Natural Disasters News

Puerto Rico's acting governor says he plans to declare a state of emergency to allow the U.S. territory to apply for federal aid to deal with abnormally dry conditions in the island's southern and central regions.

Small-screen fare has steadily been pushed into bolder, even brilliant territory by cable and, now, online offerings, and it's enticing the TV academy to recognize programs that are more emotionally and dramatically complex - as well as sexually explicit and, for better or worse, much more violent.

This undated file photo provided by the Blake family shows Logan Blake, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Every summer, residents along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean coasts brace themselves for the hurricane season.

For most of us, if we think about the U.S. Virgin Islands at all, we think just of tropical resorts and hurricanes.

When Hurricane Arthur turned away from Florida on its way toward North Carolina last week, it was another reminder of how lucky the Sunshine State has been of late.

I'm a true southwest Louisiana girl doing a job I've wanted to do since I was 10 years old.

Brown lawns and dusty cars could become the norm in California as state regulators consider unprecedented $500-a-day fines for water-wasters, after acknowledging that voluntary steps to reduce consumption amid a... Bo Cuketieh inadvertently let a fine mist from a leaky hose soak the front lawn of a Southern California home Wednesday before ... (more)

More than 100 young campers sang songs, read stories and prayed in an open-air pavilion, as they did each night at the River Valley Ranch camp.

As much of Texas grapples with lingering drought, a second city in the Lone Star State has begun reusing treated wastewater in a state-approved recycling process to bolster drinking supplies.

The San Diego County District Attorney's office said a hearing has been set for July 30 for the juvenile, whose identity has not been released.

The largest Ebola outbreak in history is defying the containment efforts of affected countries and international response teams, leading to calls from some quarters to use experimental drugs or vaccines to try to stop the deadly virus.

Fire lookout technology has changed a lot since Jack Kerouac's Desolation Angels.

People hold umbrellas through heavy rain caused by a typhoon in Naha, Okinawa, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

If you're keeping a closer eye on your pocket book, you're feeling a pinch when you go to the grocery store.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a chopper tour of flood-stricken southern Manitoba but apparently his government doesn't see any need for NDP Leader Tom Mulcair to see the disaster zone for himself.

The State Water Resources Control Board next week is scheduled to consider draft emergency regulations made public Tuesday.

The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. The areas covered include the North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.

Drought in the southwestern U.S. will deplete the vast Lake Mead this week to levels not seen since Hoover Dam was completed and the reservoir on the Colorado River was filled in the 1930s, federal water managers said Tuesday.

The World Health Organization says the current Ebola "epidemic trend shows a mixed picture," in Africa according to a statement released early Tuesday.