Zimbabwe declared drought a national disaster on Wednesday, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the country needs $2 billion in aid to help millions of people who are going hungry.

BEIJING (AP) -- A section of a highway collapsed early Wednesday in southern China, sending cars tumbling and leaving at least 24 people dead, accordi

Southern California steelhead trout have been pushed to the brink of extinction as their river habitats have been altered by development and fragmented by barriers and dams.

Heavy rains have been pounding parts of East Africa for weeks, and the flooding has killed hundreds of people in recent days.

Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more intense in many places because of climate change.

The volcano is not erupting, but a "significant spike" in earthquakes has prompted the closure of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Chicago has nearly 100 bridges rated in poor condition, including some of the most iconic bridges over the Chicago River in the downtown Loop.

For the past two years, the region has been suffering from a structural water shortage. Scarce resources are forcing farmers to adapt their practices, and could lead to a review of land-use planning.

Extreme weather that battered parts of the Midwest and caused death and destruction over the weekend turned to Texas overnight and will move into the lower Mississippi Valley on Monday, bringing the risk of storms and flash flooding.

In Tanzania, heavy rains have affected more than 200,000 people and ruined major infrastructure, officials said.

The Red Cross reported at least 38 dead and more than 11,000 displaced after weeks of heavy rains swamped the country and caused rivers to burst their banks.

One person died and three were injured when a twister struck Westmoreland, Kan., while violent and backward-spinning tornadoes hit southwestern Oklahoma.

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The low water levels that choked cargo traffic were more closely tied to the natural climate cycle than to human-caused warming, a team of scientists has concluded.

Four people are dead in Oklahoma after tornadoes leveled buildings and knocked out power for tens of thousands.

As another major quake struck Japan, the country was still reckoning with the nuclear crisis triggered by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami of 13 years ago.

A subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp, Germany’s venerable steel producer, is landing major deals for a device that makes the clean-burning gas from water.

A local community is urging the government body to secure funding to get rid of an estimated 27,000 tonnes of illegal waste.

Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s trees razed. Alongside mounting air and water pollution, experts says Israel’s onslaught on Gaza’s ecosystems has made the area unlivable

Illnesses such as dengue and malaria to reach unaffected parts of northern Europe, America, Asia and Australia, conference to hear

The homebuilding industry has been slow to adopt changes that can better protect against extreme weather. Some architects are showing what’s possible.