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High temperatures and humidity were expected to bake a large swath of the country once again on Sunday and to send afternoon heat indexes in dozens of cities to dangerous levels.

Some flights are being delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport following a hail storm that stranded about 1000 passengers overnight.

Nearly 1,000 residents have fled two villages near an Indonesian volcano that has been erupting this week.

The temperature setting is stuck on broil across a swath of the Midwest and South, with Dallas and Oklahoma City sweltering through 100-degree heat for at least 10 days in a row....

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of northern Japan Sunday, prompting tsunami advisories for several coastal regions, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

A July 4th weekend heat wave is moving into Southern California that will bring temperatures in some areas that could hit 110 degrees.

A fast-moving wildfire forced officials at the nuclear laboratory in Los Alamos to close the site Monday as more than 100 residents evacuated their homes....

The last wave of evacuees from a wildfire that has grown to 45 square miles may be allowed to return home Thursday, authorities say.

At least five barns were damaged and horses were running loose Wednesday at Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, after a powerful storm that spawned tornadoes blew through Louisville.

Horrendous weather and a public transport strike caused chaos at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, delaying a raft of order announcements for Airbus and dampening the mood at Boeing's unveiling of its new 787 jet....