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• No power means no 4th celebrations for thousands

  July 4, 2012 5:21 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of thousands from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic are preparing to spend the Fourth of July like America's founders did in 1776, without the conveniences of electricity and air conditioning. Power outages from Friday's storm altered planned celebrations in a host of ways and left powerless... more »

• 25 dead in Alabama storms

  April 27, 2011 9:29 PM

  An emergency official in Alabama says storms there have killed 25 people today. That brings the regional toll to 37. more »

• Recent storms boosting Colorado snowpack

  December 30, 2010 10:33 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Recent storms are helping to boost snowpack in much of Colorado. As of Tuesday, the statewide snowpack was already 130 percent of average for that date, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The Upper Rio Grande basin was the only one in the state that... more »

• New hurricane forms in the Atlantic

  September 14, 2010 8:57 AM

  Hurricane Julia has formed far out over the Atlantic, becoming the fifth hurricane of the season. Julia has maximum sustained winds Tuesday near 75 mph with some additional strengthening expected during the next day or so. The hurricane is located about 330 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands... more »

• Tennessee rain derails train, washes away home

  August 19, 2010 8:23 AM

  Drenching rains swept away a home, trapped drivers in their vehicles and derailed a train in Tennessee, and forecasters expect more heavy showers to fall Thursday over the Southeast. The downpours Wednesday hit some of the same parts of Middle Tennessee that were inundated with severe flooding in May,... more »

• Storms threaten to shut down BP's Gulf well work

  July 21, 2010 1:13 PM

  Storms are threatening to delay BP's undersea efforts to permanently plug the leaky well in the Gulf of Mexico. The federal government's oil spill chief says Wednesday that if a storm moves into the Gulf, ships would have to leave and BP couldn't observe the capped well. They could... more »

• Death toll reaches 7 in Ohio tornado

  June 7, 2010 8:44 AM

  People in northwest Ohio are sifting through houses that have been reduced to rubble by a tornado that killed seven people. Among the dead is the father of a valedictorian at a Toledo-area high school that had to reschedule its graduation. Neighbors say the house of the valedictorian's family... more »

• Insurers bracing for Colorado storm claims

  May 28, 2010 8:09 AM

  Colorado residents and insurance companies are just starting to assess the damage from Wednesday's blast of tornados and thunderstorms, but the bill likely will be big. Carole Walker of the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association said Thursday that the larger insurance companies expect the damages to run into the... more »

• Heavy rains cause some Midwestern rivers to rise

  May 18, 2010 9:09 AM

  Heavy rains have caused several Midwestern rivers to rise, with more storms in the forecast. Many rivers are at or near their crest after the latest round of spring storms over the weekend. But flood-watchers aren't ready to relax just yet. Heavy rain caused the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois,... more »

• Death toll in weekend storms rises to 19

  May 3, 2010 11:26 AM

  The death toll from weekend thunderstorms that hit Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky has risen to 19. The deaths of two additional people in Mississippi are being called weather-related traffic deaths. Officials in Nashville are preparing for more deaths and for the Cumberland River, which winds through the Music City, to... more »

• Heavy rains blamed for sewage spill

  April 24, 2010 12:38 PM

  The Metro Wastewater Reclamation District is cleaning up a sewage spill in the South Platte River just north of Denver that is being blamed on the heavy rains the last two days. District spokesman Steven Frank says debris washed in by stormwater blocked filters Friday and caused the overflow. He... more »

• Little by little, flood problems are clearing in Rhode Island

  April 3, 2010 9:36 AM

  Small signs of normalcy are returning to flood-soaked Rhode Island but forecasters say the main river causing the problem may not drop below its banks until at least tomorrow. The National Weather Service says the Pawtuxet River in Cranston is expected to drop to minor flood stage by evening. The... more »

• Storms mean farmers, cities will get more water

  March 16, 2010 6:06 PM

  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says a series of drenching storms has freed up more water for parched farms and cities throughout California. Salazar announced Tuesday that growers in the farm belt south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will receive at least 25 percent of the water they have contracted... more »

• Utility crews attack power outages in Northeast

  March 14, 2010 8:35 AM

  Utility crews in the Northeast are back at what's become a familiar task lately, pushing through fallen trees and windblown debris to reach downed power lines. For the second time in two weeks, they're working to restore electricity to more than a half-million homes and businesses after strong winds and... more »

• Tornado destroys five homes

  March 9, 2010 10:03 AM

  Authorities say at least five homes and a barn owned by the county government were destroyed in a tornado in western Oklahoma. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Michelann Ooten says no injuries were reported with Monday's tornado. Ooten says that besides the five homes and barn that... more »

• Power restored in much of storm-battered Northeast

  March 1, 2010 3:55 PM

  The lights are back on for many of the million-plus customers in the Northeast affected by a storm last week that dealt the region snow, rain and hurricane-force winds. New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch on Monday called restoration efforts "the most rapid" he's ever seen. On Friday, about 360,000... more »

• California residents prepare to evacuate

  February 19, 2010 8:44 AM

  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says residents of more than 170 homes in two mudslide-prone foothill communities are being told to prepare to evacuate in anticipation of a storm system that's headed for Southern California. Sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said calls went out Thursday night to residents of... more »

• Evacuations under way for LA-area foothills

  February 9, 2010 5:21 PM

  Heavy rain has started to fall in the Los Angeles area. And sheriff's deputies say about 60 to 70 percent of the people living in some foothill towns north of the city are complying with an evacuation order. The rain is prompting fears of a repeat of what happened... more »

• New round of storms threatens SoCal foothill towns

  February 9, 2010 1:11 PM

  Residents of more than 500 homes in the foothill communities north of Los Angeles have been told they should evacuate ahead of another winter storm that's expected to bring heavy rains and possibly cause more mudslides. Authorities called on residents of 541 homes in La Canada Flintridge and La... more »

• Storms triggers mudslides and flooding

  February 6, 2010 12:53 PM

  Authorities say approximately six foothill homes in wildfire burn areas northeast of Los Angeles are under mandatory evacuation orders after a pounding winter storm triggered mudslides and caused widespread flooding. County sheriff's deputies are walking door to door Saturday to tell residents in the La Canada Flintridge area to get... more »

• Arizonans dry out, Californians head home

  January 23, 2010 8:37 AM

  Arizona residents are digging out or drying out after the biggest series of storms to hit the state in nearly two decades. Deadly winds and rains led to flooding, a train derailment and closed major interstates. Some mountain towns were buried under feet of snow. Storm-related deaths include three people... more »

• Snow hitting Northern California's Sierras

  January 18, 2010 4:07 PM

  The first of three winter storms is making its way through northern California. Sunday night drivers on interstate 80 had to strap on their chains as the flakes started falling. Heavy rain in the area quickly turned to snow leaving several inches on the ground by night fall. ... more »

• Rain falling across S. California as storms move in

  January 18, 2010 8:45 AM

  The first of a series of back-to-back winter storms has arrived in Southern California, bringing rain that could total several inches by Monday night. Showers are expected to increase in intensity with heavy rains possible by Monday afternoon. Residents in communities below wildfire-scarred mountains are on high alert for debris... more »

• California apartments evacuated as cliff crumbles

  December 18, 2009 9:02 AM

  Authorities are monitoring two buildings along a crumbling Northern California coastal bluff. The buildings in Pacifica are just a stone's throw from an apartment building that was evacuated earlier amid fears it would slide into the Pacific. Apartment residents were ordered out Thursday as large chunks of cliff plunged into... more »

• More storms heading to Southern California

  December 11, 2009 9:49 AM

  Southern Californians living near areas burned by wildfires are again facing worries about the possibility of flooding and mud flows. A storm moving into the region Thursday is the second this week, and forecasters say it will be followed by a wetter storm during the weekend. The National Weather Service... more »

• Tropical Storm Rick intensifying in the Pacific

  October 16, 2009 8:45 AM

  Tropical Storm Rick is quickly intensifying in the Pacific off Mexico's coast. Rick's maximum sustained winds had increased to 65 mph (100 kph) early Friday and is expected to reach hurricane strength later in the day. The tropical storm is centered about 315 miles (505 kilometers) south-southeast of Acapulco, Mexico,... more »

• L.A. foothills warned of mud flows after wildfire

  October 6, 2009 6:39 PM

  Winter rains could release huge flows of mud and debris in the vast area of the Angeles National Forest burned by a wildfire, affecting San Gabriel Mountain foothill communities, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. The agency said its assessment indicated "high probabilities" of large debris flows in both... more »

• Hurricane Jimena nearing Category 5, headed for Mexico's Los Cabos

  September 1, 2009 8:15 AM

  Hurricane Jimena is nearing Category 5 status as it roars toward Baja California. With top winds near 155 mph, forecasters say Jimena could rake the Mexican peninsula's resorts and fishing villages by Tuesday evening. Category 5 is the top danger rating for a hurricane. Emergency workers have begun evacuating thousands... more »