A tornado in Maryland as well as lightning, hail and heavy rain delayed flights and snarled work commutes along the East Coast on Thursday, caused by a massive storm system that tormented the Midwest a day earlier.The storm turned deadly in Virginia, where a large, mature tree uprooted by the storm fell on a school-age child, killing him, police said. A man was also injured in the incident that to...    

A tornado in Maryland and hail and rain along the Eastern seaboard delayed flights and snarled work commutes along the East Coast on Thursday, caused by a massive storm system that tormented the Midwest a day earlier.Flood warnings were in effect for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, while severe thunderstorm warnings were also issued in the South and Southeast.The National Weather Service con...    

A tornado in Maryland and hail and rain along the Eastern seaboard delayed flights and snarled work commutes along the East Coast on Thursday, caused by a massive storm system that tormented the Midwest a day earlier.Flood warnings were in effect for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, while severe thunderstorm warnings were also issued in the South and Southeast.The National Weather Service con...    

Devastating winds, hail and rain delayed flights and snarled work commutes along the East Coast on Thursday, caused by a massive storm system that tormented the Midwest a day earlier.Flood warnings were in effect for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, while severe thunderstorm warnings were also issued in the South and Southeast.A tornado threat was also issued, extending all the way from south...    

Devastating winds, hail and rain delayed flights and snarled work commutes along the East Coast on Thursday, caused by a massive storm system that tormented the Midwest a day earlier.Flood warnings were in effect for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, while severe thunderstorm warnings were also issued in the South and Southeast.A tornado threat was also issued, extending all the way from south...    

Fires in Colorado had reduced more than 100 buildings to cinders, with fire officials saying they were likely to face continued challenges on Thursday as they sought to contain the blazes that had scorched thousands of acres and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes.What officials have dubbed the Black Forest fire has chewed through wooded residential areas of Colorado Springs, covering betwe...    

Devastating winds, hail and even tornadoes were forecast for the East Coast on Thursday, caused by a massive storm system that tormented the Midwest a day earlier.Flood warnings were in effect for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, while severe thunderstorms are also possible in the South and Southeast.Roughly 62 million Americans are in the path of severe weather, MSNBC Meteorologist Bill Kari...    

Devastating winds, hail and even tornadoes were forecast for the Mid-Atlantic and New York metropolitan area Thursday, caused by a massive storm system that had earlier threatened to cause a derecho - an explosive wind pattern that's like a hurricane on land.Flood warnings were in effect for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, while severe thunderstorms are also possible in the South and Southea...    

OKLAHOMA CITY - Officials in tornado-stricken Oklahoma cities are now dealing with looters who are stealing items ranging from copper wire to jewelry.Moore police spokesman Jeremy Lewis and Mayor Glenn Lewis said 17 arrests have been made on misdemeanor charges of looting in Moore since the May 20 EF5 tornado hit."We are seeing people take everything from copper to pipes to scrap metal to all kind...    

Tornado watches and warnings stretched over the Midwest overnight Wednesday as a massive storm system menaced the biggest cities in the region, pushing tornadoes, extraordinary winds and heavy rain — and perhaps even a derecho, an explosive wind pattern that's like a hurricane on land.A tornado was spotted about 7 p.m. (8 p.m. ET) near Savanna in Carroll County in northwest Illinois. A county sher...    

Tornado watches and warnings stretched over the Midwest on Wednesday night as a massive storm system menaced the biggest cities in the region, pushing tornadoes, extraordinary winds and heavy rain — and perhaps even a derecho, an explosive wind pattern that's like a hurricane on land.A tornado was spotted about 7 p.m. (8 p.m. ET) near Savanna in Carroll County in northwest Illinois. A county sheri...    

They're definitely not tornadoes, but the straight-line windstorms known as derechos can be just as damaging, due to gusts that can reach hurricane force. And they could make their appearance during the bout of severe weather sweeping over the Midwest on Wednesday.It's been almost a year since a derecho (pronounced "deh-RAY-cho") was last in the headlines: That's when a powerful storm system blast...    

A massive storm system loomed over the biggest cities of the Midwest on Wednesday, pushing extraordinary winds and heavy rain — and perhaps even a derecho, a rare, explosive wind pattern that's like a hurricane on land.Almost 75 million people were in the path of the storm at the beginning of what Mike Seidel, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel, said was going to be a "long and ugly night" fo...    

A storm system brewing over the Midwest threatened tens of millions of people Wednesday with heavy rain, hail and perhaps even a derecho — a rare, explosive wind pattern that forecasters compare to the landfall of a hurricane.Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland were all in the threat zone, with Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Washington at risk of severe storms Thursday."This is a particularly dangerous situ...    

A series of Colorado wildfires drove thousands of people from their homes Wednesday, scorching wide swaths of wooded residential land near Colorado Springs and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of inmates from an area prison.More than 900 prisoners were transported overnight from the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, which houses many inmates with medical needs, to other prisons, correc...    

A large, sloppy storm system brewing in the Midwest on Wednesday threatens to spawn thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and even the chance for a rare, powerful derecho.“We’ve got a couple of rough days from the Midwest over to the Mid-Atlantic area,” said Tom Moore, meteorologist of The Weather Channel.A derecho, a massive line of storms that spans 240 miles and brings straight-line winds of at l...    

A series of wildfires flared up across three separate regions of Colorado on Tuesday, burning across thousands of acres and forcing evacuations as the fires stretched the limits of state and local fire agencies.A red-flag warning was put into effect for southeastern Colorado through Tuesday night as 95-degree temperatures and strong winds contributed to “critical fire weather conditions,” the Nati...    

By Becky OskinLiveScience The biggest drought to hit the planet in the 20th century, the Sahel drought, sucked Central Africa dry from the 1970s to the 1990s. The severe famines that resulted killed hundreds of thousands of people during this period and gained worldwide attention.A new study blames the dry spell on pollution in the Northern Hemisphere, primarily from America and Europe. Tiny parti...    

    

Wildfires fueled by hot, gusty winds were burning hundreds of acres and forcing evacuations Tuesday in three different parts of Colorado, a large part of which was under a red flag warning for extreme wildfire risk.Fire agencies said their resources were being stretched critically thin as they tried to battle the fires simultaneously.About 3,600 people had been evacuated from about 1,250 homes nor...