Trump puts tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, spurring trade war as North American allies respond President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation and an undeniable sense of betrayal from the country's North American neighbors as a trade war erupted among the longtime allies. World 02 Feb, 2025
Tornado rips through New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1 A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region that was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. World 23 Mar, 2022
Preventing disaster Climate-related disasters are frequent and severe, but there is encouraging evidence that we can prepare for and manage them. Blogs 16 Nov, 2021
Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fall: UN Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports. World 01 Sep, 2021
Ida knocks out New Orleans power on deadly path through Gulf Hurricane Ida knocked out power to all of New Orleans and inundated coastal Louisiana communities on a deadly path through the Gulf Coast that was still unfolding and promised more destruction. World 30 Aug, 2021
Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana, kills six, but less damage than forecast LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA: Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana on Thursday, killing six people and flattening buildings across a wide swatch of the state before moving into Arkansas with heavy rains. Laura's powerful gusts uprooted trees -... Women 28 Aug, 2020
Hundreds of thousands flee US coast ahead of Hurricane Laura GALVESTON: In the largest US evacuation of the pandemic, more than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam Texas and Louisiana with ferocious winds,... Women 26 Aug, 2020
2 tropical storms heading for double blow to US Gulf Coast SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO: Two tropical storms advanced across the Caribbean on Saturday as potentially historic threats to the US Gulf Coast, one dumping rain on Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Hispaniola while the other swept into the gulf through... Women 23 Aug, 2020
US coronavirus death toll rises past 3,000 on deadliest day US Navy ship docks on Manhattan's West Side Field hospital going up in New York's Central Park NEW YORK: The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3,000 on Monday, the deadliest day yet in the country's mounting crisis,... Women 31 Mar, 2020
US eyes new outbreaks as infections worldwide top 590,000 NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans rushed to build a makeshift hospital in its convention center Friday as troubling new outbreaks bubbled in the United States, deaths surged in Italy and Spain and the world warily trudged through the pandemic that has sickened... Women 28 Mar, 2020
Millions in line of punishing rain from Tropical Storm Barry NEW ORLEANS: People boarded up buildings, stocked up on water and braced for torrents of rain and punishing wind from a strengthening Tropical Storm Barry that threatened millions as it churned a path ashore and tested efforts to guard against flooding... Women 13 Jul, 2019
At Capitol, Bush saluted as �gentle soul,� �great man� WASHINGTON: The nation’s capital embraced George H.W. Bush in death Monday with solemn ceremony and high tributes to his service and decency, as the remains of the 41st president took their place in the Capitol rotunda for three days of mourning... Women 04 Dec, 2018
