Strong earthquake hits off El Salvador coast
A strong magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador followed an hour later by a magnitude-5.4 aftershock, authorities said early ...

Powerful typhoon lashes Japan's Okinawa island
More than 75,000 households lacked power on Monday after a powerful typhoon lashed the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, injuring four people but ...

Isaac prompts hurricane warnings from La. to Fla.
Hurricane warnings have been issued for an area stretching from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle as Isaac churns toward the Gulf Coast. The warnings ...

Isaac drenches Haiti, Cuba, heads toward Florida
Tropical Storm Isaac pushed over Cuba on Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula, where it caused flooding and at least four deaths, ...

Powerful typhoon approaches Japan's Okinawa island
The strongest typhoon to approach Okinawa in several years was bearing down on the southern Japanese island on Sunday as officials warned residents ...

Isaac heads for Hispaniola, could threaten Florida
Tropical Storm Isaac churned toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti late Thursday, although forecasters said it now appeared less likely to become ...

Nevada teen missing after Southwest flooding
A teen was swept away in a drainage wash in the Las Vegas area and remained missing, and two people were rescued from a van stranded in high water in ...

Tropical Storm Isaac takes aim at Hispaniola
Tropical Storm Isaac took aim at the Dominican Republic and Haiti Thursday and it was expected to gain strength after drenching tiny islands in its ...
Storm prompts US to delay 9/11 hearings at Gitmo
An approaching storm prompted the U.S. military to place its base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under an alert Wednesday and cancel several days of ...
Tropical Storm Isaac on GOP convention radar
Forecasters cast a wary eye Tuesday on Tropical Storm Isaac, which was moving west in the Atlantic Ocean and poses a potential threat to Florida ...

Balkans heat wave fuels forest fires in Bosnia
Authorities on Tuesday declared a state of emergency around a town in Bosnia's northeast and a tourist area was evacuated in the country's south as ...
Azores Islands escape Hurricane Gordon damage
Authorities say Hurricane Gordon has passed Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores Islands without causing major damage and is losing strength. The head of ...

Tropical storm hits Mexico coast, quickly weakens
Tropical Storm Helene quickly weakened into a tropical depression Saturday after moving ashore on Mexico's Gulf Coast, then degenerated into a rain ...

New storm hits north Philippines; at least 2 dead
A second tropical storm in as many weeks battered the northern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least two people, as forecasters warned that the ...