World & Nation
A new report from the United Nations weather agency finds that the world is experiencing several times more weather disasters than in the 1970s.
Sept. 1, 2021
A nuclear accident scare swept Western Europe on Wednesday, temporarily driving up the relative value of the dollar, putting radiation monitoring stations on the alert in Sweden and bringing a prompt denial from the Soviet Union.
Feb. 4, 1988
Torrential rains headed south of the Korean peninsula after swelling rivers to dangerous levels and causing at least 266 deaths this month, South Korea’s disaster agency said.
Aug. 14, 1998
California
With almost daily predictions of El Nino meteorological disaster on the horizon, the city of Ventura is offering a pamphlet to residents on how to prepare for the worst.
Nov. 11, 1997
At the command center on the seventh floor of the Japan Meteorological Agency building, men in blue coats and sandals keep vigil over banks of computers flashing endless electronic pulses.
Sept. 7, 1999
Nearly 10,000 people rushed to cyclone shelters when an unusually high tide submerged their island village off the Bangladeshi coast for nearly three hours, officials said.
Aug. 31, 2000
A powerful tropical cyclone packing gusts up to 155 mph headed toward northern Fiji, where islanders braced for heavy rain and coastal sea surges today, officials said.
Dec. 7, 2007
Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated along India’s eastern coast on Thursday as authorities braced for a cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal that was forecast to bring extremely severe wind and rain.
May 2, 2019
The underlying cause of the terribly high death tolls in Bangladesh’s frequent storms is overpopulation, according to government officials, meteorologists and foreign aid specialists interviewed in the aftermath of the weekend cyclone that killed several thousand people here.
May 30, 1985
Books
Here in California, we worry about earthquakes, brush fires and floods, but David E.
Oct. 12, 1994