natural disasters

MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — As the death toll in the massive earthquake that struck the remote Hindu Kush mountains soared above 300, officials on both s...

BELMAR, N.J. (AP) — Two families who have just returned to their homes three years after Superstorm Sandy wrecked them are thanking people all across ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Drenching storms that the remnants of Hurricane Patricia dragged into Texas finally cleared Sunday without leaving behind the dea...

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Patricia roared ashore in southwestern Mexico as a Category 5 storm Friday, bringing lashing rains, surging s...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Slow-moving Typhoon Koppu weakened after blowing ashore with fierce winds in the northeastern Philippines on Sunday, leavin...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emergency crews shoveled head-high mounds of mud from parts of two important highways in the mountains and desert north of Los Ange...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's general election will go ahead as planned on Nov. 8 despite a proposed delay because of recent landslides and floo...

FALLBROOK, Calif. (AP) — Amid severe drought, the water board in this Southern California town imposed restrictions on Fallbrook Brewing Co., just as ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Investigators trying to determine why a 790-foot cargo ship stalled and sank in the howling winds of Hurricane Joaquin will ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina's congressional delegation is vowing to make sure the state gets federal help to recover from the historic flooding f...

SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (AP) — The warning signs were everywhere in the canyon neighborhood of Cambray on the outskirts of Guatemala City, wh...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard said Monday that a U.S. cargo ship carrying 33 people that has been missing since it encountered high winds ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — The latest on Hurricane Joaquin and the storm's predicted path. (All times local): 6:20 p.m. Emergency services have been pla...

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Joaquin destroyed houses, uprooted trees and unleashed heavy flooding as it hurled torrents of rain across the Bah...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A rain-sodden hillside about 300 feet (100 meters) high collapsed onto a neighborhood on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital wi...

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Joaquin strengthened into a Category 4 storm on Thursday as it roared through lightly populated islands of the easter...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal feels like it is being choked. It's running out of gasoline. Medical supplies are becoming scarce. All because of an uno...

CAMERON, La. (AP) — Vacant slabs, weed-choked lots and solitary stairs to nowhere permeate this tiny town in southwest Louisiana. All that remains of ...

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two more bodies have been found in homes burned by a California wildfire, bringing the death toll from the b...

ILLAPEL, Chile (AP) — Thousands of residents of this small city in northern Chile slept outside Thursday after a powerful earthquake destroyed their h...