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Hurricanes like Earl throw birds off course

September 7, 2010

Hurricane Earl picked up and threw a lot of exotic seabirds far from their normal habitats — and New England and Canadian birders have been out spotting them.

In wake of Earl, U.S. eyes other potential storms

September 7, 2010

The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days.

Dozens killed, missing in Guatemala landslides

September 7, 2010

Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers who had come to save people already trapped by a wall of mud.

Earl delivers fatal punch in Nova Scotia

September 7, 2010

After disrupting Labor Day weekend plans millions, Earl makes a blustery landfall Saturday morning in Canada's Nova Scotia province, where one man died.

Storm off Mozambique kills 15 fishermen

September 7, 2010

Mozambican authorities say five fishing boats have capsized in a storm off the country's central coast, killing at least 15 fishermen.

Video: View 3-day U.S. forecast

September 7, 2010

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

In wake of Earl, U.S. eyes other potential storms

September 7, 2010

The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days on a westward track, U.S. forecasters said on Sunday.

Amazon may be headed for another bad drought

September 7, 2010

Drought has cut Peru's Amazon River to its lowest level in 40 years and it is already below the minimum set in 2005, when a devastating dry spell damaged vast swaths of South American rainforest in the worst drought in decades.