Winds

The normally bustling beach resort town of Acapulco, Mexico, looks like a scene out of a disaster movie: palm trees stripped of its fronds; windows of hotels and homes shattered; twisted metal signs strewn across streets. All wreckage…

Strong winds forced the cancellation of the season-opening men's World Cup giant slalom Sunday in Soelden, Austria, after 47 of the 73 skiers in the first run had started.Gusts high up on the Rettenbachferner glacier initially prompted…

Following quickly on the success of India's moon landing, the country's space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission.The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast…

Reporters wade through flood waters in downtown Tarpon Springs, Florida, after Hurricane Idalia passed offshore, Aug. 30, 2023.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesHurricane Idalia is moving inland after slamming into Florida's Big Bend coast Wednesday…

MASS EVACUATIONS Officials have said more than 600 wildfires have broken out around Greece since Jul 13. The vast majority were tackled before they could pose a threat, the government said. The civil protection ministry warned of extreme…

More broadly, Xi’s administration blames widening social disparities in part on the internet boom, particularly in the pandemic era, and is moving to address any public discontent that could threaten its authority. That led to the “common…

As many as 86 of the 430 official starters of the Rolex Fastnet Race were forced to retire due to "brutal" conditions on the first night of racing with gale force conditions in the English Channel, the race committee said late on…

A research group from Nagoya University has accurately simulated air turbulence occurring on clear days around Tokyo using Japan's fastest supercomputer. They then compared their findings with flight data to create a more accurate…

Samuel Honzek knew the skate cut into his calf that ended his World Junior tourney was deep. What he didn’t know was how it would affect his future, both as a player and as a draft eligible prospect. On Wednesday he found out, boldly…

Several billions of dollars left in a scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest could be diverted to prepare for other pandemics or to support vaccine manufacturing in Africa, the scheme’s partners said. The COVAX…