At a Glance Hurricane Sally came ashore near Gulf Shores.The mayor regrets not taking the storm more seriously.A Florida sheriff said officials didn't anticipate the storm's devastation. Two officials whose communities took the brunt of Hurricane Sally's wind and flooding say they were caught off guard by the storm's ferocity, despite being under hurricane and storm surge warnings. Robert Craft, the mayor of Gulf Shores, Alabama, regrets not taking Sally more seriously. “This thing ... kind of us, everybody," Craft...

At a Glance A new all-time record low of minus 93.3 degrees Fahrenheit has been verified for the Northern Hemisphere.This record was set nearly 30 years ago in central Greenland.Two locations in Russia previously held the record for coldest Northern Hemisphere temperature. Earth's Northern Hemisphere has a new all-time record cold temperature, but it happened nearly 30 years ago. A temperature of (minus 69.6 degrees Celsius) was recorded on Dec. 22, 1991, by an automated weather station in a remote...

At a Glance Part of a fishing pier in Galveston broke away.Water covered streets and surrounded homes.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued disaster declarations for 29 counties.Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency. This article is no longer being updated. For the latest on Tropical Storm Beta impacts, click here. Water rushed through streets and surrounded homes in low-lying parts of coastal Texas and Louisiana Monday as Tropical Storm Beta moved in. "," Galveston County Judge Mark Henry...