Weather News

TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain in the past week has triggered floods and landslides in Japan, disrupting transportation and forcing residents to take shelter on safer ground. Four people were missing Friday, including two police officers.

EDMONTON — Cool and wet weather is making a difference in Jasper National Park. The park posted a statement on X late Thursday night saying cooler temperatures and up to 15 millimetres of rain since midnight had led to minimal fire activity.

ROME, N.Y. (AP) — A tornado that hit this small, upstate city tore off rooftops, leveled brick buildings and toppled the steeples of two historic churches.

TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain hit northern Japan Thursday, triggering floods and landslides, disrupting transportation systems and forcing hundreds of residents to take shelter at safer grounds.

Three employees at Canadian Timberframes near Golden, B.C., had no warning when a nearby wildfire jumped the Columbia River and "barrelled through" nearby homes, the company's co-owner said. "The fire was out of control. The winds changed.

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of Texas deaths after Hurricane Beryl came ashore and knocked out power to millions of residents climbed to at least 36 on Thursday as officials confirmed more people who died in homes that were left without air conditioning

VANCOUVER — A researcher who looked into deaths during the eight hottest days of B.C.'s deadly heat dome says that equitably addressing the impacts of climate change would mean placing a larger focus on people living in poverty.

Critical infrastructure has been affected by the wildfires that have raged through Jasper National Park, Alta., and into the picturesque townsite itself. Telus Corp.

PENTICTON — The B.C. government says wineries can import grapes and juice to make their 2024 vintages after "devastating" losses this winter. The province says allowing winemakers to import grapes from outside B.C.

MONTREAL — Three tornadoes touched down on Quebec territory Wednesday, Environment Canada has confirmed, causing damage to trees and infrastructure and injuring at least one person.