Weather News

Hurricane Bertha, the longest-lived July tropical storm in history, has been downgraded to a tropical storm.

A storm system pushing through the upper Midwest produced reports of weak tornadoes in rural areas northwest of the Twin Cities Saturday afternoon.

For years, Mohammed Ali has been hearing relatives and friends tell how government-backed militiamen torched villages in his native Darfur, raped women and shot fleeing civilians.

The painful past and present have become a way of life for Ali and his tribe, so much so that the news that the president of Sudan has been indicted on genocide charges seems to leave him cold.

'I just want to see peace in Darfur. Nothing else,' said Ali, a father of eight who came from Darfur to live in the capital, Khartoum, as a child.

Forecasters are calling for sunny skies today, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.

Jul 19 - As flood waters in Mexico's northeastern state of Tamaulipas recede, authorities take measures to prevent the spread of diseases Torrential rain in the center of the country caused levels of the Panuco ...

It's only a few months into the cotton growing season, but already the budding rows of cotton are dwarfed by towering weeds that starve them of sunlight, nutrients and water.

A storm off the Southeast coast sent bands of blustery weather into Georgia and South Carolina on Friday, and forecasters warned it could spin into a tropical depression.

Soldiers help fishermen out of their boats after they got into difficulties at sea amid severe tropical storm Kalmaegi yesterday in Zhejiang Province's Wenzhou City.

Attacks on aid workers and threats to ships delivering food aid to Somalia, coupled with the effects of drought and poor harvest, have left millions in the strife-torn nation in need of urgent aid, the United ...

WASHINGTON Global warming will affect the health and welfare of every American, but the poor, elderly and children will suffer the most, according to a new White House report released yesterday.

Tropical storm Kalmaegi lashed southern Taiwan with torrential rains Friday, triggering flash floods and landslides.

Feel like you've been scratchy more this summer? Experts say the wet weather is bringing more mosquitoes with it.

A man and two young girls were rescued from a La Crosse area lake as a storm blew through the region Wednesday night.

Severe weather across parts of Wisconsin this evening produced a tornado near Sheboygan, severe winds that knocked down trees and power lines and heavy downpours that raised the threat of flooding.

The world's natural resources are being squandered in the pursuit of 'insatiable consumption,' Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday in a speech urging followers to care more for the environment and reconnect with the principle of peace.

Benedict, speaking to more than 200,000 pilgrims gathered for the Roman Catholic church's youth festival, expanded on a theme that has led him to be dubbed 'the green pope.' The crowd, massed on a disused wharf in Australia's largest city, regularly erupted in cheers that gave the event the feel of a sporting event.

The City of Marco Island is asking residents to stay indoors because of the rain.

Gov. Brad Henry got a firsthand look Wednesday at the devastation caused by a drought that has evoked memories of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

A Greek tanker loaded with much-needed drinking water for drought-stricken Cyprus has had to discard its cargo due to contamination fears.

President George W. Bush has declared Addison and Franklin counties disaster areas, making them eligible for federal assistance in repairing damage from last month's flooding.

Colorado state officials are asking a federal judge to allow farmers and ranchers hit hard by drought to use land idled under a federal program for livestock grazing.