Hurricane Harvey floods toxic waste sites — and the EPA is missing in action

AP HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) — As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey’s floodwaters had also washed in pollution from the old acid pit just a couple blocks away. Long a center of the nation’s petrochemical industry, the Houston metro area has more […]

Cyclists persevere, surfer thrives as monster floods hit Berlin (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

Published time: 29 Jun, 2017 23:31 Edited time: 29 Jun, 2017 23:32 Berlin has been bashed by an extreme downpour which has left many of its streets flooded. Despite this major hurdle, people are still finding a way to travel around the German capital. Houses have been evacuated and the Berlin fire brigade had been […]

This Morning hit with technical issues as studio FLOODS

Host Phillip Schofield’s microphone stopped working properly halfway through the show, leading him to get up and reveal that water was dripping into the ITV building. Halfway through a conversation with co-presenter Holly Willoughby, the 55-year-old mic’s seemed to suffer a fault and picked up lots of interference when he tried to speak.  “Your microphone’s […]

Britain's Got Talent 2017: Ant and Dec in floods of tears over act with harrowing story

The Missing People Choir have not only entered the ITV series to win, but to find their loved ones who have disappeared with no explanation. Made up of grief-stricken families, one singer told judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams, that she hadn’t seen her son Quentin since 1988. Her fellow choir […]

The floods in Australia are still rising after two people have been killed and four are missing

© AFP Patrick HAMILTON Beenleigh (Australia) (AFP) – Flooded rivers were still rising Saturday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after torrential rains in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone. Queensland police warned that the Logan River, which runs through Beenleigh south of Brisbane, would only hit peak […]