Huge Blaze Engulfs Railroad Tie Recycling Plant in Alabama August 4, 2021 SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A fire that apparently started with a lightning strike and grew so large it showed up...
Aon Says Natural Disaster Insured Losses for First Half of Year Hit 10-Year High July 22, 2021 LONDON — Insured losses from natural disasters hit a 10-year high of $42 billion in the first half of 2021,...
Heavy Rains Soak Parts Of Appalachia, Northern Mississippi June 14, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Storms with soaking rains drenched a wide swath of Appalachia and northern Mississippi this week, swamping...
Flood Threats Persist as Storms Continue to Drench the South May 6, 2021 By Jay Reeves BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Relentless wind and rain keeps pummeling much of the southeastern United States, spawning tornadoes, sparking a...
Study: Drought-Breaking Rains More Rare, Erratic in US West April 8, 2021 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the US West over the...
Storms Moving Eastward, Leave Trail of Damage in Deep South March 19, 2021 By Jay Reeves BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Storms that left splintered homes and broken trees across Alabama and Mississippi moved into Georgia and...
Snowstorms Aim for U.S. East, and Cold Stretches Clear to Texas February 11, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan A parade of snowstorms is threatening to roll through the Eastern U.S. over the next few days while bitter cold...
Storms that Slammed Central America In 2020 Just a Preview, Experts Say December 8, 2020 By Sarah Marsh and Sofia Menchu HAVANA/GUATEMALA CITY — Villagers in Guatemala’s Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take...
Hurricane Sally Weakens as it Nears Mississippi River September 15, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Sally has weakened as it approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, with hurricane warnings being replaced by tropical storm alerts...
Forecast Storms Bring Both Relief and New Risks for Fire-stricken Australia January 15, 2020 By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE — Severe storms are expected to bring some relief in the coming days from huge bushfires scorching Australia but...