Tropical Storm

Hurricane Sally drenches US Gulf coast, trapping hundreds

Turning streets to rivers, Sally was the second hurricane to hit the US Gulf Coast in less than three weeks and the latest to blow during one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever.

Fourteen killed in wake of devastating Hurricane Laura

At least 14 people have been killed after the hurricane flooded streets, submerging or destroying buildings, leaving more than 600,000 homes without power in Louisiana and neighbouring Texas.

Two tropical storms to hit US coast two days apart with hurricane force

The last time two tropical storms were in the Gulf together was in 1959

Potential hurricane threat to US as twin storms approach

Pair of cyclones forecast to become hurricanes early headed for US Gulf Coast and will spin over Gulf's warm waters simultaneously, in rare weather event.

Tropical Storm Isaias batters US Northeast

Isaias causes its first casualty in North Carolina as it ravages the Northeast and knocks out power to hundreds of thousands and threatens to trigger tornadoes.

Isaias downgraded to tropical storm on Florida approach

Isaias is expected to remain a hurricane through Monday, then slow weaken on its climb up the Atlantic seaboard.

Flooding in East Africa affects over one million people

Violent downpours in October have displaced tens of thousands in Somalia, submerged whole towns in South Sudan and killed dozens in flash floods and landslides in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania.