Thunderstorms, hail, flooding -- and a tornado -- have hit the region hard, said the National Weather Service.

By Saturday afternoon, the weather was finally settling down.

But residents of the Philadelphia region were left with a post-storm mess to clean up.

Power crews were still hard at work restoring electricity to many people.

Gloucester County, N.J., where a tornado touched down in East Greenwich township, may have sustained the most damage.

The storms also generated a lot...

Hong Kong has begun preparing for its first typhoon of the storm season as Chanchu began whirling toward the city after killing nearly 40 people and leaving thousands homeless in the Philippines.

The storm, which is expected to start lashing Hong Kong on Wednesday, was picking up strength in the South China Sea, and is about 370 kilometers (229 miles) east-southeast of the Paracel Islands, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.

The Paracels are a group of low coral islands and reefs,...

The National Weather Service says that three tornadoes touched down in the Fredericksburg area yesterday afternoon, reported by the Associated Press.

Damage was said mostly to trees. All three twisters allegedly registered F-Zero on the Fujita Scale, which means wind speeds were 40 to 72 miles an hour.

The first tornado touched down near Mastins Corner at about 5:35 p.m. Falling trees and limbs were said to have caused some structural damage along a path 75 yards wide and five miles...

Already experiencing melting glaciers and a receding snowline, the Everest region of Nepal has seen some unusual weather patterns these past few months.

It has given locals further cause to examine the changing face of this unique environment.

A snow-free winter, followed by unexpected snow storms in the second week of March - when spring had already begun - has left Sherpas baffled.

Another unexpected storm in April, which lasted three days, surprised the locals further still. The...

Boats laden with bodies sailed into the palm-fringed harbor of this Russian resort Wednesday, carrying an Armenian airliner's orange tail section and the remains of some of the 113 people who died when the plane tumbled into the Black Sea.

The plane went down about 2:15 a.m. in heavy rain and poor visibility as it was approaching the airport in Adler, about 12 miles south of this city wedged between the sea and soaring snowcapped mountains. Most of the dead were Armenians.

"I've lost my...

A new generation of weather satellites that can pinpoint where hurricanes will strike and provide more reliable storm forecasts: That's the goal driving about 350 scientists, engineers and government...

A tornado touched down near Awendaw during the storms earlier this week, the National Weather Service has confirmed.

Officials have not determined the strength of the storm that came down about...

The return of warmer weather to the northern hemisphere is unlikely to bring a let-up in the deadly H5N1 virus because it is already endemic in poultry flocks in several parts of Asia, experts...

Ever wondered how Mother Nature seems to be extra irate these days?

The planet’s taking a record beating from weather-borne phenomena, and everyone’s blaming it on global warming, coincidence and...