https://www.scmp.com/rss/524366/feed The latest news and top stories on AccuWeather, which specialises in commercial weather forecasting services, including detailed forecasts, severe weather alerts, and weather-related data and insights. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Bloomberg Bloomberg At least six people have died after a private plane crashed while taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday evening, local authorities said. There were six people on the plane according to the flight manifest, the statement from Bangor police said. “No one from the incident was transported to the hospital, and all on the flight are presumed to be deceased.” The US Federal Aviation Administration said in an earlier statement that the plane was carrying eight people. In a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341314/least-6-dead-after-private-plane-crashes-maine-us-hit-winter-storm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341314/least-6-dead-after-private-plane-crashes-maine-us-hit-winter-storm?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:29:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters Snow fell over parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Friday in ‌a frosty prelude to a monster winter storm expected to converge with bitter Arctic cold and engulf much of the United States over the weekend from the Rockies to ‍the Eastern Seaboard. Forecasts called for heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain, accompanied by dangerously frigid temperatures, to sweep the eastern two-thirds of the nation, threatening to upend travel and spawn widespread power outages. At least 14 states and the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341115/millions-us-brace-dangerous-arctic-blast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341115/millions-us-brace-dangerous-arctic-blast?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:02:34 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola – an island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Officials urged residents in flood-prone areas to seek higher ground. The storm was blamed for downing a large tree that killed an elderly man in the coastal town of Marigot in southern Haiti, while five other people were injured in flooding in the central Artibonite... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3330120/1-dead-haiti-tropical-storm-melissa-lumbers-through-caribbean?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3330120/1-dead-haiti-tropical-storm-melissa-lumbers-through-caribbean?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:53:34 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Centre said. While the compact hurricane’s centre was not expected to hit land, it threatened to dump flooding rains as it continued to grow larger. The first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, Erin ramped up from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in a mere 24 hours. By late Saturday morning, its... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3322101/erin-strengthens-become-first-hurricane-atlantic-season?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3322101/erin-strengthens-become-first-hurricane-atlantic-season?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 Reuters Reuters The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 78 on Sunday, including 28 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp continued and fears of more flooding prompted evacuations of volunteer responders. Larry Leitha, sheriff of Kerr County in Texas Hill Country, said 68 people had died in flooding in his county, the epicentre of the flooding, among them 28 children. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, speaking at a press conference on Sunday afternoon, said another 10... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317118/texas-officials-face-heat-over-response-deadly-flooding-killed-least-43?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317118/texas-officials-face-heat-over-response-deadly-flooding-killed-least-43?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jul 2025 02:28:28 +0000