NEW YORK — The year's first tropical storm warning in the United States was issued on Friday by the National Weather Service for the coast of South Carolina, five days before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
The bulletin by the (...)
A fast-moving wildfire had chased thousands of people from campsites by Sunday morning near Los Padres National Forest in California, authorities said.
No injuries were reported. The fire, which had burned more than 2,500 acres (1,011 hectares), (...)
A landslide apparently ruptured
an oil pipeline Wednesday that spilled up to 477,000 liters
(126,000 gallons) of crude into a reservoir that provides
water to Southern California cities, officials said.
Officials said they had cordoned off the (...)
