After pummeling the Midwest, blizzard conditions are paralyzing parts of Upstate New York. Meanwhile, after torrential downpours in the West, Southern California is bracing for more rain....
January 7 marks one year since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area in California. It killed 31 people and destroyed about 13,000 homes and other residential properties. To improve i...
Since the mercury dropped on Monday, five people have died in France and one woman in Bosnia as heavy snow and rain sparked floods and power outages across the Balkans....
More than half of the victims were under 18, with two as young as 14 years old. Switzerland will hold a day of mourning on Friday in memory of the victims....
The fire that tore through a bar in Crans-Montana was likely started by sparklers in Champagne bottles coming too close to the ceiling, authorities have said. Follow DW for more....
A fast-moving winter storm is bringing snow and ice to the Upper Midwest and will head into the Northeast on Monday, while more flooding and feet of snow are in store for California....
Swiss officials say identifying the burned bodies of those killed in a fire in a bar in Crans-Montana could take days, as families anxiously await news of their loved ones. Follow the latest....
Swiss officials say identifying the burned bodies of those killed in a fire in a bar in Crans-Montana could take days, as families anxiously await news of their loved ones. Follow the latest....
A multi-storey building under construction has collapsed in Nairobi, with at least four people feared to be trapped beneath the rubble. While the cause is yet to be confirmed, building collapses are c...
Residents report loud blasts and aircraft flying over the city...
The initial quake was followed by a sizeable number of aftershocks....
Flash flooding, very cold and unsettled weather expected across Palestine, according to the Meteorological Department....
The British heavyweight sustained injuries in a car crash that killed two of his friends....
The 5-alarm fire left both firefighters and a resident injured – including two firefighters with serious injuries....
A storm is drenching Southern California, creating a wet start to the new year and raising flooding concerns....
The state of California is under a state of emergency as 40+ million brace for potential catastrophic rains....
A passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, killing at least 15 people....
A fire believed to have been caused by a short circuit in a household appliance broke out at a Hong Kong public housing estate in east Kowloon, prompting more than 300 residents to flee their flats. P...
Patrick Micula of the Goodyear Fire Department in Arizona discusses his crew's rescue of a dog trapped behind a cinder block wall....
Powerful weather system brought Los Angeles its wettest Christmas in 54 years, killing two people and prompting evacuation warnings in the mountains....