Officials say rescuers backed by troops have evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in eastern Pakistan as rising rivers threatened to flood the region.

Former U.S. Congressman John Burton has died at age 92.

Forecasters say Hurricane Kiko is weakening as it continues on a track forecast to take the storm north of the Hawaiian islands in coming days.

An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land in northern Sweden and altering ancient reindeer migration routes.

Peru’s Congress has rejected a long-delayed proposal to create the Yavari Mirim Indigenous Reserve.

Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive reservoirs deep under the ocean.

Hurricane Kiko has intensified again to a Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is taking a more collaborative approach with Republican opponents in his first eight months in office despite disagreeing with them on many issues.

Kapalua Golf Resort has been without irrigation water for seven days as it grows worried about keeping the Plantation course in shape for the PGA Tour season opener.

The federal government has filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked fires in the Los Angeles area that destroyed thousands of structures and killed 17 people.

The world's largest iceberg, A23A, is breaking into smaller pieces and may not last beyond November.

Rhode Island, Connecticut and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states are suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project.

Lorena has weakened to a tropical storm, but forecasters warn of life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides in parts of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

Heavy rains have led to some of the worst flooding and landslides in decades in large parts of Northern India.

Officials say rivers are swelling to dangerous levels in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, forcing more than half a million people to flee their homes in the past 24 hours.

The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are in the grips of one of their worst droughts in decades, which is drying rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and even leading to water cutoffs in major cities.

A new study says climate change has made extreme weather conditions, like those fueling wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula, 40 times more likely.

Marine biologists on Florida's Space Coast have released June Cleaver, a 230-pound loggerhead turtle, back into the ocean.

A new study says the world has far fewer places to securely store carbon dioxide deep underground than previously thought, steeply lowering its potential to help stem global warming.

Search teams have recovered around 100 bodies from a remote village in Sudan's Darfur region after a landslide devastated the area over the weekend.

Officials say nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, bringing the total number displaced since last month to 1.3 million.

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Kiko is now a Category 4 storm in the Pacific.

India has warned Pakistan about possible cross-border flooding for the second time in as many weeks as monsoon deluges cause death and widespread destruction in both countries.

Emergency workers in Pakistan's Punjab province have used drones to find people stranded by massive floods.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has shaken eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is experiencing its worst flood in history, according to a senior official.

Biologists are using drones to scare wolves away from cattle.

Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, and many of them will arrive at beaches where swimming is not advised because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination.

The Environmental Protection Agency has fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the agency’s leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump.

A feud over management of one of North America's longest rivers has been simmering in the courts for years.

California energy regulators are postponing implementation of a penalty on oil companies if their profits climb too high.

A lawsuit challenges Hawaii's new tourist tax on cruise ship passengers, claiming it is unconstitutional.

The Transportation Department has canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects.

Florida boasts at least 1,000 freshwater springs, more than any other U.S. state.

Rescuers in Pakistan have been racing to evacuate tens of thousands of people stranded by floods in Punjab province, as floodwater inundated some villages near Lahore.

Oregon lawmakers are gathering in Salem for a special session focused on transportation funding.

Residents of New Orleans are marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast.

Japanese officials have released AI-generated videos simulating a potential eruption of Mount Fuji.

Some people spend their entire lives dreaming of that one special day where they walk down the aisle to be married.

A growing number of cranberry bogs in Massachusetts are being converted back to nature as farmers get out of the business.

Rescuers in Pakistan's Punjab province are racing to reach stranded families after heavy rain and water from overflowing dams in India caused major rivers to burst their banks.

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

A new study says climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely.

A decade after 2005's Hurricane Katrina, one Mississippi city began offering property tax breaks to encourage building near the waterfront.

Torrential rainfall has left at least 34 people dead in Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods and landslides in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Southeast Asia, where at least eight deaths were reported in the aftermath of a tropical storm.

Efforts to restore the red-legged frog to Southern California, where it had all but disappeared, seemed doomed when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and restrictions were put in place at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Massive walls of dust and debris called haboobs that roll through the U.S. Southwest can be awe-inspiring and terrifying, especially for motorists caught in their path.

Firefighting crews are trying to corral a fast-growing blaze churning through central California’s Sierra National Forest, as forecasters warn that lightning strikes from thunderstorms could spark new ignitions.

Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand are churning over open waters — one in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic.

Officials say rescuers in eastern Pakistan have evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas after neighboring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions.

Heavy rain has hit Southeast Asia after Typhoon Kajiki made landfall in Vietnam.

Crews are cleaning up downed trees and electricity largely is restored after a powerful dust storm hit the Phoenix area.

Four homes have been destroyed by a wildfire in central Oregon, but authorities say rain and cooler temperatures have helped them start to stabilize the blaze.

The Trump administration has halted construction on a nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island and Connecticut, citing national security concerns.

August is typically our 2nd hottest month of the year, but it has been exceptionally cool. Why is that?

Climate change is fueling conditions across several states that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers.

Hurricane Erin never made landfall, but it left behind rough ocean conditions along the U.S. East Coast.

Vietnam has evacuated hundreds of thousands and closed schools and airports as Typhoon Kajiki, its strongest storm so far this year, nears landfall.

Tropical Storm Fernand is strengthening over open Atlantic waters as it churns well east of Bermuda.

Thousands of homes are under evacuation orders and warnings because of wildfires in Northern California wine country and in central Oregon.

Boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the chilly waters of New England and Canada are learning to live with great white sharks.

Typhoon Kajiki has brought strong winds and heavy rain to southern China's Hainan island and parts of Guangdong province.

Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans' education system forever, creating the first all-charter school district in the U.S. The Associated Press spoke with three survivors about their experiences.

Residents in the Western U.S. are enduring a heat wave with temperatures reaching dangerous levels across Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona.

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtle.

A federal judge has halted further expansion of the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades.

As AI becomes a part of everyday life, its massive energy and water needs are coming more into focus.

Millions of Americans are facing record heat with temperatures frequently over 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

Berlin’s newest panda twins have celebrated their first birthday with frozen vegetable treats and a candle made out of bamboo shoots.

Strong winds and waves from Hurricane Erin have battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as dangerous rip currents continue to threaten from the Carolinas to New England.

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as it winds down its operations in 60 days to comply with environmental laws.

President Donald Trump is blaming renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power for skyrocketing energy costs.

A Wyoming grand jury has indicted a man on an animal cruelty charge after he allegedly hit a wolf with a snowmobile, taped its mouth shut and brought it into a bar before killing it.

Students and teachers often suffer heat-related illnesses at schools in Puerto Rico, one of many places where extreme heat is disrupting children’s education more frequently.

Giraffes are now classified into four distinct species in Africa.

Hurricane Erin is starting to churn up big waves along the northeast coast after pelting North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and swells that flooded a few places on the barrier islands.

Officials have lowered the alert level for a volcano near Alaska’s largest city to normal.

Chinese officials have showcased what they claim will be the world's largest solar farm on the Tibetan plateau.

Two homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks sit precariously in high waves generated by Hurricane Erin with their days seemingly numbered.

Bolivia heads into an Oct. 19 runoff between centrist Rodrigo Paz Pereira and right-wing ex-president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga after nearly 20 years of socialist rule.

The Philadelphia Zoo is showing off 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings.

There's clearly an appetite for shopping sustainably online.

Immigrants face increased risks this hurricane season due to aggressive immigration enforcement.

Hurricane Erin is strengthening again and forecasters say it could intensify again to be a major hurricane.

It's the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes.

A dangerous heat wave has descended on much of California and the U.S. Southwest, with triple-digit temperatures expected along with a higher risk of wildfires.

A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, and some visitors to the California park face potential prosecution for participating in a demonstration.

A U.S. appeals court has put the brakes on the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a company that plans to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America.

Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.

Hurricane Erin is churning slowly toward the eastern U.S. coast and stirring up waves that already have forced dozens of beach rescues.

Italy’s Ventina glacier in northern Lombardy has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.

Switching to a heat pump is often touted as a climate-friendly choice that can help your wallet, too.

Anguished Pakistanis are searching remote areas for bodies swept away by weekend flash floods as the death toll has reached 277.

Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area.

Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heat wave, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.

Coastal communities nationwide are ramping up efforts to restore and protect their shorelines as climate change causes more intense and destructive storms and leads to sea-level rise that puts tens of millions of people at risk.

The explosion this week at U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh-area plant has reignited debate about its future.

The U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding.

Hurricane Erin has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane but is gaining in size and is forecast to strengthen anew.