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An air tanker drops fire retardant on a blaze in Malibu driven by Santa Ana winds in October 2007.

Hurricane Ike victims whose homes remain uninhabitable can stay in hotels or motels paid for by the federal government until the first of November.

The basement of the house we grew up in had a clanking furnace, rumbling water heater and banging pipes.

A British woman and her teenage daughter have been swept to their deaths during flash floods in Spain.

Retail gasoline prices keep plummeting across Texas as crude oil prices fall on world markets.

The state is making changes to its shelter preparations after problems that cropped up during Hurricane Gustav.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Federal officials moved heavy firefighting equipment into Southern California on Thursday ahead of predicted Santa Ana winds, as a large wildfire at a Marine base was contained with ...

The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency today announced that a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered federal aid to supplement state and ...

The gulf state of Veracruz is cleaning up after Tropical Storm Marco brought heavy rains and winds, while the country's Pacific coast gets ready for Hurricane Norbert, expected to cross the tip of Baja ...

A day after elected officials claimed they had helped avert a planned layoff of thousands of employees at the University of Texas Medical Branch, the interim chancellor of the UT System said a "significant" ...

More than 76,000 damage claims from Hurricane Ike have been filed with the Texas-backed windstorm insurance association, which expects to pay billions of dollars to policy holders for losses.

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association general manager Jim Oliver cautioned Wednesday that the final figure will depend on whether claims are determined to be wind or flood damage.

The association says it will pay for wind damage, but not storm surge damage, which it considers to be flooding. 'We are going to look at every single claim individually,' Oliver said. 'That is going to make the process slow.'

This year's severe flooding along the Mississippi River is prompting three federal agencies to discuss how they can work more effectively together.

With thousands still homeless after Hurricane Ike and little housing available in Beaumont, Texas officials are pleading with FEMA to make good on its promise for more trailers.

Light, sweet crude for November delivery fell $1.11 to settle at $88.95 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Forecasters say a tornado blew out windows and knocked down power lines in the Florida Panhandle, and another suspected twister damaged a civic center in a southeastern Alabama town.

For days, Doctor Neil Frank was in the 11 News Weather Center tracking Hurricane Ike.

By JEANMARIE BROWNSONMcClatchy-TribuneThe first meal in Dublin forever transformed our family's favorite cold-weather comfort fare: beef stew.

The University of Texas Medical Branch reversed course Tuesday on a planned layoff of 4,000 employees when lawmakers promised money to help the academic medical center deal with Hurricane Ike-related losses.

Federal officials are allowing the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to distribute emergency food stamps to residents of 10 southern Indiana counties raked by severe weather last month.

They say dipper wells are a "common and well-accepted" technique within the industry.