
Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless
Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday's massive twister that carved a path of ...

Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had ...

As rain from cyclone falls, Myanmar minority stay
A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the ...

Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority ...

UK budget airline to test ash cloud detector
A U.K. budget airline will create an artificial volcanic ash cloud over Europe this summer to test ash detection technology. The experiment aims to ...

Fire forces evacuation of campus, homes in Calif.
A wildfire fanned by a long day of Santa Ana winds raged along the edges of Southern California communities and coastal highways Thursday, forcing the ...

Dry winter, warming trend foretell wildfire danger
Two small but unseasonably early fires burning in northern California's wine country and another wind-whipped blaze farther south likely are a ...

Rain prompts flood worries in Mo., Ill., Iowa
The Mississippi River, so low for much of the winter that barge traffic was nearly halted, could reach up to 10 feet above flood stage by the middle ...

Storm closes Wyo. roads, scratches baseball game
Skiers rejoiced and stores pulled snowblowers out of storage as a persistent spring storm delivered another round of wet snow to parts of Wyoming, ...

Spring storm bringing needed snow to Colo., Wyo.
A slow-moving spring storm is bringing much-needed moisture to parts of the Rockies and the Plains, but winds are raising the wildfire danger to the ...

Wash. searchers wait to seek avalanche victim
Dangerous conditions Monday prevented rescuers from searching for a hiker who was caught in an avalanche over the weekend in the Cascade Mountains ...

Midwest hit with snow, ice, other severe weather
Storms packing snow, ice and dangerous winds knocked out power in communities throughout the Midwest and prompted Minnesota's governor to call out the ...

Spring storm delivers snow, winds; delays travel
A large spring storm delivering heavy snow, strong wind and rain caused travel problems from Wyoming to Chicago on Tuesday, closing larges stretches ...

Windy spring storm sweeps through Calif., Arizona
Powerful winds raked much of California on Monday, toppling trees, spreading wildfires, causing scattered power outages, whipping up blinding dust ...

Argentine politicians jeered as flood toll hits 57
Argentine police and soldiers searched house to house, in creeks and culverts and even in trees for bodies on Thursday after floods killed at least ...

Argentina: flooding from torrential rains kill 52
At least 52 people drowned in their homes and cars, were electrocuted or died in other accidents as flooding from days of torrential rains swamped ...

Freezing weather wipes out German flea circus
An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany. Flea circus director Robert Birk says ...

Q&A: Europe's freezing Easter and global warming
Is it Easter or Christmas? Many Europeans would be forgiven for being confused by winter's icy grip on lands that should be thawing in springtime ...

Groundhog Phil a furry felon over false forecast
A shadow of a different kind is hanging over Punxsutawney Phil. Authorities in still-frigid Ohio have issued an "indictment" against the famed ...

ND officials: Permanent flood protection needed
With its ominously titled slideshow, "Get ready for a big one," the National Weather Service told flood-weary residents in the Fargo area Thursday to ...

Warm spring, continued drought predicted for US
Government forecasters say much of the United States can expect a warm spring and persistent drought. The National Weather Service said Thursday ...
Fed projects high US unemployment into 2015
The Federal Reserve foresees unemployment remaining high into 2015, suggesting it will keep short-term interest rates near record lows at least until ...

Severe storms, large hail pummel parts of South
Severe thunderstorms Monday raked across a wide area of the South, packing strong winds, rain and some baseball-size hail. In Mississippi, authorities ...

Hungary: Snowstorm strands thousands in their cars
A snowstorm in Hungary brought drifts 10 feet (3 meters) high and violent gusts of wind, forcing thousands of people to spend the night in their cars ...

Global warming may have fueled Somali drought
Global warming may have contributed to low rain levels in Somalia in 2011 where tens of thousands died in a famine, research by British climate ...