Weather News

An FAA spokeswoman says at least seven people have been killed in a small plane crash in Owatonna, Minn.

The National Weather Service is taking a close look at storm damage in far western Maryland to determine whether it was a tornado.

Cherokee County residents affected by severe weather and tornadoes now are eligible to receive federal aid.

About 70 residents and vacationers were rescued Wednesday after being stranded since weekend flooding washed out a bridge in an upper canyon of a New Mexico resort community.

A new survey shows that Iowa's soil and water conservation structures have suffered $40 million worth of damage as a result of heavy rain and flooding this year.

Jul 30 - A powerful storm has brought high winds and flooding to New Zealand - the third storm to pound the South Pacific country in seven days.

July 30, 2008 - 7:23 a.m. The combination of warm temperatures and high relative humidity will produce triple digit heat indices today, according to the National Weather Service.

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 2:56 p.m. Although the Mark Twain Lake area is still open to tourists, campers and hikers, the Army Corps of Engineers will close the lake to all boat traffic on Tuesday evening at 6 ...

A new report says rivers and streams across the West are getting hotter and drier, making it increasingly difficult for trout to feed and spawn.

The manager of Alabama's largest water system says that in less than 20 years Birmingham will not have enough water to meet demand.

For thousands in South Texas, Hurricane Dolly could turn out to be the worst sort of storm -- strong enough to rip away their roofs and flood their homes, but not devastating enough to draw an immediate aid ...

RUIDOSO, N.M. -- Authorities in New Mexico said they have rescued 180 people stranded by a swollen river.

There's good news for travelers stranded by severe weather: Upgraded software used by air traffic controlers will gather more data and help cut into the 70 percent of flight delays caused by unfriendly skies.

The oxygen-starved "dead zone" that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit smaller than predicted this year because Hurricane Dolly stirred up the water, a scientist reported Monday.

It's the hottest season of the year in Japan, and that means it's eel season. So, bottom's up! A canned drink called "Unagi Nobori," or "Surging Eel," made by Japan Tobacco Inc., hit the nation's stores this ...

Hot weather hampered efforts to contain a fast-moving wildfire near an entrance to Yosemite National Park that had already destroyed 12 homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 200 others.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Heavy rain and flooding hit central and western Japan on Monday, killing at least three and leading authorities to issue temporary evacuation orders to thousands in the area.

An official at a fire department in Kobe, 435 km southwest of Tokyo, said the Coast Guard had found three people, including two children, dead in Toga River in the city.

National broadcaster NHK reported that 11 people, including some children playing beside the same river, had been swept away.

Domestic media also showed a muddy river overflowing in the city of Kanazawa, about 300 km west of Tokyo, a bridge broken in the storms, and trucks nearly submerged in water in central and western Japan.

Areas of Iowa were hit hard Sunday by high winds and heavy rain. National Weather Service meteorologist Ken Podrazik says law enforcement officers reported a tornado had touched down in Newton.

A powerful typhoon struck Taiwan early Monday, closing schools and businesses and grounding domestic and international air traffic.

Typhoon Fung Wong made landfall on the east central coast just before daybreak, packing winds of 105 miles per hour. It is expected to drop up to 36 inches of rain on the central portion of the island and perhaps half of that much on its southern and northern extremities, including the capital of Taipei.

Fung Wong hit Taiwan just a week after tropical storm Kalmaegi killed 19 people and left six others missing on the island.