Precipitation

By Helen Reid and Nelson Banya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa's major port of Durban, where operations were disrupted by severe...

By Siyabonga Sishi and Rogan Ward ETHEKWINI, South Africa (Reuters) -Rescuers searched for dozens of people still missing in South...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The death toll from floods in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province this week now stands at 443, with...

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia will work with other countries that have offered to help it to prevent environmental...

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian authorities intensified efforts on Saturday to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant...

By Rogan Ward KWANDENGEZI, South Africa (Reuters) -Rains that have killed around 400 people and left thousands homeless in South...

By Rogan Ward DURBAN (Reuters) -South Africans were searching for survivors on Friday of floods that killed almost 400 people,...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The death toll from days of flooding on South Africa's east coast rose to 395 on Friday,...

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine military and aid workers pledged on Thursday to keep searching for 103...

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities on Wednesday struggled to distribute aid to tens of thousands of...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - At least 45 people were killed after Monday's intensely heavy rainfall in South Africa's eastern coastal province...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities said on Monday at least 25 people had died in landslides and floods caused by...

MANILA (Reuters) - Rescue teams in the Philippines faced a race against time on Tuesday in the search for 28...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds more Sydney residents were ordered to leave their homes on Friday, some for...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Torrential rain pummelled Australia's east coast on Thursday with Sydney receiving nearly a month's rain...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 15 Nigerian soldiers and wounded more than a dozen others during an attack on...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police on Tuesday recovered the bodies of a British national and his nine-year-old son killed in...

By Nellie Peyton DAKAR (Reuters) - West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict, drought,...

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Heavy rains caused mudslides that killed at least 14 people in southern...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Torrential rain that flooded towns on Australia's east coast eased on Friday but a combination of two...