Tropical Cyclone Evan left a swathe of destruction across Fiji Tuesday after battering the Pacific nation for more than 12 hours, destroying homes, flooding rivers and stranding thousands of tourists.

Tropical Cyclone Evan left a swathe of destruction across Fiji Tuesday after battering the Pacific nation for more than 12 hours, destroying homes, flooding rivers and stranding thousands of tourists.

Thousands of people fled to evacuation centres in Fiji on Monday as a powerful cyclone lashed the Pacific nation, causing power outages and flash flooding, officials said.

Thousands of people fled to evacuation centres in Fiji Monday as authorities warned to "prepare for the worst" from a powerful category four cyclone bearing down on the Pacific nation.

Residents of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek have no gas to heat their homes amid arctic temperatures, authorities said Sunday.

Top Philippine officials on Sunday cheered boxing star Nonito Donaire for his knock-out victory over Mexico's Jorge Arce, saying it showed the country could overcome any adversity.

The death toll from a typhoon that devastated the southern Philippines earlier this month has topped 1,000 as hundreds more remain missing, the government said on Sunday.

Fijian authorities scrambled to evacuate tourists and residents in low-lying areas Sunday as a monster cyclone threatened the Pacific nation with "catastrophic damage" after causing devastation in Samoa.

The Philippine military on Sunday began a holiday season truce against communist insurgents after the rebels called their own limited ceasefire in typhoon-hit regions, a spokesman said.

Fijian authorities scrambled to evacuate residents from low-lying areas Sunday as a monster cyclone threatened the Pacific nation with "catastrophic damage" after causing widespread devastation in Samoa.

Flooding was expected in seven areas of eastern, central and southwest England on Sunday after stormy weather led to the death of a crewman in the North Sea and the rescue of 17 anglers from the waves.

The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has topped 1,000 and could still rise sharply, the government said on Sunday.

American skier Steven Nyman secured a rare World Cup victory here on Saturday, as he won a shortened men's downhill event in a race that was delayed several times due to inclement weather.

American skier Steven Nyman secured a rare World Cup victory in Italy on Saturday, as he won a shortened men's downhill event in a race that was delayed several times due to inclement weather.

The Philippine government on Saturday accused Maoist rebels of violating a self-imposed truce in typhoon-hit areas with attacks on government forces involved in rescue and relief work.

Fijians living in low-lying areas were urged to flee to higher ground on Saturday as a cyclone bore down on the Pacific nation after leaving a trail of destruction in Samoa with up to 10 feared dead.

US industrial production rebounded in November, recovering from the effects of the massive Hurricane Sandy that struck the Northeast in late October, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

A young British woman has died five days after a snowboarding accident in the French Alps in which she suffered heart and respiratory failure when she crashed and was stuck in a snowdrift.

The Pacific nation of Samoa faces up to two weeks without electricity, officials said on Friday, after a cyclone that killed two people and sent hundreds fleeing to safety destroyed its main power station.

Susan Rice Thursday withdrew her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state, after becoming a lightning rod for the White House's handling of the raid on the US consulate in Benghazi.