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Infrastructure upgrades, low inflation and falling interest rates could lure more skiers up mountains this season.

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island, destroying hundreds of homes, knocking out the country’s power grid and damaging other infrastructure.

Nine of the 20 carbon reduction measures audited by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development were found to be on track.

MADRID (AP) — The catastrophic torrential rains that overflowed rivers and normally dry canals in eastern Spain last week triggered flash floods that submerged entire communities and killed scores of people.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away almost everything in their path. With no time to react, people were trapped in vehicles, homes and businesses.

It appears a 'weak, late-season' tornado contributed to storm damage on the Sunshine Coast Monday.

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country's power grid.

Environment Canada is warning of heavy rain on British Columbia's north coast, where some lost power Wednesday, while the lights remained off for a few thousand BC Hydro customers across the south coast after Monday's heavy winds.

PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) — The mangled car in which Jorge Tarazona’s three-year-old niece and sister-in-law perished in last week's catastrophic flooding in Spain now hangs halfway off the ragged edge of highway.

CALGARY — Oilsands producer MEG Energy Corp. expects its full-year 2024 production to come in towards the lower end of its forecast range, in part due to the wildfires that forced a temporary evacuation of its Christina Lake site in July.