California hit by powerful storm on Christmas Day
Authorities have warned of heavy rainfall, especially in Los Angeles, and issued evacuation warnings....
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Authorities have warned of heavy rainfall, especially in Los Angeles, and issued evacuation warnings....
Italian foreign minister to travel to ski resort where dozens of young people died during new year festivities at bar...
Swiss officials say identifying the burned bodies of those killed in a fire in a bar in Crans-Montana could take days, as families anxiously await news of their loved ones. Follow the latest....
Swiss officials say identifying the burned bodies of those killed in a fire in a bar in Crans-Montana could take days, as families anxiously await news of their loved ones. Follow the latest....
A fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, police said in a statement. Crans-Montana is a ski resort in the Swiss Alps....
The San Diego River overflowed on New Year's Day. K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images San Diego Airport faced significant disruption to flooding and an equipment outage. Dozens ...
Russian strikes on Ukraine have left more than one million people without water or heating in the east-central Dnipropetrovsk region and knocked out power for thousands more in the neighbouring Zapori...
A year after the Azerbaijan Airlines crash near Aktau, the tragedy still resonates with residents and responders to the incident in which 38 people died, and 29 survived with injuries....
Officers rescued an 8-year-old boy after he fell through the ice on a pond on Long Island, New York, on Christmas Day....
The fire that tore through a bar in Crans-Montana was likely started by sparklers in Champagne bottles coming too close to the ceiling, authorities have said. Follow DW for more....
More than half of the victims were under 18, with two as young as 14 years old. Switzerland will hold a day of mourning on Friday in memory of the victims....
A car sits buried in mud after flooding Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in Wrightwood, Calif. Wally Skalij/AP Photo An atmospheric storm caused heavy rain across Southern California over Christmas. The Nati...
After a New Year's Day filled with heavy rain and flash flooding, more rain is heading to drenched California....
The recovery effort for the three deceased hikers is underway, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said on Tuesday....
Local authorities in Crans-Montana admitted failing to conduct fire and safety inspections at Le Constellation bar, where a fire killed 40 and injured 116 during New Year celebrations....
Flash flood warnings were in effect in Los Angeles and most of southern California on Wednesday as one of the worst Christmas storms in recent memory brought heavy rain and fears of deadly mudslides. ...
Some 7,000 households in the German capital have electricity once more after an outage caused by possible arson. But tens of thousands more might have to wait several days for power, amid freezing tem...
Palisades, CA - January 06: An aerial view of empty lots and homes under construction in the Palisades fire zone on the one year anniversary in Pacific Palisades Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Allen J. Schabe...
Twenty-six migrants reached shore and alerted authorities to others at sea. Search operations continue as Mediterranean crossings remain deadly....
Snowfall in Amsterdam's Jordaan district on Monday. Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images Over 2,500 flights in and out of Amsterdam, one of Europe's busiest airports, have been canceled since Friday. Sno...