Climate conference approves landmark deal

A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change.

Scientists 'fly' into storms from computers

Until a year ago, if you wanted to fly into a storm in the name of science, you had to strap yourself into an airplane and hold on tight.

Shanghai soaked as typhoon heads along China coast

Typhoon Muifa pounded China's commercial capital of Shanghai with high winds and heavy rain Sunday while more than 400,000 residents along the country's east coast were moved to shelter and tens of thousands of fishing boats recalled to port.

Powerful typhoon bears down on China's east coast

More than 200,000 coastal residents in eastern China have evacuated and thousands of ships were called back to shore Saturday as Typhoon Muifa bore down on the country after battering the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan.

Shoplifting suspect dies in flash flood

A woman died and a second was presumed dead as they fled police and ran into a raging stream that was among several flooding across this city when a powerful storm system blew through.

Storm Emily could regenerate, flooding kills two

Two people were killed in flooding triggered by former Tropical Storm Emily, authorities said on Friday, as its remnants moved northwest over the Caribbean with a 60 percent chance of regenerating into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours.

Heat wave threatens elderly in remote towns

The air is cool inside Ray Knight's makeshift coffee shop on the main strip in this tiny northern Oklahoma farming community, but there aren't many customers.

Hot weather persists in central United States

Sticky heat was expected to smother much of the country's midsection in coming days as hotter than usual temperatures continued to roast parts of the Midwest and South, forecasters said on Sunday.

Midwest rain means floods, Chicago's wettest July

Torrential rains in the Mississippi River town of Dubuque, Iowa earlier this week will cause the river to go above flood stage as the water moves south, a federal official said on Friday.

Record rains soak Midwest; new flooding ahead?

Overnight storms dumped a record amount of rain on parts of the Midwest, including more than 10 inches falling on Dubuque, Iowa, prompting fears of more Mississippi River flooding.

Drought leaves 1.5 million bats in city hungry

There are 1.5 million bats living under a bridge in downtown Austin, and a historic Texas drought is making them hungrier than ever.

Mudslides spark S. Korea landmine fears; 67 dead

South Koreans were cautioned about landmines and explosives on Thursday after a series of deadly landslides in and around the capital Seoul swamped military sites, defense officials said.

Video: View 3-day U.S. forecast

Three-day forecast for the entire US, updated each morning and afternoon. (Weather.com)