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Wildfire forces evacuation of 500 from First Nation in northern Saskatchewan

Wildfire forces evacuation of 500 from First Nation in northern Saskatchewan

CLEARWATER RIVER — About 500 more people in Saskatchewan have been forced to flee due to threatening wildfires.
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Rural Texas county's top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of flood crisis

Rural Texas county's top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of flood crisis

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that came barreling through the region, causing widespread destruction and killing more than 130 peop
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Lytton First Nation in B.C. orders wildfire evacuation of two reserves

Lytton First Nation in B.C. orders wildfire evacuation of two reserves

The Lytton First Nation in British Columbia that was devastated four years ago by a wildfire has ordered that some of its reserves be evacuated again.
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Government to keep sharing key satellite data for hurricane forecasting despite planned cutoff

Government to keep sharing key satellite data for hurricane forecasting despite planned cutoff

The U.S. Department of Defense will now continue sharing key data collected by three weather satellites that help forecasters track hurricanes.
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People had hours before the tsunami hit Hawaii. How they spent it worsened evacuation gridlock

People had hours before the tsunami hit Hawaii. How they spent it worsened evacuation gridlock

HONOLULU (AP) — David Sun-Miyashiro was at home on the 31st floor of a Honolulu apartment building, high above danger, when his phone alerted him to a possible tsunami from a massive earthquake far across the Pacific Ocean.
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Prairies wildfire smoke prompts special air quality statement for southern Ontario

Prairies wildfire smoke prompts special air quality statement for southern Ontario

A special air quality statement has been issued for parts of southern Ontario, triggered by wildfire smoke from the Prairies.
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Russia's 'land of fire and ice' was largely spared by the nearby earthquake and tsunami

Russia's 'land of fire and ice' was largely spared by the nearby earthquake and tsunami

MOSCOW (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck Wednesday off Russia’s Far East coast, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents fleeing buildings but causing only a few injuries.
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Beijing officials say 31 older people trapped in a senior center died in floods

Beijing officials say 31 older people trapped in a senior center died in floods

BANGKOK (AP) — A group of elderly people trapped in a flooded nursing home were among at least 70 people who died during powerful storms that lashed Beijing and neighboring provinces.
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Tsunami advisory refloats memories of waves that swamped Port Alberni, B.C., in 1964

Tsunami advisory refloats memories of waves that swamped Port Alberni, B.C., in 1964

Longtime residents of Port Alberni, B.C., know the potential impact of a tsunami all too well. Mike Ruttan was 12 when the town on Vancouver Island was hit with massive waves triggered by 9.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Alaska on March 27, 1964.
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The Latest: Tsunami warnings lifted in most places

The Latest: Tsunami warnings lifted in most places

A tsunami sent waves into parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Russian Far East early Wednesday. The quake was one of the biggest ever recorded.
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