Firefighter dies in California fire started by gender reveal gathering

Cal Fire Capt. Bennett Milloy also said that the death, the only one so far as a result of this El Dorado Fire, will also change the nature of the criminal investigation of the couple who hosted the gathering

Smoke from west coast wildfires arrives in Minnesota

If you’ve thought our sunshine seemed filtered, and our Minnesota sky hazy, you wouldn’t be wrong. Wildfires on the west coast are producing incredible amounts of smoke that has traveled all the way to our upper atmosphere.

Smoke from wildfires creates eerie baseball scene in California

A number of Northern California wildfires sent a thick, sometimes orange-glowing haze over the area Wednesday that left the Bay Area in an eerie darkness all day. The sun was blocked by the smoke.

‘Houses that are totally gone’: 4 dead as Tropical Storm Laura exits Louisiana, leaving wake of destruction

One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain early Thursday morning, but Laura rapidly weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm by afternoon.

4 deaths caused by falling trees in Louisiana during Hurricane Laura

The governor of Louisiana says four people, including a 14-year-old girl and an 68-year-old man, were killed by falling trees as Hurricane Laura moved through the state.

Hurricane Laura moving inland over Louisiana after making landfall as Cat 4

Hurricane Laura made landfall and brings unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves that will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana.

Ancient redwoods survive wildfire at California’s oldest state park

“But the forest is not gone,” Laura McLendon said. “It will regrow. Every old-growth redwood I’ve ever seen, in Big Basin and other parks, has fire scars on them. They’ve been through multiple fires, possibly worse than this.”

A cataclysmic eruption: Looking back at Mount St. Helens 40 years later

The eruption was the worst volcanic disaster in the history of the conterminous United States, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Tropical Storm Arthur hits North Carolina coast with rain

Tropical Storm Arthur brought heavy rain to North Carolina's coast on Monday as forecasters warned that the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season could also spread life-threatening surf and rip currents along U.S. East coast beaches in the days ahead.

Vegas-Reno highway cracked, closed after 6.5 earthquake in Nevada

The main highway between Las Vegas and Reno was damaged and closed early Friday following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in a remote area of Nevada that a researcher called the largest quake in the state in 65 years.

Coronavirus-hit Mississippi, Louisiana, pounded by tornadoes, at least 17 dead in region

Mississippi and Louisiana—two states dealing with an increase of coronavirus cases—were hit Sunday with a deadly storm system that produced tornadoes that ripped through hundreds of homes and buildings, resulting in at least 17 deaths in the region.

Flooding on Minnesota River closes highway near Jordan

Flooding on the Minnesota River has closed Scott County Highway 9/Carver County Highway 11 near Jordan, Minnesota for the foreseeable future. 

Earthquake in New York felt across region

The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake in upstate New York Wednesday.