Mass blackouts and flooding in storm-affected states

[ad_1] Getty ImagesResidents in the Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on their flooded streetHundreds of thousands of people remain without power in Australia after a cyclone brought wild weather to the east coast.Communities in southeast Queensland…

Mass blackouts as tropical storm nears Australian coast

[ad_1] Katy WatsonAustralia correspondentReporting fromThe Gold CoastEPAMore than 300,000 properties are without power as a tropical storm edges closer to Australia's east coast, lashing the region with heavy rain.Storm Alfred has been downgraded from a…

Hit by blackouts, Cuba’s tourism industry now braces…

[ad_1] Getty ImagesCanadian tourists, such as these taking part in an exercise class, are vital to the Cuban tourism sectorWith winter nights drawing in across North America, Canadian “snowbirds” – citizens who flee their freezing…