How to Drive in Any Weather Condition
Thinkstock 1 of 13 When the weather changes, driving can turn challenging - if not downright dangerous - fast. Blinding fog, black ice and blizzards are just a few of the conditions that can make...
View ArticleFear of Looting Grips NYC as New Storm Threatens
A sign warning against looting is posted in the Nejecho Beach neighborhood of Brick, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 6, after the area suffered serious damage from last week's storm surge from Superstorm Sandy....
View ArticleFlights Cancelled in Northeast as Winter Storm Nears
(AP Photo) NEW YORK (AP) - Major airlines were canceling flights in and out of the New York City area Wednesday ahead of the second significant storm in little more than a week. United, the world's...
View ArticleNor'easter Bears Down on New York, New Jersey
Updated Wednesday, Nov. 7, 5:48 p.m. A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange Nov. 7, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) EW YORK (AP) - A nor'easter blustered into New York and...
View ArticleFEMA: 95,000 Sandy Victims Eligible for Housing Aid
A man works on cleaning out his father's flood damaged home on Tuesday in Brick, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) NEW YORK (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency says 95,000 people are eligible for...
View ArticleWill Hurricane Sandy's Name Be Retired?
A satellite image of Hurricane Sandy off the southeastern United States. (Credit: LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC/Michael Carlowicz) Even though Hurricane Sandy had transformed into a...
View ArticlePhotos: Nor'easter Strikes Storm-Ravaged East Coast
John Moore/Getty Images 1 of 8 A resident clears out destroyed household belongings from his flood-damaged home as snow falls on Nov. 7 in the Staten Island borough of New York City. Residents of the...
View ArticleNY Governor to Seek $30 Billion in Superstorm Federal Aid
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo greets residents of the Far Rockaways section of New York on Saturday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ALBANY, New York (AP) - An administration official says New York Gov....
View ArticleHow to Handle Travel Plans When Bad Weather Strikes
Ron Chapple Studios 1 of 7 Mother Nature doesn't care about your travel plans. She doesn't care how long you've been organizing the perfect trip, or how eager you are to go. But that doesn't mean...
View ArticleWatch: Extreme Urban Mountain Biking
Red Bull's Descenso del Cóndor urban downhill bike race is one of the most challenging of its kind. The high altitude course begins at 13,287 feet above sea level and includes more than 1,000 stair...
View ArticlePhotos: Extreme Flooding in Venice, Italy
AP Photo/Luigi Costantini 1 of 17 People sit at the table of a bar in a flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, on Sunday, Nov. 11. High tides have flooded Venice, leading Venetians and tourists...
View ArticleLong Islanders Fume Over Utility's Storm Response
A Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) truck is seen in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of New York on Monday. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Priscilla Niemiera has a message for...
View ArticleSuperstorm Priorities for Some Include Saving Pets
A dog is handed from a National Guard truck to National Guard personnel after the dog and his owner left a flooded building in Hoboken, N.J., on Oct. 31. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) NEW YORK (AP) -...
View ArticleThousands Await Solar Eclipse in Australia
The sun is eclipsed by the moon in this file photo. (AP Photo) SYDNEY (AP) - Tens of thousands of tourists, scientists and amateur astronomers who traveled from around the world to see a total solar...
View ArticleSandy Socks Grower of Giant Christmas Trees
A Christmas tree farm in Glade Valley, N.C. (AP) HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - Some Washington-area customers won't be getting the giant Christmas trees they ordered, after Superstorm Sandy buried a Maryland...
View ArticleRescuers Lead 2 Snowboarders Off Mount Rainier
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 Mt. Rainier (Thinkstock) SEATTLE (AP) - Two snowboarders who spent two nights stranded on Mount Rainier were well enough to snowshoe out Tuesday after rescuers had to "swim"...
View Article10 Spectacular Images of Glowing Nebulae
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) 1 of 10 The Little Ghost nebula is a planetary nebula, so called because as the dying star expels its outer layers it resembles a planet when seen...
View ArticleFall Rains Bring Havoc to Haiti
Homes lay in ruins after heavy rain brought by Hurricane Sandy destroyed them in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 12. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The rain has tapered...
View ArticlePhotos: Total Solar Eclipse Over Australia
Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images 1 of 14 Eclipse-hunters flocked to Queensland's tropical northeast on Nov. 14 to watch the region's first total solar eclipse in 1,300 years. The event occurred as the moon...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Talk Heats Up, Revisits Carbon Tax
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 A tanker truck passing the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) WASHINGTON (AP) - Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is...
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