The death toll in the Philippines from tropical storm Nock-ten climbed to 41 yesterday, as millions of people across the main island of Luzon mopped up after a week of heavy rain, officials said.

After potholes, there is now a new menace to face on city roads. With underground pipelines resulting in rapid soil erosion below the roads, cave-ins have become increasingly frequent.

Over 500 persons in Batticaloa and Nuwara Eliya districts were affected by heavy rains and strong winds.

At least 25 people were killed and as many as 31 others went missing as a slow-moving tropical storm dumped enormous amounts of rain across the Philippines' main island, authorities said Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Don, the first major Gulf of Mexico storm this year, formed over the southern part of the oil-rich basin on Wednesday on a track toward the Texas coast.

Rising sea waters may threaten U.S. coastal cities later this century, while the Midwest and East Coast are at high risk for intense storms, and the West could see compromised water supplies.

Bangalore: A permanent solution to the continuing inflow of sewage water into the Lalbagh lake has not yet been found, although separate sanitary lines are laid in the adjacent Jayanagar South End

Contractor used earth mover to uproot tree in city
Removal of a tree using an earth mover by a contractor for the purpose of constructing storm water drain along Dr.Balasundaram Road near the RTO office on Wednesday afternoon led to protest by non-Governmental organisations involved in conservation of nature.

It is learnt that a contractor who had taken up the work of constructing a storm wate

Hurricane Dora strengthened to a Category 3 storm in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico on Wednesday and could still intensify further, the U.S.

Tropical storm Dora, the fourth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, formed off the coast of Central America Monday threatening to dump heavy rains on the coffee and sugar growing region.

The storm, with winds of about 40 mph, could reach hurricane strength by Wednesday but is not forecast to make a direct hit on land, the U.S.