ROME, July 16 (Reuters) – Italy issued hot weather red alerts for 16 cities on Sunday, with meteorologists warning that temperatures will hit record highs across southern Europe in the coming days. On the Spanish island of La Parma, meanwhile, at least 4,000 people had to be...
SEOUL/CHEONGJU, South Korea, July 16 (Reuters) – The bodies of eight people trapped in a tunnel flooded by heavy rain in central South Korea were retrieved on Sunday, authorities said, with the death toll from days of torrential downpours that have pounded the country rising to 37...
July 16 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Alaska peninsula region early on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, and a tsunami warning for nearby regions was issued but later withdrawn. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System withdrew a warning it had...
July 16 (Reuters) – At least 4,000 people have been evacuated as a forest fire burned out of control on the Spanish island of La Palma, authorities said on Sunday, as Europe struggled to cope with a heatwave. The fire in La Palma started in the early hours of Saturday in El Pinar de...
July 15 (Reuters) – Michael Shields has serviced swimming pools in the Phoenix area for years, enough time to hone a strategy for surviving the brutal heat that descends on this Arizona desert city every summer. He typically rises at 4 a.m., covers himself in protective clothing...
