Somali security forces have ended a deadly 24-hour siege by Islamist fighters who stormed a popular hotel in the central city of Beledweyne, authorities said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A car bomb exploded Tuesday at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne, kicking off an hourslong militant attack that killed an unknown number of people.

Over the next week, tens of millions of Americans will be at risk of severe weather as a colossal storm marches across the country, threatening hurricane-force winds, major flooding, blizzard ...

Gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali city of Beledweyne on Tuesday, leaving at least five people dead and triggering an ongoing siege, according to witnesses and a Somali lawmaker. In an interview ...

Yellow Level 2 severe thunderstorms leading to flooding are expected in parts of the North West, the Free State, Gauteng and Limpopo, according to the South African Weather Service. Yellow Level 4 ...

More than 52,000 reservoirs have been built on the Yangtze and its tributaries since the 1950s to mitigate flooding, generate hydropower, stabilize water supplies and protect ecology. There are a ...

Officials said they expect to issue a flood watch alert from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 p.m. Thursday. There is a possibility of heavier showers and thunderstorms hitting the southwest-facing mountains ...

Nerves are high in Grantham which was devastated by the 2011 floods. Significant flooding remains a risk for Lockyer Valley following rapid river rises at Laidley and Lockyer Creeks throughout Monday.

Even as the weather system weakened, authorities issued a string of flood and severe weather warnings across a 400-kilometre (250-mile) stretch of coast straddling Queensland and New South Wales.

Followed categories will be added to My News. The council released an update on Monday at 1pm, warning residents of dangerous flooding in Grantham and urging residents to relocate to friends and ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gatton. Followed categories will be added to My News. Off-duty firefighter and paramedic Glen Ingram captured amazing aerial drone video of the township on ...

Despite Tropical Cyclone Alfred being downgraded to an ex-cyclone, the weather system is still wreaking havoc in parts of South-East Queensland to Northern NSW, as it is hit with severe flooding ...