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Germany police say hostage situation in Dresden city over

10 Dec 2022

Police said they had ended a suspected hostage-taking in the eastern German city of Dresden on Saturday, after evacuating a shopping mall in the historic city centre and shutting the...

Heavy rains, flash floods threaten Australia's southeast

12 Oct 2022

Residents in Australia's southeast were warned on Wednesday to prepare for an intense weather system which could bring damaging winds and heavy rains over the next two days. Victoria,...

Rain-lashed Sydney residents warned to evacuate

09 Oct 2022

Australian emergency services on Sunday issued flood evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in Sydney and beyond as river levels climbed after days of heavy rain. Officials reported 28 flood rescues...

VIDEO: Hurricane Ian devastates Florida, 2.5 million people without power

29 Sep 2022

Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2...

Evacuation warnings after typhoon makes landfall in Japan

19 Sep 2022

Millions of people in Japan were under evacuation warnings on Monday as Typhoon Nanmadol brought strong winds and heavy rain to the southwest of the country after making landfall overnight....

UN chief says world paying ‘horrific price’ for fossil fuels folly

10 Sep 2022

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said developing nations were paying a "horrific price" for the world's reliance on fossil fuels, as he toured parts of Pakistan hit by floods blamed...

Flood-hit Pakistan battles to avert overflow of biggest lake

06 Sep 2022

Pakistan was scrambling on Tuesday to widen a breach in its biggest lake and keep the waters from overflowing amid unprecedented floods that have inundated a third of the South...

Typhoon batters South Korea, forcing thousands to flee

06 Sep 2022

The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in years battered its southern region Tuesday, dumping almost a meter (3 feet) of rain, destroying roads and felling power lines, leaving...

Pakistan struggles to avert danger as floods rise, death toll tops 1,300

05 Sep 2022

Pakistani authorities are struggling to prevent the country's biggest lake bursting its banks and inundating nearby towns after unprecedented flooding, while the disaster management agency on Monday raised its toll...

Typhoon warnings issued in South Korea; businesses to halt operations