The death toll from Cyclone Mekunu that hit Oman and Yemen over the weekend rose to at least 13 today, authorities said, as relief workers and aid arrived in hard-hit areas in the two Arabian Penin

Talks are scheduled to begin this week in Washington, D.C., to modernize the document that coordinates flood control and hydropower generation in the United States and Canada along the 1,200-mile (

The U.S. depends heavily on Chinese manufacturing and trade, but those are likely to suffer if Chinese flooding increases by 80% in the next 20 years, as is now predicted

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenyan crop and livestock farmers are grappling with a myriad of diseases resulting from adverse weather conditions brought about by the rains.

Captonians’ afternoon commute home will be a wet one as a cold front brings heavy rain and possible flooding to parts of the city on Monday.

Over 2,000 people in Tanzania’s northern district of Same are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance after their homes and food stocks were destroyed by floodwaters from River Pangani following

MUSCAT, Oman - The powerful Cyclone Mekunu hit the southern region of the Gulf Arab country of Oman and the neighboring Yemen on Saturday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing.

The East Africa bloc’s weather prediction center said on Saturday that an active tropical cyclone named Mekunu does not pose any threat to Somalia as it had earlier warned.

At least 21 people have been killed and a thousand others affected by floods and storm due to heavy rains pounding parts of the Horn of Africa nation, the UN relief agency said on Friday night.

The cost of flooding will be felt for a long time to come as rains continue in different parts of the country.