DES MOINES, Wash. - Drier weather on Wednesday helped to lessen the landslide threat across Western Washington, but another system will be moving in later in the week, increasing the threat by Friday.

Heavy rainfalls over the past few months have done more than unleash devastating floods. A landslide caused by heavy rain left three caravan holiday homes teetering on the brink of a cliff at Trimingham, near Cromer on the Norfolk coast, on Monday (News, January 8).And over the past six months th

In 2020, contamination of the community water well by cyanobacteria caused the community to evacuate for 26 days. How the well was contaminated is unknown.

Torrential rains lashed the capital on the eve of the New Year.

All the rain and snow falling in Western Washington bumps up the risk for mudslides and avalanches.

400 residents lost the road connection and several houses were evacuated when a seven-mile-long ice stopper came loose, carrying large masses of ice and water. Today, the municipality is on inspection to look at the damage.

Residents fled toward the waterside as winds pushed an emergency-level wildfire towards their homes. The town was shrouded in darkness from the smoke before turning an unnerving shade of bright red.

The flooding started when large chunks of ice jammed at Deneki bridge, according to an advisory issued by the National Weather Service.

Gusty winds and precipitation began pounding Finland from the southwest on Wednesday morning.

Travelers need to stay off Straight Slough, which flows into the main Kuskokwim River near Bethel.

Amazing footage shows the bears just 150 metres from the nearest house as shooting is criticised - but does little to deter predators.

Ingar Sægrov was killed in a landslide during extreme weather and heavy rain in Jølster, Norway, in July 2019. He remains at the bottom of Jølstravatnet Lake.

One of the men was caught on a livestream camera wading into Brooks Falls and taking a selfie in front of the bears.

In the last 15 years, polar bear hunters in eastern Greenland have had to adapt their hunting practices because of climate change,

The Shiveluch volcano in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka region has erupted, spewing ash some 13km above sea level.Officials from the region's Emergency Situations Ministry have confirmed that the ash is not expected to land on nearby settlements, Meanwhile a "red warning" has been issued to passing planes, urging them to avoid the site.The Shiveluch volcano is extimated to be between 60,000 and 70,000 years old.

Warm weather has made for unsafe traveling conditions, including a snowmachine race.

High rainfall this month is being blamed for a major landslide near Sitka. The US Forest Service reports that a 100-acre slide came down in the Starrigavan Valley, about ten miles from town. The slide, and water damage to an ATV trail in the valley and other hiking trails elsewhere in Sitka -- all add up to a tough month for the agency.

Since early February, the gulf, and beaches and islands surrounding it, have been in the throes of one of the worst blooms of red tide in recent years.

Blizzard conditions paralyzed Saskatoon and many other communities Wednesday as a fierce storm scoured the central part of the province, closing roads, airports and schools.