GALLE, Sri Lanka (AFP) - England and Sri Lanka will mark one of cricket's most poignant moments when they contest the third Test at the previously tsunami-ravaged Galle International Stadium from Tuesday.
A massive but still-developing storm brought a variety of weather to a vast swath of the nation Saturday as it churned eastward.
NEW ORLEANS - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has changed its policy and will provide some reimbursement for homeowners who spent their own money to elevate hurricane-damaged houses above flood level.
JAKARTA (AFP) - A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern Moluccas on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, but Indonesian authorities and residents said no damage occurred.
NEW ORLEANS - Demolition of three public housing complexes, slated to start this weekend, was halted Friday amid complaints about the scarcity of housing for the poor after Hurricane Katrina.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Utilities in the U.S. Central Plains said nearly 400,000 customers remained without power on Friday due to ice storms this week.
BOSTON (Reuters) - New England dug out on Friday from a record-setting storm that dumped 10 inches of snow on Boston, more than the city typically sees in the entire month of December.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations food agency appealed on Friday for $4 million to help tens of thousands of people forced to flee their homes in the Dominican Republic after Tropical Storm Olga unleashed flash floods.
SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic - Survivors of a devastating flood lashed out at authorities Thursday for not warning that a dam's floodgates were being opened during Tropical Storm Olga, unleashing a deadly wall of water that killed as many as 20 people.
WASHINGTON - A vast swath of the United States was warmer than usual this year, leading to severe drought conditions and wildfires in the West and Southeast. Texas, the Lone Star state, stood alone, the only one to record below average temperatures.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal health experts will begin testing for formaldehyde in trailers provided to people displaced by Hurricane Katrina after complaints of health problems, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters) - The death toll from Tropical Storm Olga neared two dozen on Thursday after flash floods killed at least 19 people in the Dominican Republic, where 35,000 people were forced to flee their homes, Dominican officials said.
Weather around the U.S.A.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Floods in Malaysia have killed 12 people and left more than 20,000 homeless, and more rain is expected, which could push up food and palm oil prices in one of the world's top growers.
SANTO DOMINGO (AFP) - Tropical Storm Olga, a rare December cyclone, left at least 14 people dead in the Caribbean as pounding rains triggered major floods and landslides, authorities said Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Angry commuters set fire to two trains in South Africa's capital Pretoria after severe storms disrupted rail services, SAPA news agency reported on Wednesday.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (AFP) - A winter storm sweeping the US midwest on Tuesday wrought havoc with the presidential campaign, after reportedly killing some 23 people and cutting power to more than 800,000 homes.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Climate scientists said on Tuesday they have begun using information from a tropical phenomenon that may give them a one to three-week jump on hurricanes, cyclones, monsoons and other weather patterns.
LITTLETON, Colo. - A light-rail passenger train collided with a coal train during a snow storm early Tuesday, authorities said.
PORTLAND, Ore. - President Bush declared a federal disaster for 11 counties in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday, clearing the way for federal aid after severe storms ravaged parts of Oregon and Washington.
DENVER - Using a simplified forecasting technique, researcher William Gray is predicting an above-average hurricane season in the Atlantic next year, with seven hurricanes, three of them major.
MIAMI (AFP) - Next year's Atlantic hurricane activity should be slightly higher than average, forecasters said Thursday, following a cyclonic season that was quieter than anticipated but caused devastation in central America.
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - A high-profile Mississippi lawyer who made a name battling powerful corporations, including insurance companies in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, is facing his own disaster after being indicted on allegations he tried to bribe a judge.
MIAMI (Reuters) - The noted Colorado State University hurricane research team predicted on Friday that 13 tropical storms will develop in the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, of which seven would strengthen into hurricanes.