Travelers and those with outdoor plans will have to do more than dodge raindrops and lightning bolts in the coming days from parts of the Great Plains to the mid-Atlantic coast, as thunderstorms erupt ...

Torrential rains bring devastating floods to a Chinese city and a snake invasion Around 900 snakes – many of them venomous – are on the loose after Typhoon Maysak swept through the region, causing ...

First storms of summer to arrive in southwestern US as monsoon begins The upcoming North American monsoon will help to snap the surge of triple-digit heat over the interior West, and may bring ...

Thirty beluga whales stranded at a shuttered marine park in Canada will soon be moved to new homes after U.S. officials approved a complex international rescue effort. The whales have been living at ...

An adored -- and feared -- local celebrity has returned to Tasmania, Australia: a 2,200-pound southern elephant seal known as Neil the Seal. About the size of a large bull, Neil is known for causing ...

A deadly heat wave, followed by severe weather, left hundreds of thousands without power, delayed the Washington, D.C., fireworks show for hours and turned holiday gatherings dangerous from the ...

July 8 (UPI) -- NASA's New Horizons probe has awakened after hibernating for nearly a year billions of miles into deep space. New Horizons is often placed into a resource-saving mode while cruising ...

After devastating the Northern Mariana Island of Rota and causing damage in Guam earlier this week, Typhoon Bavi continues to lose strength as it sets its sights on eastern China. Typhoon Bavi, the ...

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City has jumped to 14 confirmed cases, health officials said Sunday.

Volunteer firefighters in Colorado continued battling the Aspen Acres Fire even after learning their own homes had burned. Their homes are among at least 780 destroyed by the massive wildfire burning ...

Flash flood risk reaches extreme levels in Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee Floods can happen fast and be tragic to those in their path. AccuWeather meteorologists are closely watching a highly-prone ...

The U.S. Wildland Fire Service identified the three firefighters killed as Emily Barker, 38, of Michigan, Nick Hutcherson, 27 of Arizona, and Sydney Watson, 27, of Alabama.