STORY: Winter storms and heavy snowfall have made it difficult for ranchers to reach their cattle, local media reported.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday declared an emergency in California, ordering federal assistance to help local, tribal and state officials respond to the severe weather.
Twister left 26 people dead in Mississippi and Alabama
With temperatures set to soar next month, Indian authorities need more resources and better preparation to deal with searing heat particularly for the most vulnerable communities around the country, a New Delhi-based think tank said. Analyzing 37 regional and federal heat action plans, the Centre for Policy Research found this week that the plans are not updated regularly, don’t have separate budgets in most cases, have no legal support to implement them and the most vulnerable populations in any given region are not identified in the plans. Heat plans started springing up around the nation after blistering heat waves surpassing 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit) in 2010 killed over 800 people in the northwestern city of Ahmedabad.
Heavy rainfall caused major roadways to flood in Sumter, South Carolina, on Monday, March 27.Sumter received almost 6 inches of rain overnight, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).The Sumter Police Department asked drivers to use “extra caution” as some roads were still underwater midday Monday.The footage, released by the Sumter PD, shows South Pike East submerged in floodwater. Credit: Sumter Police Department via Storyful
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A winter storm battered parts of north east Colorado on March 27, bringing heavy snow and high winds.This footage, shared by Twitter user @AirMajorImages, shows multiple vehicles stopped along Stallion Drive in Loveland, Colorado, as snow blankets the road.The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for Larimer County, warning of snowfall up to ten inches and strong wind gusts. Credit: @AirMajorImages via Storyful
Forecasters have predicted that the El Niño weather cycle will return later this year - and campaigners and observers have warned that it could push the world past crucial climate change barriers.
Nine-year-old Quebec girl dies after snow fort collapse — what parents need to know about snow fort-related accidents.
STORY: Multiple people were killed and dozens went missing in Ecuador, after a massive landslide from heavy rains swept down parts of the city of Alausi Sunday into Monday. Local resident Angel Izurieta recalls the moment the mudslide hit his house. “I went to bed and then felt a strong tremor. It shook the house very hard. Then I heard a very loud noise, and that's when the hill collapsed." On Monday morning, rescue teams searched rubble for survivors – and officials said at least 32 people were rescued. Witnesses say some residential areas were completely buried by earth. A sports stadium that stood before the weekend – had transformed into rubble. Transport minister, Dario Herrera: “We are standing here on top of 20 metres of rocky material, the size of a stadium, where a stadium used to stand. We are unable to calculate how much material slid down, an initial figure. What we have here but it's definitely a great tragedy here for our brothers and sisters in Alausi.” Ecuador’s roads, bridges, and other infrastructure are frequently damaged by heavy rains. Its president Guillermo Lasso earlier this month declared a state of emergency in the 14 provinces worst hit by precipitation, as well as a strong earthquake a week ago.
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STORY: One of the former presidents of Taiwan is making a historic trip to China, becoming the first past or current Taiwanese leader to visit since the 1949 civil war between them.But the trip, which is being billed as an effort to lessen their worsening hostilities, is also being condemned by the political party that rules Taiwan - which is questioning why former President Ma Ying-jeou has decided to visit now.This was the start of Ma's trip in Nanjing, China on Tuesday (March 28). He's talking about shared ethnicity."People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese people, and are both descendants of the Yan and Yellow Emperors. Today, many of the nation-building proposals held dear by the founding father of the country have been realized in Taiwan and the mainland.”Ma was visiting the burial site of Sun Yat-sen, who is celebrated by both sides for overthrowing the last Chinese emperor in 1911. Sun is also considered the founder of the Republic of China, the government that was driven onto Taiwan by Communists during the civil war. Taiwan's official name is the Republic of China to this day.Polls suggest that most modern day Taiwanese people do not identify as Chinese though.Ma's visit is part of an outreach effort by the political party he belongs to, the opposition party called Kuomintang, which traditionally favors close relations with China but strongly denies being pro-Beijing.He is not scheduled to meet with any senior Beijing leaders on the trip.
STORY: Police have released chilling CCTV footage of the suspect in Monday's (March 27) mass shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee.The heavily-armed assailant is first seen blasting through glass doors with gunfire,and then roaming the halls of the private Christian school, pointing a semi-automatic rifle.Three children and three adult staff were killed.Police have identified the suspect as Audrey Elizabeth Hale - a resident of the Nashville area who they say used to attend The Covenant School - where the attack happened. Police chief, John Drake, said the suspect identified as transgender but provided no further clarity.He also added that the motive was not immediately known, but the suspect had drawn detailed maps of the school."And, no motive at this point? Anything discovered in the apartment or house?""No, we have a manifesto. We have some writings that we're going over that pertain to this day, the actual incident. We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place. There's, right now, a theory of that that we may be able to talk about later, but it's not confirmed."Drake later told NBC News that investigators believe the shooting stemmed from "some resentment" the suspect harbored "for having to go to that school" as a younger person.He said the school was singled out for attack but the individual victims were targeted at random.Reacting to the shooting in Washington, President Joe Biden urged lawmakers to do more to tackle gun violence and has called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban.“... It's ripping our communities apart, ripping the soul of this nation. Ripping the very soul of the nation... So I call on Congress again to pass my assault weapons ban.”A Nashville church held memorial service for the victims of the massacre on Monday night.And outside the school people have started to lay flowers, balloons, and teddy bears.Local residents have spoken of their shock at the attack - just the latest in an epidemic of mass gun violence.
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