Army troops have been called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massive floods that have ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links

People are flocking to parks and pools across Western Europe for a bit of respite from an early heat wave that saw the mercury rise above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in France and Spain

Hot real estate markets have made some homeowners wary of participating in voluntary flood buyout programs

A culmination of unique events led to the recent extensive flooding in the Yellowstone region

A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer

Hurricane Blas is heading out to sea off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, but Tropical Storm Celia formed off Central America

Water is so low in large stretches of Italy’s largest river that local residents are walking through the middle of the expanse of sand and shipwrecks are resurfacing, but authorities fear there’ll be far greater consequences for farmers and local populations

Crews battling a pair of wildfires in northern Arizona were expecting some growth Thursday because of warm, dry and breezy weather

Businesses in some of the gateway towns leading to Yellowstone National Park are worried about the coming weeks and months after severe flooding closed the park