The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration added two disasters to the list Wednesday, bringing the total to 12.

Across the state, receding lakes have revealed a prehistoric skull, ancient tools, fossils and a small cemetery that appears to contain the graves of freed

The Democratic-led Senate blocked a House-passed bill on Friday that would provide disaster aid and keep government agencies open, escalating the parties'

Many Joplin, Mo., residents either ignored or were slow to react to the first warning sirens about a massive and deadly tornado this spring, partially because

Wichita Falls became the latest Texas city to have 100 days of triple-digit temperatures in one year.

Texas just finished the hottest June through August on record in the U.S., the National Weather Service said Thursday.

Wildfires have destroyed nearly 1,400 homes in Central Texas where firefighters have been battling to get the blazes under control for days.

A 500-foot crane has fallen at the Washington National Cathedral amid thunderstorms, damaging two buildings and several vehicles.

Consumers are paying more for pasta after heavy spring rain and record flooding prevented planting on more than 1 million acres in one of the nation's best

Officials hope beleaguered North Texas firefighters could gain the upper hand on a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed more than three dozen cliff-top homes in

Experts said the Texas drought has left behind parched conditions that could threaten hundreds of thousands of migrating hummingbirds.

For the third time this summer, a giant wall of dust swept over Phoenix and parts of central Arizona, turning the sky brown, delaying flights, and knocking out

A hot, dry day in Texas brought two animals in a rare union just before sunset to share a bite of food and drink during a time when both are tested by the

Many of the monkeys at the Texas sancutary are actually accustomed to snow, not hot and dry temperatures. 

The blistering drought in Texas has caused an estimated record $5.2 billion in crop and livestock losses, and could go higher, state agriculture officials said