Weatherhood B.C.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Residents were stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties Wednesday ahead of a tropical cyclone forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian east coast near Brisbane, the nation’s third-most populo

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from a Hawaii volcano shot into the sky Tuesday in tall fountains that were expected to grow even bigger as part of an off-and-on eruption. The eruption began Dec.

Experts say a Fraser River monitoring centre is needed.

Temperatures will be slightly warmer in southern and eastern neighbourhoods.

PARIS (AP) — French police said at least three people were killed when a tropical storm packing fierce winds and torrential rains thumped the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on Friday.

It's the warmth that triggers a "rapid increase" in airborne allergens.

VANCOUVER — An overnight windstorm along British Columbia's south coast knocked out power for thousands of residents. BC Hydro at one point reported more than 7,000 people along southern Vancouver Island were affected by outages on Tuesday.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Another $500 million would be spent toward Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in western North Carolina in legislation the state House unanimously approved Tuesday.

Three tropical cyclones are spinning in the South Pacific, an occurrence that scientists say is unusual. Tropical cyclones Rae, Seru and Alfred are all churning as the region is in the peak of a season that starts in November and ends in April.

An earthquake has struck off the British Columbia coast, less than four days after major population centres were shaken by a similar-sized tremor.