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A trauma helicopter crashed Saturday night in a mountainous area near Porto, the second largest city in Portugal. The four occupants, two pilots, a nurse and...

The demolition of the remainder of the disaster bridge in Genoa has to start next week. The president of the region of Liguria, Giovanni Toti, is hopeful that the judge on Monday the seizure of the...

The approaching winter has caused snow and avalanche danger in a large part of the Alps. Austrian and Swiss media speak Monday of a very high avalanche danger from 1800 meters altitude where 50 to 80 centimeters of snow lies.

Five large gondolas collided on Sunday morning in the Austrian ski resort Hochzillertal because of the strong wind. Because of the turbulent weather, the gondolas were empty. Nobody was injured.

Almost four months after the partial collapse of the Polcevera viaduct in Genoa, the last truck that was still on the remains was removed. This weekend, the fire brigade drove the Italian lorry backwards from the bridge and spread images from it on Sunday.

The year 2018 is probably in fourth place with regard to the average temperature and with that the warming of the earth continues. That says the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Warmer and extreme weather, linked to climate change is the greatest threat to public health on Earth in the 21st century. That's what doctors and researchers say in a report published in the British medical journal The Lancet.

In the Australian city of Sydney persistent storms caused flooding. In the morning there was as much rainfall as normal in the entire month. Dozens of flights have been canceled. The police have called on motorists not to take the road. Because of the rain and floods, the morning peak degenerated into chaos.

The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has risen to a new record last year. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) of the United Nations reports that in 2017 405.5 ppm (parts per million) of CO2 were measured. A year earlier that was still 403.3 ppm and in 2015 was 400 ppm measured.

A large sandstorm in the southeast of Australia obscured the sun and caused a nuisance. The sandstorm is the result of the drought that has persisted for months. Because of the strong wind, sand, dust and dirt are spread over a large area.

Heavy rainfall and mudflows will complicate the search for victims of the forest fire in California. The authorities in California have expressed this fear. From Tuesday onwards, three days of bad weather are predicted around the heavily hit town of Paradise.

While the largest and most violent wildfires in the history of the state are drawing a trail of devastation through California, a firm weather change finally seems to come to the aid of firefighters.

High waves have some balconies of a holiday complex on Tenerife beaten away. According to the mayor Álvaro Dávila of Tacoronte there were no deaths or injuries due to the severe weather, according to the ABC.es website.

Owners of many wood stoves belong to the category of worst air polluters. Those who heat their stove during the cold weather produce six times more air pollution than a truck.

A young family with car trouble has died in a remote area in the interior of Australia. The authorities have found four bodies a few kilometers from the vehicle.

The Italian government has made EUR 153.5 million available for emergency aid for areas affected by the severe weather. Rome also announced that it will invest 900 million euros in the prevention of natural disasters in the next three years.

Nine British tourists were rescued from a burning yacht off the coast of the Thai island of Phuket. The fifteen-meter-long vessel was hit by lightning and caught fire, the BBC reports.

The harsh autumn weather is not over in Italy yet. On Thursday, two people were killed again. The car they were in was crushed by a falling tree. The accident occurred at the town of Lillianes, in Valle d'Aosta, north of Turin.

The damage caused by natural disasters has doubled in the past ten years compared to the previous years. That is what the International Red Cross figures in a report. As far as natural disasters are concerned, 2017 was one of the most precious years ever. Major disasters, such as the hurricanes in the United States and the Caribbean, caused more than 330 billion dollars (more than 290 billion euros) of damage, according to the Red Cross.

The death toll due to the severe weather that Italy has been tormenting for three days has risen to eleven on Tuesday. Someone is also missing. A large part of Venice came under water. On videos you can see how tourists waded through the water of the flooded St. Mark's Square and how a restaurant, despite a low water of at least twenty centimeters, still served pizzas.

The severe weather that plagues Italy has killed five people on Monday. That happened at various places in the country. Two young people died south of Rome because a tree fell on their car. The same happened to someone in nearby Terracina and a walker in Naples. A woman was mortally wounded by flying debris.

The authorities in Mexican coastal areas are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Willa. The governor of the western state of Nayarit says that more than 10,000 people are being evacuated. Schools must close the doors.

In the event of flooding after severe storms in the Malaga region in the south of Spain, a firefighter died on Sunday.

After a day of rest tomorrow the heavy weather breaks loose in Spain with great intensity. In Valencia, fellow countrymen are preparing for even more water. 'We have packed enough food.'

The Spanish island of Mallorca has been hit again by severe weather and flooding. This time it was stormy weather in the north of the island, more than 45 kilometers away from the capital Palma de Mallorca. Due to heavy rains from Thursday evening until Friday morning, rivers quickly left their banks.

The body of 6-year-old Artur, the boy who was missing after heavy rainfall and flooding last week, was found on Mallorca.

Ten days after the collision between two cargo ships in the Mediterranean near Corsica, oil run away washed ashore on southern French beaches. The smeerboel ended up in Saint-Tropez and two neighboring municipalities. That is what the Prefect of Toulon said on Tuesday. It is an area of ​​16 kilometers long.

On Mallorca is still looking for the disappeared boy, Artur, of six years that went missing last Tuesday after the heavy weather. According to the Spanish newspaper El País he has a Dutch father.

Nine mountaineers died in the Himalayas as a result of a landslide that buried their encampments. The climbers' camp stood south of the almost 7200 meters high mountain Gurja in Nepal.

The death toll as a result of the severe weather that hit the Spanish archipelago the Balearic Islands has risen to twelve. On Thursday, two bodies were found on the island of Mallorca, which was hit by a flood due to heavy storms on Tuesday and Wednesday.