A freak storm ripped through the French mediterranean city of Cannes Sunday night damaging the roof of a film festival screening room and leaving soaked stars shivering on the red carpet.
Rescue workers were searching for a man who was swept away by a flooded river in the south of France on Wednesday. Five people have died in storms in the region over the last week.
The south-east of France was on storm alert Tuesday after heavy rain hit much of the country on Monday night, when Brittany in the north-west experienced 100 mm of rainfall in some areas.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appealed for unity to tackle floods threatening Bangkok, as the opposition called on her to declare emergency rule.
The first-ever advanced weather and climate research satellite to study the water cycle in the tropics and its relationship to climate change will be launched from the Bay of Bengal on 12 ...