TEXAS: The death toll from the ongoing storm-related flooding and torrential rains in the U.S. state of Texas has risen to 120, as extreme weather continues to wreak havoc across the region. According to American media reports, relentless rainfall and flash floods have been battering parts of Texas for over a week, causing widespread destruction … Read more
WASHINGTON – At least 600 homes had been evacuated in the Florida Panhandle, the northwest part of the southeasternmost U.S. state of Florida, as wildfires continued to grow in the state, officials said on Saturday. There are currently 148 wildfires burning more than 7,100 acres (roughly 2,873 hectares) across Florida, the Florida Forest Service tweeted … Read more
HOUSTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — The first possible case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been reported in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, local authorities said on Friday. The case was reported to be someone in the Greater New Orleans area who recently traveled within the United States, said the Louisiana Department of … Read more
