Natural disasters

The report, ordered by President Biden, outlines a range of recommendations for the government to consider to address the climate refugee issue.

The structure filmed by researchers was formed as lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano reached the Atlantic and cooled to form a rocky shelf on the seafloor.

Throughout 2021, the area has experienced an increase in torrential rainfall, flooding, and landslides.

The dramatic photos showcase the devastation left in the wake of 1,100 degress Celsius lava and the toxic fumes created as it hits the ocean.

Alabama residents uploaded videos of floodwaters and their effects as authorities said a child, an 18-year-old, and two adults died as a result of flooding.

"The resilience workforce is largely a low-wage workforce. It's largely unrecognized and largely unprotected," said Saket Soni, the group's executive director.

Greek authorities reported that nine people were also injured as a result of the quake, which measured around 6.0 on the Richter scale.

The eruption of Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands has lead to around 5,000 people being evacuated form from their homes.

This National Preparedness Month, I'm calling on the legal community to come together to deepen investments and facilitate sustained support for public interest law—so that we can make equal justice a reality for all.

The three-minute-long clip shows just how much destruction can be caused in a short amount of time, as Hurricane Ida rolled through a New Jersey neighborhood.

In the Northeast, where heavy rains and winds hit Wednesday evening, about 200,000 customers were facing outages as of Thursday morning.

Ida, which was downgraded from a Category 4 hurricane to a tropical storm on Monday, is expected to continue losing strength but will remain a dangerous storm system as it moves across much of the Southeast and into the North.

"We're losing the roof to the police station, the lower floor and all of the police cars are flooded," said a police chief in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

"Time is not on our side," New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said on Friday. "The city cannot issue a mandatory evacuation because we don't have the time."

Tropical Storm Henri hit the Rhode Island coast early Sunday afternoon, bringing dangerous rain, high winds and flash flooding to the region.

"We do what we can, remove the necrotized tissue and give them antibiotics and try to get them a splint," a Haiti hospital director said of the injured.

The U.N. called Haiti's southern peninsula a "hot spot for gang-related violence" where humanitarian workers have been repeatedly attacked.

"Things weren't so important," Joan Carter said. "It was the loss itself. You lost a dream."

"They were out for an ordinary day at the beach. Once the rain started they got ready to leave, and out of nowhere, they were struck."

Multiple tornadoes caused damage while heavy storms left up to three inches of rain in areas of Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Thursday night.

More than 700 passengers, stranded at a station in central China since Monday, were sent emergency supplies on Wednesday.

Authorities in central China say the plant was evacuated after floodwaters breached the outer walls about two hours before the explosion on Tuesday.

The presence of dry thunderstorms threatens to spark new fires, warned the National Weather Service.

Air quality has taken a major hit due to wildfires in Oregon, with fire clouds in the state also reaching dangerous levels.

At least six houses in Germany reportedly collapsed amid crushing rains, while another 25 buildings were being monitored due to an immediate risk of collapsing.

The crater opened up after the local area received about 3 inches of rain in 24 hours, throwing doubt on an Independence Day event set for Saturday.

Officials say roughly 12 to 13 shops and other properties have been damaged but no casualties have been reported yet.

Residents woke up to damaged buildings and downed power lines and trees after a preliminary 19 tornadoes were reported overnight in Mississippi.

The fires have damaged and destroyed other historic buildings, including the oldest working windmill in South Africa.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's first project with celebrity chef Jose Andres has been announced and is at a school in Dominica.