Tag: Natural disasters
Drought, heat, fire force fishing ban on Colorado River
DENVER — Colorado wildlife officials on Wednesday urged anglers to avoid fishing along a stretch of the Colorado River because low flows during a...
Tropical Storm Elsa, back over water, takes aim at Florida
HAVANA — Tropical Storm Elsa, back over water but still producing heavy rains over Cuba, was expected to move near the lower Florida Keys...
Storm threat hangs over renewed search at Florida condo site
SURFSIDE, Fla. — A ramped-up rescue effort at the collapsed South Florida condo building faced new threats from the weather as a tropical storm...
5 dead in southern Mexico from mudslide, drowning
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Four residents of the southern Mexico state of Chiapas died when a landslide caused by heavy rains collapsed their house,...
Wildlife, air quality at risk as Great Salt Lake nears low
SALT LAKE CITY — The silvery blue waters of the Great Salt Lake sprawl across the Utah desert, having covered an area nearly the...
Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast
HAVANA — Tropical Storm Elsa swept along Cuba's southern coast early Monday, and forecasters said it could make landfall on the island's central shore...
Amid drought, Colorado rafters flock to oases while they can
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Across Colorado, parched rivers are at some of their lowest levels on record. But on one still spared by the...
Tropical Storm Elsa nears Cuba amid fears of flooding
HAVANA — Cuba prepared to evacuate people along the island’s southern region on Sunday amid fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could unleash heavy flooding...
Hurricane Elsa races toward Haiti amid fears of landslides
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Elsa raced toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, where it threatened to unleash flooding and landslides...
Cyprus asks EU, Israel for help fighting huge forest fire
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus asked fellow European Union nations on Saturday to help battle a huge forest fire in a mountainous region of the...