WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — NASA on Thursday announced that it has signed two cooperative Earth science agreements with Agencia Espacial Brasileira (AEB), NASA’s counterpart space agency in Brazil.

The agreements were signed during NASA Administrat…

BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) — The Thai government on Thursday warned residents of Bangkok to brace for overflowing from nearby rivers as the water level is expected to rise over the next two days, the Bangkok Post reported.

Thongthong Chandrangsu, a spokesma…

SANTIAGO (BNO NEWS) — The Chilean government on late Wednesday afternoon declared a Red Alert for the country’s Aysén region after a significant increase in seismic activity at Mount Hudson, forcing nearly 100 people to evacuate.

The National Office…

SANTIAGO (BNO NEWS) — The Chilean government on late Wednesday afternoon declared a Red Alert for the country’s Aysén region after a significant increase in seismic activity at Mount Hudson.

The National Office of Emergency of Chile’s Interior Minis…

MIAMI (BNO NEWS) — Hurricane Rina, located in the northwestern Caribbean Sea and approaching the Yucatan Peninsula, rapidly strengthened into a category two storm on early Tuesday morning, forecasters said.

Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane …

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA (BNO NEWS) — A speed boat belonging to the Nicaraguan Navy went missing on Sunday afternoon while assisting in the evacuation of more than 200 people in advance of what is now Hurricane Rina, officials said on Monday. More than 25 p…

HANOI (BNO NEWS) — The death toll as a result of severe flooding in southern Vietnam has risen to at least 43, the government reported on Friday. Tens of thousands of homes have been inundated.

The National Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prev…

PORT MORESBY (BNO NEWS) — A total of 28 people were killed on late Thursday afternoon when a passenger plane crashed during bad weather in the northern region of mainland Papua New Guinea, the airline said on Friday.

The accident happened at around 5…

BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) — More than 900 factories have been shut in parts of Thailand because of the monsoon-season floods which have claimed nearly 300 lives in recent months, local media reported on Wednesday.

Industry Minister Wannarat Channukul said …

MIAMI (BNO NEWS) — A tropical depression formed far off the Pacific coast of Mexico on Wednesday evening, forecasters said, and the system could potentially threaten Mexico as a hurricane next week.

Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center (…