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More than 1,000 people have died or disappeared in severe flooding in China so far this year, and the heaviest rains are still to come, a senior official warned Wednesday.

Officials in Brazil fear the death toll may rise as a result of persistent rain and flooding that has punished the northeastern states of Pernambuco and Alagoas, killing 33 people and leaving thousands homeless, officials said.

A major nor'easter is expected to bring blizzard conditions to interior New England and heavy rain and near-hurricane-force wind gusts to Northeastern coastal areas Wednesday through Friday.

Organizers shortened the world's fastest luge track Saturday for safety after a crash killed a Georgian Olympian, as athletes prepared for the first day of competition at a Games plagued by warm weather and rain.

The sky was blue and the sun bright for the first time in days after a week of powerful Southern California rain storms, but ...

Rescue workers used sandbags to stop a raging river from breaching its embankment near a southern Indian city on Monday as floods triggered by heavy rains over the last week left 2.5 million people homeless.

Indian farmers -- desperate for rain -- have asked their unmarried daughters to plow dry fields naked, in a bid to spark interest from the weather gods, and bring some badly needed monsoon rain.

Rain and rising unemployment dampened sales for retailers already reeling from consumers’ new frugality.

Flooding is again causing trouble in northwest Ohio where heavy rains in the last 24 hours have forced people out of their homes ...