Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday as it churned away from the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, leaving more torrential rains in its wake and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.
Officials reported a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the B.C. coast Sunday afternoon
Here’s the latest on Tropical Depression Gordon
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the southern tip of B.C's Haida Gwaii on Sunday, followed by a series of aftershocks.According to Earthquakes Canada, the tremors were felt in Sandspit and Masset in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, parts of northern Vancouver Island including Port Hardy and Gold River, and as far as Terrace and Kitimat on B.C.'s mainland.The National Weather Service Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii says there is no threat of a tsunami from the earthquake.Victoria-based seismolo
Heavy rain and strong winds impact pasts of the eastern seaboard. More details with Meteorologist Melinda Singh.
A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado has been detected in northwestern Ontario. Residents in the affected regions should be in their shelters.
A severe storm potential along an approaching warm front on Sunday in northwestern Ontario will bring not just the classic risks, but also a risk of rotating storms
Late season storms are bringing a punch with toonie sized hail and heavy rainfall for the prairies and northwestern Ontario this week. Meteorologist Rhythm Reet from The Weather Network breaks down the details.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Storm Ileana has weakened to a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.
STORY: Bursting their banks and inundating towns - more rivers across central Europe have been unable to deal with a deadly deluge of heavy rain from the worst flooding in at least two decades.And on Monday Poland's government declared a disaster in affected areas and said that it had set aside $260 million to help victims.Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country and others affected would seek financial aid from the European Union.The southern Polish town of Klodzko was still inundated with water on Monday after border areas between the Czech Republic and Poland were hit hard over the weekend. Surging water levels collapsed some bridges, forced evacuations, and left a trail of destruction.And in Nysa, swollen rivers caused a hospital to evacuate its patients including pregnant women and elderly people in rafts.The country's Education Minister said 420 schools had been closed across four provinces. Water levels in some parts of Poland were not expected to peak until Wednesday. Thousands have been evacuated in the Czech Republice and in the town of Jesenik, floods stormed through on Sunday destroying vehicles, roads and homes.Some residents have begun the clean-up after water levels began to drop.This man saw water as high as two meters running through the street.He says his house may need to be taken down and telephones lines are not working Water and electricity are also out.Devastating impacts have also been felt in Eastern Romania, where villages and towns were submerged.Countries along the Danube river including Slovakia and Hungary were also on watch as levels were expected to rise.Budapest has declared 12,000 soldiers are on standby to respond.In Austria, the levels of rivers and reservoirs fell overnight as rain eased but officials were bracing for a second wave as heavier rain was expected.
Most parts of the Czech Republic have now been affected by flooding, after days of heavy rains that have wreaked havoc across several Central European nations. Czech authorities declared the highest flood warnings at around 100 places across the country. (AP video shot by Stanislav Hodina)
Several people have died across the Czech Republic, Austria, Romania and Poland following devastating floods.
A storm currently spinning off the Southeast coast is an example of what meteorologists call a "homegrown" storm.
Charged particles crashing into Earth are expected to create strong solar storm conditions Monday, prompting a Geomagnetic Storm Watch as the Northern Lights could be visible farther south than usual after sunset.
MIAMI (AP) — Heavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn't quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the southeastern U.S. coast Monday.
More chances of showers and storms Monday
STORY: The death toll in central and eastern Europe rose on Sunday (September 15), after days of torrential rain triggered flooding and burst river banks.At an emergency meeting, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the country's first death, after a person drowned in the southwest. Tusk said about 1,600 people were evacuated from their homes, and expected many more to be forced to leave home, with more rain forecast for the next two days.It comes after officials in Romania said on Saturday that several people died and thousands of homes were damaged by flooding in the eastern part of the country.In Galati County, residents faced fast-flowing floodwaters that destroyed their homes, and killed pets and livestock."It destroyed everything, I don’t have anything left. The beds are filled (with mud), the pillows are filled, I have nowhere to sleep. Nothing, nothing, nothing."Tens of thousands of households have been left without power in the region, with the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, southern Germany and parts of Austria also expected to see more heavy rain.Czech news agency CTK reported that more than 50,000 households had their electricity supply cut off, mostly in the north and northeastern areas.Forecasters warned that parts of the country could see more than a third of average annual rainfall by Sunday.The country's environment minister urged people in the worst-hit areas to prepare to leave their homes.
Emergency workers carried out rescue operations on Sunday in the eastern Czech towns of Jesenik and Opava after days of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and forced mass evacuations. (AP Video by Jan Gebert and Stanislav Hodina)
HAIDA GWAII, BRITISH COLUMBIA — The northern British Columbia coast was rattled by two earthquakes below the ocean floor on Sunday.
It’s unseasonably warm and unusually dry across parts of Eastern Canada as a powerful summerlike ridge of high pressure parks over the region
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Firefighters on Monday battled flames spreading through a national park in Brazil that is enveloping Brasilia in smoke. It's the latest wildfire in the country, which is experiencing an historic drought.
