Weather aided firefighters Thursday as they cut containment lines to encircle two wildfires that have destroyed homes and other buildings in remote California mountain communities.

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag fire warning for much of the Mid-Columbia through

Weather for your Friday

The National Weather Service is forecasting mostly sunny skies today with a high near 75. Skies will become partly cloudy tonight with a low around 57.

Severe weather condition has delayed helicopter rescue operation for more than 700 people trapped by floods in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said Saturday.

The National Weather Service issued a fire weather warning and a red flag warning for Washoe County this afternoon.

Strong winds and stormy weather left at least seven people dead in the Leningrad region of north Russia, the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported Friday.

Bad weather hampered the search Thursday in Hokkaido for a missing single-engine plane with two men aboard. The Cessna TU206G, registered with Aichi Prefecture-based Nakanihon Air Service Co., disappeared from radar around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday while flying at an altitude of about 670 meters over the southern part of the Oshima Peninsula, according to the transport ministry.