Delayed a week by torrential rains, the Tampa Downtown Market opened Friday at Franklin and Madison streets with more vendors, a bigger variety of food and fresh produce, and more space for shoppers to roam. ...more

October 24, 2009

With a fearsome Hurricane Ike not far in its wake, Tropical Storm Hanna cruised ashore here early Saturday, bringing soaking rains and near-hurricane force winds to the Carolina coast but doing little immediate damage before pivoting quickly up the Eastern Seaboard. ...more

September 7, 2008

Howling winds, pelting rain and heavy snow pummeled California on Friday, toppling trees, flipping big rigs, cutting power to more than a million people and forcing evacuations in mudslide-prone areas. ...more

January 5, 2008

A storm drenched China's southeast on Sunday after killing five people on Taiwan and prompting the evacuation of 1.4 million people on the mainland, officials said. ...more

October 8, 2007