Toyota Motor Corp. will extend its factory stoppage through part of Wednesday as the impact of heavy rains in southern Japan continues to ripple through manufacturing facilities in the region. Toyota Kyushu’s Miyata, Karita, Kokura plants will remain closed Wednesday …
The Atlantic’s second storm of 2020 made landfall just east of Charleston, South Carolina, with the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season still almost a week away. Tropical Storm Bertha, with top winds of 50 miles per hour (81 …
An 11-year-old boy nearly lost his life in a waterlogged drainage ditch in eastern Wisconsin but was pulled to safety by an eagle-eyed firefighter who spotted his finger poking through a manhole cover, officials said, following another round of storms …
Forecasters are warning of potential flash flooding following recent heavy rain throughout parts of Georgia. National Weather Service forecasters said Sunday that recent rain could lead to flooding in streams, low lying areas and areas with poor drainage systems. Officials …
A Nicaragua government official says nine people have died when a wall collapsed in heavy rains, crushing five homes in the capital city of Managua. Managua Secretary General Fidel Moreno says the collapse happened in an hour of heavy rain …
Rail services resumed and evacuation advisories were lifted in Tokyo after Typhoon Phanfone passed over the Japanese capital on its way back out to sea. The storm caused at least one death at a U.S. air base in Okinawa. Heavy …
Heavy weekend rains left many farmers in east Arkansas with flooded fields, and the water is so deep in places the ground won’t dry out soon enough for them to replant. A little more than 10 inches of rain fell …
Residents who live along a street that collapsed in Baltimore, Md., will be allowed to return home soon. Residents who live on 26th Street in Charles Village learned Sunday that they will be able to go home starting Thursday. The …
Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes says it’s too soon to say who’s to blame for a street collapse that sent a retaining wall onto a railroad track in heavy rain. The slide April 30 swallowed part of 26th Street in …
Citing “utmost urgency,” Italy has approved work to repair walls in ancient Pompeii that collapsed after heavy rains, and authorized spending 2 million euros ($2.7 million) on routine maintenance. The decisions were made Tuesday in Rome after a hastily convened …