Wilson County judge Marvin Quinney issued an evacuation order for residents living along the San Antonio River Saturday. That order includes the areas of Elmendorf and Floresville. The river is expected to crest around 60 feet between 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning. A press release said "this is more »
Warm sea-surface temperatures and the long-reaching effect of conditions in the tropical Pacific are among the factors that could mean above-normal activity during the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season.
Updated at 11:37 a.m. ET GREENVILLE, Calif
Magnitude 4.4 Earthquake Strikes Northern Alaska
Magnitude 4.1 earthquake strikes off the coast of Oregon.
Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names: WHAT NAMES ARE ON THE LIST? Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Ingrid, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van and Wendy. more »
Stocking up on flashlights, batteries and other items to get ready for hurricane season? You might want to wait and buy between May 25 through May 31, 2012, when the state of Virginia will host the annual sales tax holiday for hurricane and emergency preparedness items. That week, Virginia will not more »
Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 12:25 PM HETIAN, CHINA – A sandstorm hit northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Tuesday afternoon, lowering the visibility there to less than 21 yards.The strong wind, with a speed of 24 to 30 miles per hour, caused problems for people traveling in the area.Following the sandstorm in Hetian, strong wind then sweeps the Mongolian autonomous prefecture of Bayingolin in Xijiang Wednesday, bringing floating dust and a temperature drop of 20 degrees.
Stocking up on flashlights, batteries and other items to get ready for hurricane season this summer? You might want to wait for May 25 and 26, 2013, when the state of Louisiana will hold its annual sales tax holiday for hurricane preparedness items. That weekend, Louisiana residents won't have to pay state sales more »
From Climate Central's Michael D. Lemonick: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that the 2013 hurricane season, which begins on June 1, is likely to be somewhere between active and extremely active, with between 13 and 20 named storms – those with sustained winds above 39 m.p.h. By comparison, more »
A powerful 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck Russia’s Far East on Friday. Tremors were felt as far away as Moscow, about 4,400 miles west of the epicenter. Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, reported the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of more »
At least 40 people are feared dead following a powerful earthquake near the Pakistan border in Iran. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake was measured at 7.8 magnitude. The epicenter was 53 miles east-southeast of Khash, 103 miles northeast of Iranshahr and 123 miles south-east of Zahedan. more »
Nineteen miners were pulled alive from a copper mine in southern Poland Wednesday after a small earthquake trapped them almost 2,000 feet below the surface late Tuesday. It took seven hours to tunnel through collapsed rock to reach the miners, who were working at the Rudna copper mine in more »
The authorities have withdrawn the alert status for the Tangkuban Parahu volcano in West Java, allowing the nature tourism area to be reopened to visitors after almost a month of closure. The normal status for the volcano, located 20 km north of Bandung, was declared at 4.30 pm on Monday, more »
The University of Arizona has created a mobile application for iPhones that provides dust storm alerts and safety tips. Available for free download on iTunes, the app uses a person's geographical location anywhere in the country to determine if there is danger of a dust storm in the area, more »
Authorities confirm that a tornado touched down Monday afternoon in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Fewer than a dozen homes suffered minor to moderate damage, trees were toppled and roads were blocked. Minor damage was reported across much of the state after a line of severe thunderstorms swept through. The tornado was more »
A rare earthquake occurred in the southern part of Palawan in the Philippines early Monday. The 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck at 2:21 a.m. Monday, with its epicenter located 14 kilometers southwest of Balabac, Palawan. Authorities report, "This is a rare occurrence just like in other parts of the world, such as more »
A wildfire burning outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee destroyed more than 30 large vacation cabins. The 145-acre fire was first reported around 5 p.m. Sunday. Two National Guard helicopters are being dispatched Monday to help extinguish the fire which is now contained and not spreading. more »
Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Strikes DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION