Last Updated Stories in Treacherous

More snow forecast for Britain in the next 24 hours

More snow is expected to fall on Britain in the next 24 hours, despite initial reports that the storm was moving away from the island. This will bring another wave of transport chaos and school closures, and some...

British and Russia warships repel pirates

A couple of days agao it was Indian Navy that repeled attacks from pirates off the cost of Somalia in the gulf of aden and today it was the turn of British and Russian Navy to get into action to save a danish vessel from the clutches of Pirates.CUrrently there are more than a...

US teen sailor takes on the world

Pretty ambitious stuff for a 16 year old, good luck to him." US teen sailor takes on the world ...

Lost Scuba Divers Survive Deadly Dragon, Currents on Remote Island

" All five Europeans who vanished while scuba diving in treacherous waters off eastern Indonesia were found alive Saturday on a remote island, police and family members said.The divers — three from Britain and...

Lost divers fight off dragon to survive

"A BRITISH couple who went missing while scuba diving described yesterday howthey swam and and floated for 12 hours in shark-infested waters only toscramble ashore on a desert island inhabited by 10ft-long komodo...

Huge waves create havoc on the Australian Gold Coast: IC Photo Gallery

"Madness as huge waves pound coast - people watching the treacherous surf from the beach were knocked off their feet by FREAK waves, a boat full of lifesavers was flipped over, and surfers were swept out to sea as...

Treacherous cyclone hitting Fiji islands

"(CNN) -- Powerful Tropical Cyclone Daman closed in on Fiji on Friday, threatening the Pacific island chain with home-destroying winds and dangerous floods.  "It's most likely going to be one of the severest...

Typhoon Mitag Blows Through Philippines, Heads Towards Taiwan: Tropical Storm...

So far eight people have been reported killed by typhoon Mitag since it made landfall late last week. "At least eight people have died after a strong typhoon, Mitag, battered the Philippines this weekend and...

Homeowners to Foot £2.5bn Flood Bill

"Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will be hit with higher household insurance premiums as a second wave of flash floods gives insurers their biggest ever claims bill. As a summer of appalling weather brought another day of travel chaos yesterday, analysts said that...

Russians Look For Safer Route To Everest

All I can say is Good luck! The Russian team is headed off to Nepal to try to find a safer route up into the Western Cwm (pronounced "coom"), bypassing the famed and feared Khumbu Icefall. This would be great in...

A new way for veterans to soldier on

 Athletic rehabilitation program aims to take injured army personnel to Paralympic glory JONATHAN...

Icy Roads - Treacherous?

"A major accident on Highway 401 near Port Hope was just one of hundreds of crashes in Southern Ontario after a heavy blast of winter made for slick driving. The highway east of Port Hope was still closed late in...

Bradford Washburn, father of modern Museum of Science, dies at 96

"I heard the sad news of Bradford Washburn's passing this morning via a friend, and posted it on The MountainWorld Blog as well as NowPublic, but wanted to add this important remembrance from the Boston Globe. An amazing man he...

Out of Thin Air

"Out of Thin Air By David Roberts For 75 years, mountaineering’s greatest mystery has lingered: Did the doomed George Mallory and Andrew Irvine reach the summit of Everest 29 years before the first confirmed ascent? The stunning discovery of Mallory’s body helps answer...

3 members of missing family found alive

"Three members of a San Francisco family missing for more than a week were found alive Monday along a snowy, treacherous roadway in southwestern Oregon, police said. A search continued for the father. Investigators said a helicopter spotted 30-year-old Kati Kim waving an...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from