Wildfire season is off to a troubling start in Ventura County, California, where a wildfire raged all day Thursday and burned at least 10 square miles, including a very toxic pesticide plant.
London Mills, Illinois is being evacuated after flooding turned from bad to worse on Thursday. No, we're not talking about a few blocks of the town. Police are ordering the entire town out their homes.
As if we hadn't already seen enough Biblical events this year, a plague of over 30 million locusts swarmed over Egypt's cities and farms just three weeks before Passover begins.
A 100-foot wide sinkhole opened up directly under a house in the town of Seffner, Florida, nearly killing two brothers and forcing authorities to evacuate the entire neighborhood.
It's snow season in America, and although the East Coast has been hogging all the weather-attention this year, the Midwest put Blizzard Nemo to shame on Thursday.
Wednesday morning was a scary one for folks within about a thousand miles of the Solomon Islands, where an 8.0-magnitude earthquake generated a tsunami that spread across the region.
After a few stumbles and a lot of arguing, the House of Representatives approved $50.7 billion in emergency aid to areas decimated by Hurricane Sandy on Monday night.
One of the strongest tropical storms of the year has slammed into remote, rural areas of the Philippines, killing at least 200 people and forcing tens of thousands more to flee their homes and villages
The carriers instead insist that emergency standards should be voluntary, an approach the Federal Communications Commission has gone along with.
Each passing minute on Manhattan brings New Yorkers that much closer to restored power, running water and Internet. It also represents thousands of dollars in lost economic activity for the city, thousands that are quickly turning into millions.
News broke overnight that two earthquakes hit China, but read the numbers a second time and they offer a small but striking reminder of just how crowded and vulnerable to disaster parts of that country are.
Just when we thought Tropical Storm Isaac was going to dissipate peacefully into much-needed rain for the central United States, news broke on Thursday that a dam was failing and 50,000 people would be evacuated on the Louisiana-Mississippi border.
The blistering summer and ongoing drought conditions have the prompted the U.S. Agriculture Department to declare a federal disaster area in more than 1,000 counties covering 26 states.
Details are sketchy so far, but the United States Geological Survey reports a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the region of southwestern Mexico, about 100 miles east of Acapulco, at midday on Tuesday.
As the death toll climbs from yesterday's record-breaking storms across the central and southern U.S., a miraculous discovery leaves many asking, "How?"
A Turkish teenager was pulled from the wreckage of a collapsed building on Friday, more than 108 hours after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Ercis.
At least 239 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured in this weekend's earthquakes in Turkey, as rescue teams continue to dig through the rubble in the hope of finding more survivors.
FEMA has declared 84 natural disasters,
Texas's wind-fueled wildfire remains only 30 percent contained
Almost all 6,000 acres of the Bastrop State Park burned in a matter of hours
Nearly 500 homes destroyed as fires rage into the morning
"It's like 'Little House on the Prairie' times," said one resident. "Except I'm not enjoying it at all"
FEMA's director examines the restaurant's menu as a storm indicator
Upstate counties have been hit much harder than the relatively unscathed city
This and more live updates from Hurricane Irene, the storm of the century (so far)
Terrifying, but amazing to watch
The Los Alamos National Laboratory is chronicling the wildfires on Flickr
The Japanese criminal underworld courts local governments for lucrative contracts
Cartoonist Tom Toles on rejecting climate change evidence
The fungal infection usually only strikes those with weakened immune systems
On jobless youth, successful dictatorships, and blowing up the world
A handy comparison or a case of urban self-obsession?
As rebuilding begins, estimates say the effort will cost hundreds of millions
The Picadilly Circus sent the elephants in to help clear debris left by the tornado
On a 62% tax rate, Italy's lackluster revolution, and sympathy for John Edwards
Reddit users are debating the authenticity of an astonishing photo from Joplin
Worried about looting, "refusers" are living in tents rather than go to relief shelters
Jeff Piotrowski was one of the first on the scene of Sunday's deadly tornado
The official tally of those killed by the tornado has reached 117
Meanwhile, hurricane season starts next week
Striking amateur videos illustrate the harrowing experience and aftermath
So far the tornado has killed at least 89 and damaged over 2,000 buildings
Killing at least 10 and damaging buildings in the small town of Lorca
The state's GOP doesn't feel its wild fires got enough federal attention
Looting begins as emergency and police services are stretched thin
The President is on a tour through Alabama after storms wreaked havoc in the state
Over 200 people were killed in the state alone
People are trying to reunite photos and documents with their owners
Alabama is the hardest state hit, the mayor of Tuscaloosa says his city is "decimated"
"We're in a particularly dangerous situation weather-wise"
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