Peru hit by massive 13-foot-high waves, leaving scores of ports closed
LIMA, Peru — Massive waves of up to 13 feet (four meters) are pummeling the coasts of Peru, leaving scores of ports closed on Saturday, authorities said. Peru closed 91…
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami,…
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3 fall into ocean after California wharf partially collapses due to heavy surf from major storm
SANTA CRUZ, California (AP) — Two people were rescued and a third swam to safety after a California pier under construction partially collapsed and fell into the ocean Monday as…
Saharan dust plume expected for Christmas Eve in USVI and PR
SAN JUAN — A plume of Saharan dust will begin affecting the local region, with direct impacts on the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico starting tomorrow (Christmas Eve day),…
Cuba hit by magnitude 5.9 earthquake
HAVANA — An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Cuba today, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The tremor hit about 22 miles (37 km) south of Guisa, Cuba at 6:00…
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From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars
BRIDGETOWN – When large swathes of invasive seaweed started washing up on Caribbean beaches in 2011, local residents were perplexed. Soon, mounds of unsightly sargassum – carried by currents from…
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In Florida, the Miccosukee fight to protect the Everglades in the face of climate change
EVERGLADES, Florida (AP) — As a boy, when the water was low Talbert Cypress from the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida rummaged through the Everglades’ forests, swam in its…
2024 brought natural disasters and turbulent politics to Latin America
Snow blanketed Santiago, the Chilean capital, in May 2024 — a rare and stunning sight that marked the coldest month in the city in over 70 years. The unusual weather…
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Dozens of luxury condos, hotels in Miami sinking at ‘unexpected’ rates
MIAMI — A new study from the University of Miami shows dozens of luxury, beachfront condos and hotels, all along the southeast coast of Florida, are sinking into the ground…
Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in Mayotte cyclone
MAMOUDZOU — Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte,…