Demolition Begins on NJ Coaster Wrecked by Sandy
The claw of a crane, center, tears through the structure of the Jet Star Roller Coaster, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - Riding the...
View ArticleGreat Lakes Still Face Serious Environmental Problems
Lake Michigan (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and...
View ArticleFighting Eagles Crash Land on Minn. Airport Runway
In this Sunday, May 12, 2013, photo provided by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are two bald eagles after they crash landed on a runway at Duluth, Minn., International Airport. (AP...
View ArticleMinor Lava Flows Detected on 2 Alaska Volcanoes
In this photo provided by Mike Tickle, the Pavlof Volcano emits a minor steam and ash plume, as seen Tuesday, May 14, 2013, from the community of Cold Bay, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mike Tickle) ANCHORAGE,...
View ArticleGusty Storm Threat From DC to Ohio
Isolated strong-to-severe thunderstorms may impact afternoon and evening plans across portions of the mid-Atlantic on Wednesday. Widespread severe weather is not anticipated, but a few stronger...
View ArticleLong-Range Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast
This image, taken from the International Space Station in September 2010, shows the unnamed cyclone that merged with Hurricane Earl. (NASA) After a devastating blow to the East from Superstorm Sandy...
View ArticleTropical Cyclone to Make Bangladesh Landfall
Tropical Cyclone Mahasen (01B), which is now centered several hundred miles south of Calcutta, India, will impact areas from northeastern India to Bangladesh and Myanmar over the next few days. On...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 5-15-2013
AP Photo/Jens Meyer 1 of 10 A man walks beside a piano, part of the installation 'Klinger - Landscapes of Melancholy,' during the press preview of the exhibition 'World Creators: Richard Wagner, Max...
View ArticleOldest Water on Earth Found Deep Underground
A scientists takes a sample of water from a mine deep underground in Ontario, Canada. The water turned out to be 2.6 billion years old, the oldest known water on Earth. (B. Sherwood Lollar et al.) A...
View ArticleFirst Tropical Storm of Eastern Pacific Season Forms
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2013 (Source: NOAA) MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say the first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season has formed off the coast of Mexico. The U.S. National Hurricane...
View ArticleMyanmar Minority Resist Cyclone Mahasen Evacuation
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 An internally displaced Rohingya woman stands outside her tent at a camp for displaced Rohingya in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP...
View ArticleReport: Feds' Warnings About Sandy were Confusing
Homes in Bethany Beach, Del., are surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Randall Chase) WASHINGTON (AP) - An internal review says federal weather forecasts...
View ArticleAt least 6 Confirmed Dead in Texas Tornadoes
A trucking company trailer landed on a car that was parked in front of a Lindsey Ln. home in Cleburne Texas after a powerful storm went through Wednesday night, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/The Dallas...
View ArticleCyclone Mahasen Fizzles as it Hits Bangladesh
An internally displaced Rohingya man pushes a rickshaw with children and belongings leaving a camp for displaced Rohingya people in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, Thursday, May 16, 2013....
View ArticleTropical Storm Alvin Strengthening in the Pacific
(Source: NOAA) MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Alvin, the first named storm of the east Pacific hurricane season, is gradually strengthening off the coast of Mexico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center...
View ArticleWisconsin Wildfire Destroys 8,700 acres
This Wednesday, May 15, 2013, photo shows all that remains of a home on Sand Lake near Barnes, Wis., after Tuesday's wildfire. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Bob King) MILWAUKEE (AP) - Authorities...
View ArticleIs the North Pole Moving South?
A true-color image taken on May 5, 2000, by an instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft, over the North Pole, with sea ice shown in white and open water in black. (Credit: Image by Allen Lunsford,...
View ArticlePhotos: Tornadoes Tear Through North Texas
George Kourounis/twitter 1 of 12 A series of tornadoes tore through several small communities in North Texas Wednesday night, leaving at least six people dead, dozens more injured and hundreds...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 5-16-2013
AP Photo/Mike Fuentes 1 of 10 Johnny Ortiz (left) and James South (right) carry Miguel Morales, who was injured in a tornado, to an ambulance in Granbury, Texas, on Wednesday, May 15. Officials report...
View ArticleFire Burns 3,500 Acres in Calif. National Forest
The Grand fire releases a large plume of smoke as it burns more than 3,000 acres of wildlands near Frazier Park on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco) FRAZIER PARK,...
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