Thousands of people have been evacuated in India as a strong cyclone sweeping through the Bay of Bengal bears down on the country’s east coast. Authorities evacuated about 150,000 people by late afternoon on Saturday, while around 400,000 more are expected to be relocated by the end of the day. Officials have been preparing emergency supplies, with rescue teams on standby along the coastlines of... 

Thousands of homes in Australia’s Barrier Reef coastal region remain without power and face clean water shortages as Cyclone Ita continues to batter the northern coastline. Emergency authorities announce on Saturday that nearly 16,000 homes were without electricity and a number of roadways were shut down due to flooding while residents of worst-hit Cooktown were warned that clean water was about... 

As one of the largest cyclones in India’s history reaches its eastern coast, prompting a national red alert and sending some 440,000 people scurrying for shelter, the first deaths have been reported. Three people were killed in Odisha when trees uprooted by wind gusts fell on them, local media cited police officials as saying. Cyclone Phailin is likely to be the strongest to hit India since 1999,... 

A tropical cyclone Wednesday hit Australia’s northern city of Darwin, prompting authorities to issue evacuation notices and close the airport, a media report said. People have been told to prepare for a huge tidal surge late Wednesday, with dozens of homes already damaged by the cyclone Carlos, a category 1 storm, the Herald Sun reported. Several homes in Darwin, the capital of Northern Territory... 

Battering: The giant Cyclone Yasi hits the Australian shore at northeast Queensland. Cyclone Yasi hit the Australian coastline today as tens of thousands holed up in shelters to survive the worst storm in the country for generations. The massive storm crashed into Queensland in the north east this lunchtime, ripping roofs from buildings and cutting power to thousands of homes. Officials and residents... 

A steam-powered, biomass-eating military robot being designed for the Pentagon is a vegetarian, its maker says. Robotic Technology Inc.’s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that’s right, “EATR” — “can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources), as well as use conventional and alternative fuels...