Weather Forecasts

NEW YORK (AP) — Coastal communities should assume floods are going to happen more frequently and realize that spending now on protective measures could save money later, according to a report issued by a presidential task force charged with developing a strategy for rebuilding areas damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

Manila came to a standstill Monday, submerging some areas in waist-deep floodwaters and making streets impassable to vehicles.

When a meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February, pieces of the bus-sized space rock hit the ground while its detonation shattered windows, set off car alarms and injured more than 1,000 people.

Volcanoes with multiple eruptions get all the glory, earning top spots on lists of the world's most dangerous and most famous fiery mountains.

MOSCOW (AP) — The worst flooding in 120 years in Russia's Far East has already forced about 20,000 people from their homes and also made it necessary to airlift two captive brown bears to safety, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday.

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Firefighters, aided by subdued winds, pressed their tactical advantage for the second day of a major air and ground offensive against an Idaho wildfire that has forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 homes near the world-class ski resort of Sun Valley. Part of the firefighting …

TOKYO (AP) — Residents in a southern Japanese city were busy washing ash off the streets Monday after a nearby volcano spewed a record-high smoke plume into the sky.

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Students from two elementary schools destroyed by a tornado last spring returned to classes Friday, eager to reunite with their classmates but worried about what would happen the next time bad weather sweeps in.

If melting ice caps trigger rapid sea level rise, the strain that the edges of continents could experience might set off underwater landslides, new research suggests.

The way heat flows near the Earth's core, which is key to understanding the planet's evolution, has now been revealed to move more sluggishly than previously thought, researchers said.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking cosmonauts rigged cable outside the International Space Station on Friday for a new lab that's due to arrive in a few months.

What happens under Greenland's ice sheet, where water, ice and rock meet, is key to predicting how its glaciers will react to global warming.

RIO ABAJO NATURE PRESERVE, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of the world's most endangered bird species has made a major comeback in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

A promise to help power the first family's residence with the sun is finally seeing the light of day. Solar panels have begun to be installed on the White House's roof, the first time solar power will ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — During the glory days of the U.S. space program in the 1960s and '70s, astronauts returning to Earth splashed down at sea in their capsules and were picked up by the Navy in a stirring and triumphant moment that became a familiar scene to American TV viewers. Now, NASA and the Navy are training again …

A 300-year drought may have caused the demise of several Mediterranean cultures, including ancient Greece, new research suggests.

A wildfire threatened hundreds of homes Wednesday after destroying more than a dozen others outside the resort town of Park City. The lightning-sparked blaze was among several in the West where fires have ...

BEIJING (AP) — A typhoon left one person dead and five others missing as it churned through southern China before weakening into a tropical storm on Thursday, authorities said.