Tropical cyclones
Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain, tries to keep cool between games against Dominik Koepfer, of Germany, during the third round of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Tropical storm dumps rain on northern Japan, spares Olympics

By Chisato Tanaka Jul. 27, 2021 09:53 PM EDT

A city official loads sandbags into the car of an applicant in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Monday, July 26, 2021 in preparation for a tropical storm heading toward northeastern Japan. Storm and high wave warnings were issued for Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. (Kyodo News via AP)
Tropical storm to bring rain, wind, waves to northeast Japan

Jul. 27, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

Japan's Hiroto Ohhara is covered by the wave during the quarterfinals of the men's surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
GLIMPSES: At Olympic beaches, surf's definitely up

The Associated Press Jul. 27, 2021 12:08 AM EDT

A venue official takes a look at the BMX Freestyle course after a training session was cancelled due to rain, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
GLIMPSES: As rain arrives and typhoon nears, Olympics endure

By The Associated Press Jul. 26, 2021 09:17 PM EDT

France's Jeremy Flores surfs a wave during the third round of the men's surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon's en route

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 26, 2021 06:34 AM EDT

Siblings Candy Roberts, from left, Anthony Roberts and Tyekia Williams talk with one another Sunday, June 20, 2021, in their flood-destroyed home following heavy flooding Saturday, in Northport, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
Youth home exec says 'words cannot explain' Alabama crash

By Jay Reeves And Kim Chandler Jun. 21, 2021 04:32 PM EDT

Settlement avoids trial in 2011 Katrina trash lawsuit

By Kevin Mcgill Jun. 21, 2021 01:00 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A decade-old lawsuit over the awarding of waste disposal contracts following Hurricane Katrina has been settled, avoiding a Monday trial and...

A stiff breeze across the Mississippi Sound attracts resting sea gulls on old pilings, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Ocean Springs, Miss. Tropical Storm Claudette brought much evening and early morning rain and left a stiff breeze along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Major damage to Alabama mobile home park amid tropical storm

By Kevin Mcgill And Russ Bynum Jun. 19, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

A man takes a photo of waves crashing into what once was a dock for a ferry that transported people from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian, Miss., as a tropical system moves toward the Mississippi Coast on Friday, June 18, 2021. Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge and coastal flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The poorly organized disturbance was located Friday morning about 255 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana. (Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP)
Tropical weather lashes Gulf Coast with brisk winds, rain

By Kevin Mcgill And Jeff Martin Jun. 18, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a half-submerged LCT Jacqueline star ship is seen after its crew abandoned ship as Tropical Storm Choi-wan hits Albuera, Leyte province, central Philippines on Wednesday June 2, 2021. The tropical storm has left several people dead and displaced hundreds of villagers in the southern and central Philippines, where it set off flooding and landslides, officials said Wednesday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
Storm leaves 3 dead, displaces thousands in Philippines

Jun. 02, 2021 10:49 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:10 AM EDT
Valdosta Daily Times. June 1, 2021. Editorial: Be prepared for hurricane season While pandemic seems to be subsiding,...

A statue of Jesus Christ stands in front of the remains of a house in Cameron Parish, La. on Monday, May 24, 2021. Scores of people in coastal Louisiana are still living in campers on dirt mounds or next to cement slabs where their houses once stood. Unresolved insurance claims and a shortage of supply and labor are stymying building efforts. And weather forecasters are warning of more possible devastation to come. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)
Louisiana coast still hurting from storms, bracing for more

By Rebecca Santana May. 30, 2021 11:04 AM EDT

A cow runs through high tide water at the Digha beach on the Bay of Bengal coast as Cyclone Yaas intensifies in West Bengal state, India, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of India's eastern coast as the cyclone pushed ashore Wednesday in an area where more than 1.1 million people have evacuated amid a devastating coronavirus surge. (AP Photo/Ashim Paul)
Cyclone lashes India, Bangladesh; 6 dead, 1.1M evacuated

By Ashok Sharma And Julhas Alam May. 25, 2021 09:53 PM EDT

Louisiana Senate crafts plan for spending $1.5B federal aid

By Melinda Deslatte May. 25, 2021 06:24 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana would spend more than $1.5 billion in federal coronavirus aid on roadwork, water system improvements, tourism marketing,...

Policemen ask people to move to cyclone shelters as they patrol a beach in Balasore district in Odisha, India, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated Tuesday in low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to escape a powerful storm barreling toward the eastern coast. (AP Photo)
Thousands evacuated in India as strong cyclone approaches

May. 25, 2021 02:09 AM EDT

Homeowner Stephen Punkay, right, dumps a cart-load of wet carpet to add to the debris pile, after the Baker Drive home that he and wife Amy share with their six children got at least six inches of water in Monday night's deluge of rain in the Westminster subdivision, as they clean up with the help of family, neighbors and "church family" from Community Bible Church, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Heavy rains have swept across southern Louisiana, flooding homes, swamping cars and closing a major interstate. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)
Drenching rains flood homes, swamp cars in south Louisiana

By Rebecca Santana May. 18, 2021 01:45 PM EDT

This photograph provided by Indian navy shows, one of the men rescued by the navy from the Arabian sea being brought for medical attention at naval air station INS Shikra in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift Tuesday off the coast of Mumbai after Cyclone Tauktae, struck the western coast. (Indian Navy via AP)
India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone

By Sheikh Saaliq May. 18, 2021 02:24 AM EDT

A woman walks through a waterlogged street in Mumbai, India, Monday, May 17, 2021. Cyclone Tauktae, roaring in the Arabian Sea was moving toward India's western coast on Monday as authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19 vaccinations in one state. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Powerful cyclone hits land in India amid deadly virus surge

By Sheikh Saaliq May. 17, 2021 01:28 AM EDT

Fishing boats that stayed off the Arabian Sea due to Cyclone Tauktae are anchored in the backwaters in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Sunday, May 16, 2021. A severe cyclone is roaring in the Arabian Sea off southwestern India with winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour), already causing heavy rains and flooding that have killed at least four people, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)
Severe cyclone heading toward southern India; 6 dead

May. 16, 2021 05:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 10, 2021 file photo, people stand in line outside the Maria Simmons elementary school waiting to be inoculated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of a mass vaccination campaign, in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico seemed to be sprinting toward herd immunity this spring before people began letting their guard down against COVID-19 and new variants started spreading across the U.S. territory. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Puerto Rico groans under pandemic as health, economy suffer

By Dánica Coto May. 02, 2021 09:08 AM EDT