Equatorial cyclones are rare. That’s one reason Cyclone Senyar has done so much damage in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Soon after Senyar weakened, Cyclone Ditwah developed over the southwest Bay of Bengal, moving towards Sri Lanka and India.

Severe weather across parts of Asia has claimed nearly 1,000 lives, with Indonesia and Sri Lanka among the worst affected by heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides.

World leaders with the Group of 20 rich and developing nations will meet this weekend in Johannesburg for the bloc's first summit in Africa.

World governments agreed yesterday to a compromise climate deal at the COP30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but omit any mention of the fossil fuels driving it.

Delays began piling up at the airport Tuesday after severe storms passed through metro Atlanta, throwing a major wrench into Thanksgiving holiday travel into and out of the region. Several severe thunderstorm warnings were issued across the metro area between about 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., prompting a full ground stop for some time at the airport.