More tornadoes ahead as death toll reach 15 in southeast US

Deadly weather in the Southeast killed 15 people and injured dozens more, authorities said Sunday, as residents along the Georgia-Florida line braced for more intense, fast-moving storms - including unusually strong "long track" twisters. On Sunday, a tornado blew through a mobile home park in rural Cook County in southern Georgia - sheering off siding, upending homes and killing seven people, officials said.

California flood sweeps cabins, cars down coastal canyon

More than 20 people escaped injury when a flood swept cabins and vehicles down a coastal canyon as the second in a trio of storms drenched California with heavy rain and brought more snow to the mountains. The dramatic scene about 115 miles northwest of Los Angeles came during a day of pounding rain in Southern California that caused flooding, rockslides and an avalanche warning.

Senators demand better information from DEA on opioid campaign

Seven U.S. senators sharply criticized the Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday for failing to answer questions about enforcement actions against pharmaceutical companies accused of violating laws designed to prevent painkillers from reaching the black market. "We received an insufficient response that ignored those questions almost entirely and recited boilerplate information about the DEA's mission," said the letter to the acting DEA administrator, Chuck Rosenberg.

Thousands still stranded in Malaysia floods

"We are government supporters but we have not received any food aid from the federal government," said Abdul Manan Mohamad Children swim in floodwaters in Malaysia's north-eastern town of Rantau Panjang, which borders Thailand, on January 5, 2017. AFP photo / Mohd Rasfan Thousands of people remained stranded in relief centres Thursday as northeast Malaysia struggled to recover from severe flooding and residents raised fears of looting.

Monday Update: Mayfield’s push-back against flood-plain expansion continues

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Emergency managers charged over Flint’s lead-tainted water

A criminal investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water turned to former key officials at City Hall on Tuesday as Michigan's attorney general announced charges against four people accused of keeping residents on a contaminated system that caused the crisis. Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose separately were state-appointed emergency managers in Flint in 2014-15 when the city was using the Flint River as a source of drinking water.

Extreme Storms Will Be a Lot More Frequent as Climate Warms

The number of heavy downpours in much of the U.S. could increase five-fold by the end of the century, causing flash floods, mudslides and ruining crops, climate researchers predicted Monday. People need to start getting ready for these catastrophic storms now, because most places aren't prepared to handle such extreme weather, the team at the National Center for Atmospheric Research said.