Arab Emirates on April 16, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images DUBAI — One of the world’s busiest airports temporarily halted operations as the United Arab Emirates experienced its heaviest rainfall on record. The downpour prompted flight cancellations and delays at Dubai’s international airport, … Read more
Experts told representatives Wednesday that supporting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve weather models and predictions is crucial to saving lives and lowering recovery costs. The U.S. was hit by 28 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2023, making the costs related to helping communities recover from natural disasters the highest … Read more
More than 3 million people were displaced by the earthquake. Hundreds of thousands of them still live in container houses or tents in arduous conditions. And thousands of others weren’t even given tents, being left to rely on friends or relatives instead. After the earthquake, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had pledged to rebuild the homes … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. TEL AVIV — “There are no words,” says Simcha Greiniman for what he encountered on October 7 in southern Israel. He repeats slowly: “There are no words.” A hundred days on from the Hamas rampage across southern Israel, and the 47-year-old first responder, like … Read more
The Buffalo Bills’ NFL team’s Highmark Stadium is covered in snow after a recent storm in Orchard Park, New York, on Nov. 21, 2022. Drone Base | Reuters The Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers playoff game has been postponed until Monday afternoon due to winter weather, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday. The game … Read more
An Embraer E175LR passengers aircraft of American Eagles airlines (C) taxxing before take-off to Pittsburg is seen at La Guardia Airport on January 9, 2024. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Airlines canceled about 2,000 U.S. flights Friday as they grapple with winter weather and the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. Storms … Read more
Cars stranded in a flash flood caused by a monsoonal thunderstorm on Sept. 1, 2023, in Thermal, California. David Mcnew | Getty Images News | Getty Images Destructive thunderstorms in North America and Europe and a series of devastating earthquakes last year cost the world around $250 billion in damages, according to a new report … Read more
Sugar for sale at a supermarket in Yichang City, in China’s Hubei province, on April 6, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images A mammoth rally in 2023 for El Niño-exposed raw materials will likely hit consumers’ pockets over the coming months, according to one specialist food and agribusiness bank. Soft commodities have … Read more
