
Cleanup at Prague zoo underway after flooding
More than a decade after many of its animals drowned, the Prague Zoo is counting the cost of yet another devastating flood. In 2002, more than 100 ...

2 out of 3 people face hunger as Haiti woes mount
The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast. The hair on broomstick-thin ...

Andrea washes away sporting events on East Coast
The remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea washed away sporting events from the Southeast to New England. Major League games in Washington, Boston and New ...

Andrea bringing rains, flood watches to East Coast
The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season drenched the Southeastern U.S. but caused no major damage on Friday, marching up the East Coast ...

From 500 feet above: the Washington Monument
The towering marble symbol of the nation's capital is chipped, cracked and closed, though will soon be pieced back together by engineers working ...

Tropical Storm Andrea pounds parts of Florida
The first named storm of the Atlantic season hammered Florida with rain, heavy winds, and tornadoes Thursday as it moved toward the coast of Georgia ...

Tropical Storm Andrea bearing down on Fla. coast
The first named storm of the Atlantic season hammered Florida with rain, heavy winds, and tornadoes Thursday as it moved over land toward the coast ...

When mighty Danube floods, Europe is shaken
The mighty Danube is not the only river in Europe bursting its banks this week, but it packs the biggest punch. Winding 2,850 kilometers (1,777 miles) ...
Tropical Storm Andrea nears Fla.'s west coast
The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Andrea, formed Wednesday over the Gulf of Mexico and was expected to bring wet weather to ...

More cool weather aids crews fighting Calif. fire
Another day of cooler, more humid air made it easier for thousands of firefighters building containment lines around a destructive wildfire north of ...
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes near Hawaii
The U.S. Geological Survey is revising the magnitude of an earthquake off the southeast coast of Hawaii to 5.3. Tuesday afternoon's earthquake was ...

Deadly Okla. tornado widest on record, rare EF5
The deadly tornado that plowed through an area near Oklahoma City last week was even larger and more powerful than previously estimated — a record 2.

Forest Service to hire 500 fewer firefighters
As dry conditions set the stage for another difficult fire season, the Forest Service said Tuesday it will hire 500 fewer firefighters than last year ...

APNewsBreak: Iran's reactor said damaged by quakes
Several countries monitoring Iran's nuclear program have picked up information that the country's only power-producing nuclear reactor was damaged by ...

Underwood to lend voice to tornado relief on CMTs
Carrie Underwood will pay tribute to the victims of the recent deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma when she appears at the CMT Music Awards. Underwood will ...

Firefighters gain upper hand on Calif. blaze
All that was left of his two-story home with a stunning panoramic view was black twisted metal and ashes. On Monday afternoon, Gregg Johnson surveyed ...

Storm chasing critical, profitable and dangerous
While most people take shelter when a tornado approaches, a growing throng heads for the prairies, be they scientists hoping to protect the public ...

Out with a whimper: Storms over in East, South
The remnants of violent storms that killed more than a dozen people in Oklahoma moved out to sea with a whimper Monday, but not before sending ...

Thousands evacuated as crews fight Calif. wildfire
A wildfire that destroyed at least six homes, damaged 15 others and threatened hundreds more grew quickly Sunday as it triggered evacuations for ...

Damaging storms moving through east, south
Damaging winds flattened trees and utility poles and knocked out power in parts of northern New England on Sunday, flights were delayed in New York ...

3 veteran storm chasers killed by Oklahoma tornado
Three veteran storm chasers died doing what they loved: roaming the Great Plains in search of dangerous storms like the one in Oklahoma that ended ...

Quakes kill 2 in Taiwan, injure 33 in Philippines
A strong earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least 21 others and causing panicked shoppers to rush out of a shaking ...

Wildfire: NM fights blazes; Calif. area evacuated
Firefighting teams in California and New Mexico are battling early season wildfires that have blackened thousands of acres and threatened homes and ...

Frightened Okla. residents opt to flee tornadoes
It's a warning as familiar as a daily prayer for Tornado Alley residents: When a twister approaches, take shelter in a basement or low-level interior ...

Reality catches up with sci-fi in storm drones
At the time it premiered, "Twister" put forth a fantastical science fiction idea: Release probes into a storm in order to figure out which tornadoes ...