Jul 27 2011
Storm Kills 25 in Philippines
At least 25 people were killed and as many as 31 others went missing from a slow-moving tropical storm that is moving across the Philippines.
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Jul 27 2011
Landslides Kill Dozens After Downpours in S. Korea
Torrential rain pounding South Korea on Wednesday triggered landslides which killed 28 people and inundated hundreds of homes in the country's worst flood damage in decades.
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Jul 03 2011
Pipeline Rupture Spews Oil Down Yellowstone River
An estimated 1,000 barrels or 42,000 gallons of crude oil has spread over nearly 100 miles along the flooded banks of the Yellowstone River in Montana.
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Jun 29 2011
Smaller Salton Sea Silences Seismic Shocks
The periodic flooding of Southern California's Salton Sea in the past may have pressured small “stepover” faults to trigger the San Andreas. A drier Salton has eased that pressure.
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Jun 27 2011
Fire and Flood Threaten Research Center and Nuclear Plant
In New Mexico, fire and smoke has shut down the Los Alamos National Lab, and in Nebraska, floodwaters are closing in on the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant.
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Jun 20 2011
Mississippi Floods to Raise the Dead Zone in the Gulf
A record-setting dead zone is predicted to occur in the Gulf of Mexico this summer following the excess nutrient runoff from spring floods along the Mississippi.
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Jun 10 2011
Milk Clean After Floods
Milk gets a clean bill of health even from cows grazing from flood-contaminated soils.
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Jun 07 2011
Did Weather Make the Plague Worse?
A new study shows how regional climate differences controlled the intensity of outbreaks of plague in China.
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Jun 01 2011
Hurricane Season Begins: Stormy Year Ahead
Forecasts predict this season will surpass the average number of 11 tropical storms.
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May 14 2011
Mississippi Allowed to Flood Cajun Country
The U.S. plans to open a floodgate to prevent the swollen Mississippi River from flooding major cities.
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