A fire that broke out aboard a Los Angeles container ship on Friday continued to burn overnight, prompting a shelter in place order for surrounding communities over concerns ...

Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica after the storm made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the ...

Former health worker Mira Morrison, 83, has now “officially run out of food” in the island parish of St. Elizabeth with the ...

Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 188 people in the Philippines and five in Vietnam, according to the latest figures from ...

TROPICS COMING UP. NEW THIS AFTERNOON. AN EIGHTH PERSON NOW ACCUSED IN THE HORRIFIC CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING CASE IN BIBB COUNTY. RAPE, SODOMY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF A MINOR FOR SEXUAL SERVITUDE ARE ...

A volunteer’s bittersweet goodbye to a shelter dog in Joplin, Missouri, broke the internet's heart after a video showed the pup's sad reaction when their special day together came to an end. Megan, ...

Colbi Edmonds is the Clearwater reporter. Reach her at [email protected]. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to contribute. Log in above or subscribe ...

A powerful storm, fueled by Typhoon Halong remnants, devastated coastal Alaskan villages, destroying homes, causing casualties, and rendering entire communities uninhabitable due to severe flooding ...

DAYTONA BEACH — Should First Step Shelter add container homes to its property to provide transitional or maybe even permanent housing for its clients who would have trouble living on their own in an ...

Flooding continues in Atlantic City, with streets once again underwater Monday. The city’s emergency shelter at the Convention Center remains open through Tuesday. Officials urge drivers to move cars ...

Los Cabos storm shelters are open as Tropical Storm Raymond brings early rain and gusty wind; 187 people are sheltered and warnings remain in effect today . . .