SF Bay Area Wildfire Threatens 100 Homes
A wildfire burns out of control on the slopes of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, Calif., seen from the Woodbridge Ecological Reserve, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/The Modesto Bee, Andy...
View ArticleLogging Threatens Monarch Butterflies in Mexico
(AP Photo) MEXICO CITY (AP) - A new study of the Monarch butterflies' winter nesting grounds in central Mexico says small-scale logging is worse than previously thought and may be contributing to...
View ArticleWorld's Largest Ferris Wheel Debuts in Las Vegas
The 55-story High Roller, the world's largest Ferris wheel, left, is almost complete near the Las Vegas Strip on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) LAS VEGAS (AP) - The madcap carnival on...
View ArticleWatch: Wild Hail Storm in Colorado Leaves Wintery Mess
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View ArticleHurricane Humberto Forms in the Atlantic
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, 5:34 p.m. ET HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) - Humberto grew to hurricane force far out in the Atlantic on Wednesday, becoming the first hurricane of the Atlantic season,...
View ArticleNASA Launches Military Drones to Study Storms
NASA's Global Hawk 872 takes off for HS3 Science Flight #5 on Tuesday Sept. 4, 2012, less than 5 hours after NASA 871 landed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. (AP Photo/NASA)...
View ArticleTropical Storm Gabrielle Batters Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) - Newly reformed Tropical Storm Gabrielle swirled near Bermuda early Wednesday, sweeping the wealthy British territory with wind, rain and rough surf. Government authorities had...
View ArticleMudslides in Mexico Kill 13
Members of the Mexican Army are seen in the city of Veracruz, Veracruz State, on August 26, 2013, after it was partly flooded by the heavy rains of Tropical Storm Fernand. (KORAL CARBALLO/AFP/Getty...
View ArticleWatch: Fireball Streaks Across Alabama Sky
At 8:18 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, skygazers in Alabama were stunned by a fireball meteor that streaked across the sky. The meteor moved southwest across the sky at a velocity of 76,000 miles...
View ArticleNASA Space Telescope Discovers 10 Monster Black Holes
This optical color image of galaxies is seen overlaid with X-ray data (magenta) from NASA's black hole-hunting NuSTAR space telescope. The arrow points to magenta blobs indicating giant, supermassive...
View Article9/11 Anniversary Being Marked With Somber Tributes
In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2013, photo, people in Brooklyn Bridge Park gather to watch a test of the Tribute in Light rising from the lower Manhattan skyline in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) NEW...
View ArticleLook: Stunning Photo of Astronauts' Plunge to Earth
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 (NASA/Bill Ingalls) The Soyuz spacecraft carrying American astronaut Chris Cassady and two cosmonauts parachuted down to Earth in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Sept....
View ArticleWhat Was It Like to Experience 9/11 From Space?
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 (NASA) On Sept. 11, 2001, as smoke rose from the World Trade Center site, American astronaut Frank Culbertson was aboard the International Space Station, soaring high over...
View ArticleColorado Flooding Cuts Off Mountain Towns, Kills 3
Updated Thursday, Sept. 12, 8:14 p.m. ET A man walks past dangerously high Boulder Creek following overnight flash flooding in downtown Boulder, Colo., Thursday, Sept 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Brennan...
View ArticleMiss. Still to Spend $872M in Katrina Money
A collapsed bridge, damaged during Hurricane Katrina; east of Biloxi, MS. (Getty Images) JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn't...
View ArticleHurricane Humberto Churns Over the Atlantic
(NOAA) MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Humberto is maintaining its strength far out over the Atlantic. The Category 1 hurricane has maximum sustained winds early Thursday near 85 mph with gradual weakening...
View ArticleWatch: 9 Students Injured by Waterspout in Thailand
A waterspout tore through a school in Thailand's eastern province of Trat on Tuesday, injuring at least nine students, according to the Bangkok Post. The Satree Prasertsin School's closed circuit...
View ArticleCan Mt. Fuji Survive Its Tourists?
In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, photo, Japanese hikers climb one of the trails on Mount Fuji in Japan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) MOUNT FUJI, Japan (AP) - They trudge up well-trod cinder paths by...
View ArticleSevere Storms Threaten DC to NYC, Boston
(Getty Images) As cool air begins to cut into surging heat and humidity from the Great Lakes to the Northeast, locally severe thunderstorms will affect some communities and may disrupt travel. Many of...
View ArticlePhotos: Flash Flooding Deluges Parts of Colorado
Brennan Linsley/AP Photo 1 of 13 Flash flooding in Colorado has left at least three people dead and cut off remote towns. The widespread high waters were keeping search and rescue teams from reaching...
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