CHICAGO/BOSTON (Reuters) – The heat wave baking the country's mid-section entered its third day on Wednesday with high temperatures taking a deadly toll from Milwaukee to Memphis. The hot, humid air, which the National Weather Service warned could c...

BEIJING (Reuters) – Heavy rain drenched a swathe of what had been drought-gripped southern and eastern China, killing 24 people and forcing more than 100,000 to evacuate, state media reported on Wednesday. The deaths have been concentrated in the po...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (Reuters) – Hotter than normal temperatures in several Southern states on Sunday have meteorologists warning residents to take special precautions before going outside. Heat advisories are in effect for western Tennessee down thr...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Missouri police officer who was struck by lightning while helping with rescues after a massive tornado ripped through Joplin has died. Riverside Police Chief Greg Mills says 31-year-old officer Jefferson "Jeff" Taylor died Frida...

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) – At least four people were killed when storms and tornadoes tore through heavily populated western and central Massachusetts on Wednesday, causing widespread damage across some 19 communities, Massachusetts Governor Deval Pat...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan underestimated the risk of tsunamis and needs to closely monitor public and workers' health after the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a team of international safety inspectors said in a preliminary review of th...

The governor of flood-plagued Montana ordered more National Guard troops to join the anti-flood effort, while states downstream along the bloated Missouri River strengthened levees and laid sandbags ahead of the release of waters from dams and reservo...

PHIL CAMPBELL, Ala (Reuters) – Five-year-old Garrett LeClere survived the devastating twister that struck Phil Campbell, Alabama on April 27 with two broken arms and a fractured skull. His parents did not make it. Rescuers searched for a day before ...

ROUNDUP, Mont. – Another Montana town Thursday was swamped with floodwaters that have washed out roads and rushed though houses across the state, and hundreds more homes downstream in the Dakotas could be hit as heavy rains and melting snow force re...

JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) – The death toll from a monster tornado that savaged Joplin, Missouri, rose to 125 on Wednesday and tornadoes overnight in nearby states caused at least 15 more deaths. Three days after the deadliest single tornado in the United...

MANILA, Philippines – Thousands of people along the eastern Philippine coastline were moving to temporary shelters Thursday as a powerful typhoon packing strong winds and plenty of rain roared toward the country's northeast. Typhoon Songda was not e...

LONDON (Reuters) – Tornadoes that swept through southern U.S. states last month could cost the insurance industry up to $6 billion, risk-modeling agency RMS said on Tuesday. The tornadoes, which struck Alabama and neighboring states in late April, w...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An unseasonal snow storm forced the cancellation of the opening stage of the Tour of California Sunday. The race organizers delayed the original start time by almost three hours and agreed to shorten the 118.7 miles stage in ...

SMOKEMONT, N.C. – On the North Carolina-Tennessee line, more than 20 miles of trails and a number of campsites in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are closed because of extensive tree damage from tornadoes that ripped through the area. Park o...

COTTONDALE, Ala (Reuters) – Mourners gathered at a church on Tuesday to say goodbye to a victim of last week's storms, another sad scene being repeated hundreds of times across the Southern states ravaged by deadly twisters. Judy Sherrill, 62, lived...

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Missouri's attorney general asked the Supreme Court on Sunday to intervene and block a proposed federal plan to protect the southern Illinois town of Cairo by blowing up a levee on the Mississippi River. State Attorney General ...

PLEASANT GROVE, Alabama (Reuters) – The government ramped up efforts on Saturday to help thousands of homeless victims of the country's second deadliest recorded tornado outbreak, which killed at least 350 people. President Barack Obama, who surveye...

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. government agency moved a step closer on Saturday to blowing up a Mississippi River levee to control flooding after a court decision cleared the way for it to proceed. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said they dispa...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Weather scientists are retracing the footprints of this week's monstrous tornadoes the way detectives would investigate a crime scene: talking to witnesses, watching surveillance video and even taking the measurements of the trees...

LONDON (AFP) – Weather forecasters on Thursday were predicting a cloudy but dry start to the royal wedding day, with only a small risk that rain may dampen the proceedings. People camping out to secure a prime spot for the big event could be in for ...

MIAMI (Reuters) – The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be active with the energy-rich U.S. Gulf Coast facing a significant threat of a hurricane landfall, a leading private weather forecaster predicted on Tuesday. The forecast by Weather Services...

DELTAVILLE, Va. – The huge holes in the walls of Zoar Baptist Church make it look like it was punched by a gigantic fist. The roof and steeple are gone, lost to one of the myriad tornadoes that wreaked deadly havoc from Oklahoma to Virginia last wee...

DALLAS – Forecasts calling for cooler weather, increased humidity and possibly even some rain are offering hope for weary firefighters working to tame a massive wildfire that has destroyed hundreds of homes in North Texas. A canopy of thin clouds wa...

DUNN, N.C. – At least 21 people were killed when tornadoes hit North Carolina over the weekend. The state was hardest hit by a storm system that spawned dozens of tornadoes from Oklahoma to Virginia. Here are a few stories of survival. ___ Twenty-on...

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (Reuters) – Residents of Oslo, Minnesota on Wednesday walked levees and waited out massive flooding that has turned their community into a tiny temporary island in the Red River for a third year in a row, Mayor Scott Kosmat...

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (Reuters) – The Red River was spreading out in a record swath across broad stretches of rural North Dakota and Minnesota on Tuesday and swelling toward a near-record crest in Grand Forks expected within three days. The Red ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States offered condolences and help Monday after flooding in Namibia caused widespread damage and claimed dozens of lives. Since January heavy rains have been pounding the northern parts of the country, resulting in hig...

A large tornado flattened a grain elevator and destroyed homes and buildings on its weekend rampage through the small western Iowa town of Mapleton. Authorities reported no serious injuries. "It was huge, just huge," said Thomas Mohrhauser, an attorne...

FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) – The Red River edged toward an expected crest on Saturday, when rain was predicted for the region that has been fortified against flooding by miles of sandbags, reinforced dikes and other protective measures. The Natio...

SEPANG, Malaysia (AFP) – Britain's Jenson Button warned drivers to expect "absolute madness" at the Malaysian Grand Prix with heavy rains forecast and concerns over new wet-weather tyres supplied by Pirelli. The 2009 drivers' champion issued the blu...