Hurricane Eta is making landfall in Nicaragua, but will continue to produce flooding rain that may lead to catastrophic flooding well inland over Central America the next several days. Eta's center is moving ashore about 15 miles south-southwest of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, just before 4 p.m. EST Tuesday. At that time, maximum sustained winds were estimated at 140 mph, a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, according to the National Hurricane Center. Eta was only the fourth...

At a Glance Typhoon Goni was the strongest landfalling typhoon on record.Thousands of homes were washed away by a storm surge.Mudflows and boulders destroyed other homes. The full extent of the destruction left behind in the Philippines by Typhoon Goni became clearer Monday when rescuers were finally able to reach areas cut off by the storm. Goni made landfall in the province of Catanduanes early Sunday as the strongest landfalling typhoon on record. At least 16 people were killed in...

Three days after a powerful earthquake rocked the Aegean Sea region, rescuers were still pulling survivors from collapsed buildings in the Izmir area. ...