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A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control. Tsunami warnings blanketed the entire Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast....

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has hit northern Japan, shaking buildings in Tokyo and prompting the country's meteorological agency to issue a tsunami alert for the northeastern coast. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries, but officials are still assessing the situation.

Joshua Snowcroft has lived through some intense winter weather in the decade he's lived in Vermont. But this winter -- which offered an encore Monday in the form of up to 30 inches of snow -- takes the cake.

A fierce storm is raking northern New England and upstate New York with heavy rain, coating other areas in ice and dumping as much on 30 inches of snow on the winter-weary region.

A soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was halted after torrential rains flooded the stands, with some fans even enjoying a swim. NBC’s Ann Curry has more details.

Wind-driven wildfires destroyed nearly 70 homes and burned more than 110,000 acres in West Texas, and gusty conditions threatened to wreak further ...

Authorities in Kentucky were searching Thursday night for four children from an Amish family who were swept away in a creek swollen by storm waters, state police said.

The Northeast dug out of yet another winter storm on Thursday that pummeled the region with between six and 19 inches of snow overnight.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week as harsh weather conditions in some parts of the country kept workers at home and caused a backlog in the processing of claims, a government report showed on Thursday.

Floods left parts of Australia's third-biggest city on Thursday looking like a war zone in need of years of reconstruction, the state premier said, while fresh threats loomed with a cyclone forecast offshore.