Flying gigantic kites over the ocean could potentially lessen the impact of torrential rain on land, a team of researchers ...

In this photo unrelated to the research, people raise a large kite in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 4, 2019. (Mainichi/Shinichi Cho) TOKYO -- Flying gigantic kites over the ocean could ...

Kyushu is no stranger to widespread flooding and landslides caused by torrential rains. After a stationary rain front was observed over Kyushu on May 16, 10 locations in five prefectures ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency will study developments of certain cloud formations off Kyushu to provide more accurate heavy-rain warnings ... earlier warnings for torrential rainfall.

TOKYO (AP) — A typhoon lashed southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds Thursday ... Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in the morning on the southern island of Kyushu and about 60 centimeters ...

A project is saving salvageable joinery and building material of houses set for demolition after being damaged by the Noto ...

It has been a year since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake struck on New Year’s Day. The areas affected by the disaster were also ...

As California oscillates between drought and deluge, wildfires rage due to "hydroclimate whiplash" driven by global warming.

Landslides caused by torrential rains in southeast Brazil have left at least 10 people dead, rescue services in Minas Gerais state said on Sunday. Nine people died in the city of Ipatinga ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Landslides caused by torrential rains in southeast Brazil have left at least 10 people dead, rescue services in Minas Gerais state said Sunday. Nine people died in the city of ...