By Ben Hubbard Reporting from Istanbul Syria’s new interim leader, meeting on Tuesday with the president of Turkey, thanked him for backing the rebel forces that toppled the Assad dictatorship ...

Deadly floodwaters triggered by record rainfall in Australia’s northeast rose for a third day Monday as authorities warned flood-stricken communities to brace themselves for further destruction.

Turkey hosts nearly 3 million Syrian migrants More than 80,000 have gone back to Syria since Assad's fall Those who returned in December lost right to re-enter Turkey UNHCR welcomes new scheme ...

Hundreds of people are in evacuation centres while 1,700 homes in north Queensland remain under threat of flooding. The Bureau of Meteorology says the weather system will gradually start to ease ...

The flood situation in Sarawak has improved slightly while the number of evacuees at temporary relief centres in Sabah has increased compared to last night. In Sarawak, 12,116 flood victims were ...

About 13 million people are under flood watches across California, where heavy rain is expected to produce flooding, mudslides and debris flows through Wednesday. The atmospheric river of moisture ...

Following heavy snow in Oregon and a few reports of flooding in far Northern California, the FOX Forecast Center said a resurgence in moisture will expand the rain and mountain snow once ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A woman has died in what could be the worst flooding on record for parts of north Queensland, with residents of six Townsville ...

A causeway that turned into a sinkhole on Magnetic Island and closed the bridge a couple of months ago has quadrupled in size during the floods, according to locals. Swiftwater rescue crews have ...

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A total of 14 tonnes of food supplies have been sent to flood-affected residents in Tatau, about 50km from Bintulu, according to Sarawak minister John Sikie Tayai. Deliveries to the Penyarai and ...

Recent rainfall has resulted in river levels rising. Flooding is forecast to affect locations near the Middle Hampshire Avon, with low lying land and roads expected to be most affected ...