Florence flooding worries spread as storm heads northeast
The storm, which is blamed for the deaths of at least 19 people, still had abundant rain and top winds around 30 mph on Monday.
Mother and infant are first Hurricane Florence fatalities
The Wilmington Police Department said Friday that the two were killed when a tree fell on their house.
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News Wrap: States declare emergencies as Hurricane Florence powers up
In our news wrap Monday, evacuations geared up as Hurricane Florence turned into a menacing Category 4 storm. Florence is on track to make landfall by Friday. Also, the White House pressed again for a federal investigation into who wrote…
Terrified motorists flee as trees burst into flames along California interstate
Truckers abandoned big-rigs and motorists screamed in fear as they came dangerously close to an explosive wildfire that shut down about 45 miles of a major California interstate near the Oregon border that authorities were desperately trying to reopen.
The National Weather Service said Wednesday that Hurricane Lane had weakened to a Category 4 hurricane, but those hurricanes with winds of more than 130 mph or above can still cause catastrophic damage.
The magnitude 7.3 quake Tuesday was the largest to strike Venezuela since 1900.
Fire crews in Northern California spent another long day laboring to contain the sprawling Carr fire, which has killed at least six people and reduced more than 720 homes and other buildings to ashes in the Redding area. A total…
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 2 p.m. EDT Monday that Alberto was centered about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south-southwest of Panama City, Florida. The storm was expected to make landfall later Monday.
LUCKNOW, India — A powerful dust storm and rain swept parts of north and western India overnight, causing house collapses, toppling trees and leaving at least 91 people dead and more than 160 injured, officials said Thursday.
