Severe Weather

A tornado has damaged Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Forecasters said heavy rains were expected in a band from eastern Louisiana across central parts of Mississippi and Alabama and into far west Georgia.

The blast of wind was captured around 7:45 a.m. by an instrument at 9,186 feet on Kirkwood Mountain south of Lake Tahoe, said National Weather Service forecaster Alex Hoon.

Twenty Angeles National Forest firefighters returned to Los Angeles Wednesday morning after spending almost a month battling the raging wildfires in Australia, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. 

The epicenter was located about 14 miles southeast of the town of Guanica along the island’s southern coast.

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday. Witnesses reported strong shaking but there was no immediate word of casualties or heavy damage.

People in a Puerto Rico discovered a warehouse filled with water, cots and other unused emergency supplies, setting off a social media uproar as the area struggles to recover from a strong earthquake.

A series of winter storms will move across the country, bringing frigid conditions, snow and rain to many areas.

Some regions have received more than a month's rainfall in just 24 hours, according to local reports.

Firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from Australia's wildfires.

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Yauco, Puerto Rico on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Delta Airlines will contribute $250,000 to the American Red Cross, which will send the money to Australian disaster relief funds.

The rescue plans to mail several-thousand homemade nests to the animals in Australia.