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Month: August 2026

A train has derailed near Lewes

Passengers tell of ‘terrifying experience’ after train derails in UK

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Eighteen people were injured, including two seriously, after a passenger train derailed in southern England on Thursday, trapping passengers inside carriages that had toppled onto their sides. South East Coast Ambulance Service said two people “sustained serious injuries,” while a further 16 with “less serious injuries,” were taken

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Powerful storms slam the Midwest for a sixth-straight day, striking already flood-ravaged Indiana and Ohio

CNN By Dalia Faheid, Sarah Dewberry and Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Drenching storms rolled over the flood-ravaged Midwest for a sixth day early Friday, bringing more rain to areas where severe flooding has already forced hundreds of people from their homes and left more than 300,000 without power. After parts of Indiana saw 1-in-1,000

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Powerful storms slam the Midwest for a sixth-straight day, striking already flood-ravaged Indiana and Ohio

By Dalia Faheid, Sarah Dewberry and Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Drenching storms rolled over the flood-ravaged Midwest for a sixth day early Friday, bringing more rain to areas where severe flooding has already forced hundreds of people from their homes and left more than 300,000 without power. After parts of Indiana saw 1-in-1,000 year

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Deadly storms unleashed flooding and destructive winds from the Midwest to the Appalachians on Tuesday.

Rivers rising in Indiana’s catastrophic flood zone as new storms threaten Midwest

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — More heavy rain is headed to flood-ravaged Indiana, where water rescues and evacuations are still underway following historic rainfall this week. Parts of the state experienced a 1-in-1,000 year rainfall event on Wednesday that sent floodwater rushing into homes and

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Deadly storms unleashed flooding and destructive winds from the Midwest to the Appalachians on Tuesday.

Rivers rising in Indiana’s catastrophic flood zone as new storms threaten Midwest

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — More heavy rain is headed to flood-ravaged Indiana, where water rescues and evacuations are still underway following historic rainfall this week. Parts of the state experienced a 1-in-1,000 year rainfall event on Wednesday that sent floodwater rushing into homes and

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