Wildfires are tearing through some drought-stricken areas of the West. They include a massive blaze in a remote area and some smaller but dangerous fires. Here’s a look at the latest hotspots and what crews are doing to control them. ___ NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Air tankers and helicopters helped hundreds of firefighters battle a wildfire south […]
Five people were rescued from damaged buildings in a Michigan town and thunderstorms packing strong winds caused damage in Iowa and Illinois as severe weather swept through parts of the Midwest on Monday.
Heavy storms that swept through several southern Chinese provinces this past week have killed 18 people and left four more missing, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
A stormy weather system that once was Tropical Storm Bill prompted flood warnings across the Ozarks and mid-Mississippi Valley early Friday, even before rains began to fall there in earnest.
Arizona is in the midst of a prolonged heat wave that has
produced record-high temperatures in Phoenix, prompted daily calls to the Humane
Society about overheated pets and brought triple-digit temps in even typically
cooler mountain locations.
The remnants of a tropical storm that moved in from the Gulf of Mexico this week focused most of its fury Thursday on Oklahoma and Arkansas, pushing rivers to record-high levels and causing flooding as it crawled northward through the central U.S.
4:15 p.m. CDT Authorities have recovered the body of a 2-year-old Oklahoma boy who was swept away by floodwaters while the remnants of a tropical storm were moving through the state. Ardmore police Capt. Eric Hamblin says Jeremiah Mayer’s body was found Thursday afternoon in a creek about 30 yards from where he was last […]
11:40 p.m. CDT Three teenagers have been rescued from rushing flood waters in a San Antonio park. Christian Bove with the San Antonio Fire Department said the three teens were in McAllister Park when their vehicle was caught in flash floodwaters around 6 p.m. Wednesday. Bove said the group had to stand on the top […]
Lightning sparked nearly a dozen new wildfires in Alaska as firefighters struggled Wednesday to keep up with two major fires threatening rural highway communities.
More Federal Reserve policymakers expect a slower increase in short-term interest rates this year than they projected three months ago, reflecting a sharp slowdown in the economy at the start of the year.
A churning tropical storm has caused little damage so far in Texas, but authorities warned Wednesday that as Tropical Depression Bill moves northeast, already swollen rivers could overflow their banks and cause more problems for water-weary residents.
8:45 a.m. CDT A flash flood watch is in effect for most of eastern Oklahoma and part of northwest Arkansas as Tropical Depression Bill flows northward. The National Weather Service predicts the storm could drop between 3 and 7 inches of rain across Oklahoma before it leaves the state Thursday. The flood watches will likely […]
Flood-weary Texans were bracing for heavy rain and possible flooding Wednesday as Tropical Storm Bill was downgraded to a depression and continued to creep inland.
Tropical Storm Carlos brought rain and wind to the Pacific coast near the Mexican resort of Manzanillo on Wednesday, after losing its hurricane status overnight.
Tropical Storm Bill moved slowly over inland Texas on Tuesday, bringing another round of heavy rain to a state weary from recent deadly floods, evacuations and washed-out roads.
Authorities closed the waters off the popular beach destination of Puerto Vallarta to small boats Tuesday as a weakening Hurricane Carlos continued to skirt up Mexico's southwestern coastline.
6 p.m. CDT The National Weather Service says that even though Tropical Storm Bill has weakened after hitting the Texas mainland, it still could regain strength before the severe weather passes. Most tropical storms gather power from the warm waters of the ocean and then weaken over land. But scientists say wet conditions from last […]
10:15 a.m. Tropical Storm Bill is about to make landfall on the Texas coast with sustained winds of up to 60 mph and heavy rain that’s expected to bring widespread flooding to a state experiencing one of its wettest springs on record. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Bill will come ashore […]
Officials are keeping a close watch on Hurricane Carlos as it spins just out to sea, brushing by fishing villages, port cities and tourist resorts on Mexico's southwestern coast.
