Hundreds of thousands of Californians are without power as a so-called “bomb cyclone” storm batters the West Coast, leaving several dead and a trail of wreckage across the region. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Flood Watch in many areas of the state, which lasted until 4 p.m. on Thursday. A High Wind Warning was also issued as trees fell and businesses collapsed throughout the Bay... 

Russia has mined a huge hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine in a plot to unleash a devastating flood, officials in Kyiv have warned. Moscow’s ‘nuclear blackmail’ had failed and the Kremlin was now resorting to new scare tactics, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office Andriy Yermak said last night. ‘Ukraine will not succumb to peace by coercion,’ he added. ‘They won’t break us.... 

The UK is suffering from a severe cold spell in the immediate wake of major flooding across parts of England after a month’s worth of rain fell in just 24 hours. One woman died after being swept away by floodwaters on Friday. Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire were the areas worst affected by the deluge which started late on Thursday, and several severe flood warnings carrying a ‘threat... 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has declared that Hungary would be forced to “use force” at its southern border to protect the European Union if Turkish President Erdogan makes good on his promise to ‘open the gates’ and ‘flood’ Europe with migrants. “If Turkey sets off further hundreds of thousands on top of (existing migrant flows), then we will need to use force to protect... 

In what might be the most appalling scene out of Houston besides the image of flood victims, an eyewitness named Isabel Torres uploaded a video to Facebook which shows looters making away with televisions. The video shows multiple black males carrying televisions over their heads. It is not clear which store the goods were stolen from. Twitter user ‘VM’ located the strip mall where the theft took... 

The Republican presidential ticket has officially touched down in Baton Rouge, to tour Louisiana’s devastated flood areas. A crowd of Trump supporters welcomed the real estate billionaire with incredible enthusiasm. One woman shown below, praised the New-York native saying “we knew you’d be here for us!” Trump stopped to greet supporters and sign autographs. The footage below shows Donald... 

Donald Trump is traveling to Louisiana on Friday. Louisiana is suffering through the worst disaster since Hurricane Sandy. More than 20,000 people were displaced in the flooding. Vice Presidential candidate Governor Mike Pence will be traveling with Trump to Baton Rouge. FOX News reported: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and running mate Mike Pence will visit flood-damaged areas of... 

Refugees disembark from the passenger ferry Blue Star arriving from the island of Lesbos at the port of Piraeus on January 31, 2016 in Athens. A newly leaked report has revealed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had threatened EU leaders with a flood of refugees unless Ankara was offered better funding to deal with the ongoing crisis. On Monday, the euro2day.gr financial news website published... 

Flash floods, triggered by monsoon rainfall, have killed more than 100 people across Pakistan over the past weeks. Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority announced on Sunday that 109 people have died and some 700,000 others have been affected due to heavy flooding. It added that military engineers had been deployed to the affected areas in the mountainous north to repair roads and... 

The city of Tbilisi has suffered an incessant and torrential downpour that resulted in flooding of the low-land areas of the Georgian capital at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. The death toll has been climbing, with numerous buildings deluged. The death toll so far stands at 12, while 24 people are missing, TASS reports. Bodies were found mostly in flooded private households. There have been reports... 

A new species of titanosaur unearthed in Argentina. The new fossil remains excavated in southern Argentina have represented the most complete giant sauropod dinosaur ever discovered. The skeletal analysis of the found bones demonstrated size of the beast measured 26m from head to tail and weighed in at almost 60 tones, as heavy as 14 African elephants. The palaeontologists also unravel that the skeleton... 

While U.S. President Barack Obama is playing golf in Hawaii, where he went with his family for traditional Christmas holidays, America is fighting the raging natural disaster that flooded the south of the country and froze the north, The Telegraph wrote. The publication wrote that a powerful tornado left several thousands of people in the south without electricity on Saturday, Dec. 21. At least two... 

A flooded house in Blagoveschensk, Russia’s Amur region Five regions in eastern Russia have declared a state of emergency amid flooding assessed by the national weather center as the worst in the country’s history. With thousands already affected, the flooding in Russia’s Far East is expected to reach its peak next week as emergency workers and local residents step up efforts to tackle the disaster,... 

Early monsoon rains have swept northern India, causing floods and landslides, killing at least 600 and leaving tens of thousands missing, officials report. About 100 towns and villages remain cut off since Sunday, and the death toll is expected to rise. Many of the missing are pilgrims and tourists that were at the foothills of the Himalayas at the Ganges river, which is sacred to Hindus, at the time... 

A local resident wades to a neighbor’s house on a flooded street near the swollen Elbe River in Elster, Germany, on June 7, 2013. Officials in eastern Germany have issued evacuation orders for thousands of people living near the swollen Elbe River. According to reports on Sunday, in Magdeburg, the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt, over 23,000 residents were evacuated after many buildings and streets...