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At least nine people have been killed while 10 others are missing after Typhoon Etau slammed into western Japan, bringing heavy rain and triggering floods and landslides. Japan's metereological agency said Etau packing winds of up to 108kph was moving ...

People leave China's south-east coast and boats are called home as a typhoon nears that caused severe floods in Taiwan.

Hurricane Felicia weakened Friday as it headed toward Hawaii and may continue to wane, but forecasters have not discounted the threat of flooding on the island chain.

Indian farmers -- desperate for rain -- have asked their unmarried daughters to plow dry fields naked, in a bid to spark interest from the weather gods, and bring some badly needed monsoon rain.

New Zealand and Australia canceled tsunami warnings on Wednesday after an earthquake struck the south of New Zealand, causing minor damage but no injuries. Australia's weather bureau said a small tsunami had been recorded ...

Rain and rising unemployment dampened sales for retailers already reeling from consumers’ new frugality.

Houston, Texas, had a record high temperature Wednesday as a heat wave continues to grip the nation's midsection, the National Weather Service said Thursday.

Summer heat waves are expected in the South. But in Michigan?

Heavy fog is being blamed for a multi-car pileup on Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass that could involve as many as 50 vehicles, including two big rigs, authorities said this morning.

It never fails. Whenever a natural disaster hits, somebody always risks bodily harm to take some video amid the chaos and destruction. Insane? Perhaps, but the fact is that footage from Mother Nature blows away anything you'll see in a summer blockbuster.